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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 10 May 2011
Wistron sees on-year growth in April revenues
Taiwan-based notebook maker Wistron has announced consolidated revenues of NT$44.01 billion (US$1.54 billion), down 11.3% on month, but up 10.8% on year, while its notebook shipments...
Tuesday 10 May 2011
Quanta sees revenues drop 20% on month in April
Taiwan-based notebook maker Quanta Computer has announced consolidated revenues of NT$91.51 billion (US$3.2 billion) for April, down 20.1% on month and 5.67% on year with notebook...
Friday 6 May 2011
Nvidia performs strong in desktop GPU market, but still behind AMD in notebooks
Nvidia, in the first quarter of 2011, achieved a share of 59.4% in the desktop GPU market with AMD scored a share of 40.6%, according to sources from graphics card players citing...
Friday 6 May 2011
Second-tier notebook vendors suffering as Acer cleans inventory
Taiwan-based vendor Acer has lowered prices for existing notebook models in emerging markets, including Eastern Europe, Turkey, the Philippines, Indonesia and some countries in South...
Thursday 5 May 2011
Quanta Storage to focus on maintaining gross margin
Taiwan-based optical drive maker Quanta Storage, facing declines in both shipments and revenues in early 2011, has turned conservative about its performance in the future and is also...
Wednesday 4 May 2011
Quanta Computer expects notebook shipment growth of 10% for 2Q11, 2011
Quanta Computer expects its notebook shipments in the second quarter of 2011 to grow 10% from 13.2 million units in the first. For the whole year, shipments will increase 10% from...
Tuesday 3 May 2011
Quanta receives tablet PC orders from Amazon, say upstream sources
Taiwan-based notebook maker Quanta Computer has recently received OEM orders from Amazon for its reported tablet PC, according to sources from upstream component makers. The device's...
Monday 2 May 2011
Notebook vacuum sputtering provider Paragon Tech sees revenue drop in 1Q11
Paragon Technologies, a Taiwan-based provider of vacuum sputtering processing to prevent EMI in notebooks, has announced consolidated revenues of NT$374 million (US$13.08 million)...
Friday 29 April 2011
HP, Acer lose ground in global notebook market in 1Q11, IDC data show
Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Acer saw their shares in the global notebook market decline to 18.5% and 14.8%, respectively, in the first quarter of 2011, down from 20.2% and 14.9% in the...
Friday 29 April 2011
Acer operations return to normal, says chairman
The operations at Acer have been stabilized after nearly one month of restructuring following the resignation of former CEO Gianfranco Lanci at the end of March, according to company...
Thursday 28 April 2011
Worldwide PC market up 7% as pads fuel growth, says Canalys
Canalys has announced that the PC market grew 7% in the first quarter of 2011, as the pad market, led by Apple's iPad, continued to bolster growth. Once again, Apple set the standard...
Thursday 28 April 2011
Digitimes Insight: 2011 global e-book reader shipments to reach 27 million units
Demand for e-book readers remained strong in first-quarter 2011, with global shipments soaring 236% on year to 4.8 million units. Digitimes Research believes global e-book reader...
Thursday 28 April 2011
Lite-On IT expects 10% growth in slim optical drive shipments in 2011
Lite-On IT expects its slim-type optical drive shipments to have 10% growth in 2011 with its new business model of slowly expanding its share, according to the company.
Thursday 28 April 2011
Pegatron sees net losses in 1Q11
Pegatron Technology has announced net losses of NT$559 million (US$19.38 million) for the first quarter of 2011 with EPS of negative NT$0.25 and gross margin of only 1.8%, all historical...
Thursday 28 April 2011
Wistron estimates over 10% growth in notebook and LCD TV shipments in 2Q11
Wistron chairman Simon Lin, at the company's investors meeting on April 27, pointed out that the company's revenue performance in the first quarter of 2011 was lower than expected...