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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 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.
Friday 11 March 2011
Acer February revenues down 16% on-month
Acer has reported non-consolidated revenues of NT$28.05 billion (US$951 million) for February 2011, down 15.9% sequentially and hitting the lowest monthly level since July 2010.
Friday 11 March 2011
Quanta to set up touch panel joint venture with 3M
Quanta Computer has announced plans to set up a joint venture with US-based 3M in Singapore for developing projected capacitive touch technology in order to gain profits from the large...
Friday 11 March 2011
Compal notebook shipments fall 18% in February
Compal Electronics has announced that notebook shipments for February 2011 declined 18% sequentially to 2.7 million units, which came below market watcher estimates of 2.9-3 million...
Thursday 10 March 2011
HannStar Board to hike PCB prices starting April, says paper
Taiwan-based PCB manufacturer HannStar Board plans to raise its prices by 8-12% starting April 2011, the Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) cited company COO Yeh Shin-jiin...
Thursday 10 March 2011
HP reportedly considers selling PC business, upstream players say no
The largest global notebook brand vendor Hewlett-Packard (HP) is reportedly considering selling its PC business with Korea-based Samsung Electronics the most likely buyer, according...
Thursday 10 March 2011
Taiwan notebook makers to see shipment growth in March
Despite seeing their shipments drop significantly in February, Taiwan-based notebook makers including Compal Electronics, Quanta Computer, Wistron and Inventec are all expected to...
Thursday 10 March 2011
Motherboard players see revenue drop in February
Taiwan-based motherboard players including Asustek Computer, Pegatron Technology, Gigabyte Technology, Micro-Star International (MSI) have all reported drop in February revenues due...
Wednesday 9 March 2011
Asustek and Gigabyte shipping new Sandy Bridge products
Asustek Computer has recently started selling its latest PC products with Sandy Bridge chipsets in retail channels, and Gigabyte Technology is also set to release its Sandy Bridge...