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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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Thursday 12 May 2011
MSI to launch 2 new tablet PCs at Computex 2011
Micro-Star International (MSI) is set to announce two new tablet PCs – the WindPad 100A, adopting Google Android 3.0 and Nvidia Tegra 2, and WindPad 110W, adopting AMD's Brazos...
Thursday 12 May 2011
Acer rumored to acquire Insyde, but the firm says no plans to sell currently
In response to former CEO Gianfranco Lanci's comment that Acer lacks talent that can help to integrate software and hardware platforms for its smartphone and tablet PC products, Acer...
Wednesday 11 May 2011
PCB makers HannStar, GCE to see growth in 2Q11 despite slow season
HannStar Board and Gold Circuit Electronics, both of whom mainly make notebook PCBs, expect their sales and shipments in the second quarter of 2011 to outperform those in the first...
Wednesday 11 May 2011
Acer states globalization is established policy, not concerns of de-Taiwanization
Acer stated on May 10 that the globalization of its operations has been its established policy, and "de-Taiwanization" or the reverse, has never an issue. The statement comes...
Wednesday 11 May 2011
Acer and Compal see revenues drop in April
Acer has announced revenues of NT$28.392 billion (US$991.13 million) for April 2011, down 30.3% sequentially and 23% on year. Compal Electronics, Acer's main ODM partner, also saw...
Tuesday 10 May 2011
Notebook players aggressive in investing in Brazil
In addition to Asustek Computer and Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry), Taiwan-based notebook brand vendor Acer reportedly will increase investments in its subsidiary...
Tuesday 10 May 2011
Motherboard players see mixed result in April
Taiwan-based motherboard players including Asustek Computer, Pegatron Technology, Gigabyte Technology and Micro-Star International (MSI) have reported mixed result for their April...
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 figures...
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)...