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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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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 shipments...
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...
Wednesday 27 April 2011
Taiwan notebooks – 1Q 2011
Impacted by Intel's defective 6 series chipsets (Cougar Point), Taiwan's notebook shipments to downstream brand vendors saw an obvious shipment drop in February.
Wednesday 27 April 2011
Compal lowers 2011 target notebook shipments from 55 million to 48 million units
Compal Electronics has downward adjusted its target notebook shipments for 2011 from 55 million units to 48 million units, according to company president Ray Chen at an investors conference...
Tuesday 26 April 2011
AMD said to be looking to ship three million Llano APUs in 3Q11
AMD is ready to start selling its new Llano-based APUs as soon as June or July and has set a goal of shipping three million units in the third quarter of 2011, accounting for 40% of...
Tuesday 26 April 2011
Samsung sees growth in 1Q11 notebook shipments, the only vendor among top-10
Top-10 notebook brand vendors worldwide saw their notebook shipments in the first quarter of 2011 drop sequentially with the only exception being Korea-based Samsung Electronics, which...
Monday 25 April 2011
Acer to launch notebook with ultra-thin Shuriken panel from LG
Taiwan-based notebook brand Acer is set to launch a 14.1-inch notebook featuring LG Display's ultra-thin Shuriken panel as soon as May 2011 and the model will be manufactured by Compal...
Monday 25 April 2011
Wistron to set up TV, notebook factories in Malaysia, China
Taiwan-based ODM Wistron will invest MYR110 million (US$37 million) to establish a wholly owned subsidiary maker of LCD TVs in Malaysia, Wistron Technology (Malaysia), as well as US$20...
Friday 22 April 2011
Toshiba unveils a glasses-free 3D notebook
Toshiba has unveiled the dynabook Qosmio T851/D8CR, which the company claims is the world's first glasses-free 3D notebook able to display 3D and 2D content at the same time on one...
Thursday 21 April 2011
Despite strong 1Q11 performance, partners concerned about Intel impact from tablet PC
Intel announced first-quarter revenues of US$12.8 billion, up 24% on year with net profits of US$3.2 billion, up 21% on year, both new historical records. However, sources from PC...