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Taiwan notebook ODMs
Taiwan notebook Original Design Manufacturers (ODMs) account for more than 90% of global notebook production and Digitimes is there to provide daily updates on shipments, supplier contracts and financial data on the more than 10 Taiwan makers involved in notebook manufacturing.
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Tuesday 14 June 2011
Acer notebook shipments in retail channel expected to surpass 3 million in June
Acer's notebook shipments in the retail channel are expected to surpass three million units in June and if the company's upstream partners such as Compal Electronics, Wistron and...
Monday 13 June 2011
Taiwan-based firms need to focus on niche markets to win, says AUO chairman
South-Korea based Samsung Electronics has been a customer, supplier and competitor to Taiwan-based firms in DRAM and LCD panels. In order for Taiwan-based firms to win, chairman of...
Monday 13 June 2011
Shuttle expands New Notebook Ecosystem to tablet PCs
Shuttle has extended its New Notebook Ecosystem, a self-established ODM practice to integrate supply chain resources in an attempt to increase global market shares for second-tier...
Friday 10 June 2011
Inventec to lower notebook revenues to 50% in 2012
Notebook ODM Inventec plans to lower the ratio of notebook business to its total sales to 50% in 2012 from 70% projected for 2011, according to company chairman Richard Lee. Inventec's...
Thursday 9 June 2011
Asustek to sell new ultra-thin notebook at a price US$100 cheaper than MacBook Air
Taiwan-based notebook brand vendor Asustek Computer, which showcased its latest ultra-thin 11.6-inch UX21 notebook at Computex 2011, is expected to set the model's price at US$100...
Thursday 9 June 2011
Foxconn will not quit notebook manufacturing, says company chairman
Taiwan-based electronics manufacturing service (EMS) provider Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) chairman Terry Guo, at a recent investors meeting, stated that Foxconn...
Thursday 9 June 2011
Quanta, Wistron, Inventec see mixed results in May
Taiwan-based notebook makers Quanta Computer, Wistron and Inventec reported mixed results in May revenues. Quanta and Wistron both saw growth in notebook shipments in the month.
Thursday 9 June 2011
Acer places orders for 80,000 Z series APUs from AMD for tablet PCs
Acer has recently placed orders for 80,000 Z series APUs from AMD for use in tablet PCs, targeting the enterprise market, according to sources from upstream component makers. However,...
Tuesday 7 June 2011
Slowing consumer demand reduces PC growth for 2011, to remain growing for long term, says IDC
Worldwide PC shipments are now expected to grow by just 4.2% in 2011, down from a February forecast of 7.1%, according to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker. A combination of...
Tuesday 7 June 2011
ARM to own 40% share in 2015 notebook market with help from Windows 8, says ARM president
ARM CEO Tudor Brown, during an exclusive interview with Digitimes, pointed out that he estimates that ARM will be able to take a 40% share of the global notebook market in 2015, helping...
Tuesday 7 June 2011
Price of panels flat in first half of June, states industry source
The price for large-size panels has been increasing since May, but the pace of growth in June is slowing down. According to panel makers, the return to profits will have to wait until...
Tuesday 7 June 2011
Notebook market overview
The notebook industry in 2010 experienced several major events that significantly changed the industry's ecosystem for the year and the industry is also believed to have already entered...
Tuesday 7 June 2011
Radiant May notebook module shipments hit record, says paper
Radiant Opto-Electronics, a Taiwan-based maker of LCD backlight units (BLUs), shipped 8.31 million modules used in notebooks in May 2011, its highest monthly figure on record, according...
Tuesday 7 June 2011
Apple introduces iCloud
Apple has introduced iCloud, a breakthrough set of free new cloud services that work seamlessly with applications on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac or PC to automatically and...
Friday 3 June 2011
Asustek taking cautious attitude toward Acer dumping 3 million notebooks in Europe
As Acer has announced it will provide channels with US$150 million in sales allowances to clear inventory, sources from the notebook industry believe such action will result in close...