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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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Monday 21 March 2011
Digitimes Insight: Japan earthquake impacts three major fab-tool suppliers
Three major Japan-based suppliers of semiconductor manufacturing equipment have suspended operations at several of their plants in the earthquake-ravaged areas with no timeframe for...
Monday 21 March 2011
Digitimes Insight: Japan earthquake to affect HDD industry
The global hard disk drive (HDD) industry, already facing challenges from solid state drives (SSDs), cloud computing and limitation of vertical read-write technologies, is expected...
Friday 18 March 2011
Mag.Layers to expand power choke capacity in 2011
Passive component maker Mag.Layers Scientific-Technics has announced plans to expand capacity for both assembly- and molded-type power chokes in 2011, as it acknowledges that demand...
Friday 18 March 2011
Taiwan market: Sony launches new notebooks, aims at 10% market share
Sony has launched a number of new models in its S-, C- and F-series of notebooks and other L-series all-in-one (AIO) PCs in the Taiwan market, aiming to take up a 10% share of the...
Friday 18 March 2011
Acer remains firm for 3% sequential growth in revenues and shipments in 1Q11
Acer has reiterated during an investment forum hosted by Merrill Lynch that its consolidated revenues and shipments will grow by 3% sequentially in first-quarter 2011 despite speculation...
Thursday 17 March 2011
Digitimes Insight: PC component supply unaffected by quake, but automotive electronics may take hit
The PC component supply chain has been little affected by the earthquake-tsunami that hit Japan on March 11, as component makers have moved most of their production to China along...
Thursday 17 March 2011
Asustek to launch US$200-250 netbook in June
Asustek Computer is set to launch a new netbook priced at US$200-250 in June in cooperation with Intel, and hopes to achieve its goal of shipping six million netbooks in 2011, according...
Wednesday 16 March 2011
Digitimes Insight: Japan earthquake raises concern about notebook battery supply
In the wake of the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan, possible shortages of notebook-use lithium batteries are a concern for the PC sector although global demand for...
Tuesday 15 March 2011
Intel works with notebook makers to push into Android tablet PC market
As Microsoft has announced its Windows operating system will add support for ARM-based platforms, Intel has recently decided to cooperate with Taiwan-based notebook makers including...
Tuesday 15 March 2011
Japan earthquake: Notebook players concerned about battery cell, MLCC, DRAM supplies
Taiwan-based notebook makers, after evaluating the damage caused by Japan's earthquake on their upstream supply chain, pointed out that supplies of notebook battery cells and MLCCs...
Tuesday 15 March 2011
Wistron announces strong results for 2010
Taiwan-based notebook maker Wistron has announced its financial report for 2010 with consolidated revenues growing 12.5% on year to NT$615.19 billion (US$20.89 billion), net profit...
Tuesday 15 March 2011
Digitimes Insight: Japan quake unlikely to hit global LED supply chain
LED players in Japan have been spared major impacts from the March 11 massive earthquake and tsunami that hit the country, as their plants are mostly far away from the stricken areas...
Monday 14 March 2011
Japan earthquake: Battery cell prices likely to be pushed up, say Taiwan makers
Sony's two battery cell factories located in Fukushima prefecture, northeastern Japan, have stopped production in the wake of Friday's earthquake, and this may push up international...
Monday 14 March 2011
Japan earthquake: Acer says supply chain not substantially hit
Acer has said that the devastating earthquake in Japan will not bring substantial impact on the company's supply chain.
Friday 11 March 2011
Dell increases PC market lead over Acer in 4Q10, says iSuppli
Dell's competitive position is improving in the global PC market, thanks to strong corporate sales as well as an unlikely helper: Apple's iPad, according to IHS iSuppli.