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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 8 March 2011
Coretronic February consolidated revenues up 9% sequentially
Backlight unit (BLU) maker Coretronic has announced consolidated revenues of NT$6.19 billion (US$210.94 million) for February, increased by 9% sequentially.
Tuesday 8 March 2011
Nvidia may see GPU market share impacted in first half 2011
Nvidia may see its GPU market share impacted in the first half of 2011 as the company lost GPU orders for Apple's MacBook Pro notebook to AMD, according to sources from notebook pl...
Monday 7 March 2011
Radiant February consolidated revenues up almost 30% sequentially
Backlight unit (BLU) maker Radiant Opto-Electronics has posted consolidated revenues of NT$5.21 billion (US$177.25 million) for February, increasing 29.4% sequentially and 84.6% on...
Monday 7 March 2011
Acer new Timeline notebooks to hit market in April, say sources
Acer's third-generation Timeline Sandy Bridge-based ultra-thin notebooks are expected to hit the market in April, according to industry sources. The new Timeline lineup will be available...
Friday 4 March 2011
Monitors lead in panel price growth in March
LCD monitor panel prices are expected to start rising in March 2011, and the prices for LCD TV panels are expected to increase in April-May, while prices for notebook panels are expected...
Thursday 3 March 2011
Apple launches iPad 2
Apple has introduced the iPad 2, the next generation of its device for browsing the web, reading and sending email, enjoying photos, watching videos, listening to music, playing games,...
Thursday 3 March 2011
Hard drive shipments expected to see a double-digit growth sequentially in 2Q11
Hard drive shipments in the first quarter of 2011 are expected to see a sequential drop of 4-5% to only about 155-165 million units as notebook vendors face inventory pressure generated...
Thursday 3 March 2011
Acer takes less than 2 weeks to restock Intel Sandy Bridge notebooks
Acer took less than two weeks to re-produce notebooks with fixed Intel Sandy Bridge chipsets and ship them to retail channels worldwide; leading all other global brands, mainly due...
Tuesday 1 March 2011
Notebook component suppliers receiving short lead-time orders
Taiwan-based notebook component makers have received some short lead-time orders recently as brand-name notebook vendors, notably Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Acer, have begun to take...
Tuesday 1 March 2011
Acer and Asustek vigilant over Samsung aggressive notebook shipment goal
Taiwan-based notebook vendors Acer and Asustek Computer will keep a close watch on the move of Samsung Electronics after the Korea-based company revealed that it aims to ship 18 million...
Friday 25 February 2011
MSI expected to see 10-15% notebook shipment growth in 2011
Taiwan-based notebook vendor Micro-Star International (MSI) is expected to see its notebook shipments grow 10-15% on year in 2011, up from its shipments of 2.8 million units in 2010,...
Friday 25 February 2011
Apple updates MacBook Pro with new CPU, graphics and I/O technology
Apple has updated its MacBook Pro family with next generation processors and graphics, high-speed Thunderbolt I/O technology and a new FaceTime HD camera. Featuring the latest dual-core...
Friday 25 February 2011
Compal to set up notebook plant in Chongqing
Compal Electronics announced on February 24 that it will invest NT$294 million (US$9.94 million) to set up a notebook plant in Chongqing, China slated to begin to volume production...
Thursday 24 February 2011
Taiwan market: Toshiba launches in-house made notebooks
Taiwan-based Grainew, the distributor of Toshiba in Taiwan, has recently announced several new in-house made notebooks under its R830, R840 and R850 series that feature panel sizes...
Thursday 24 February 2011
No room to hike quotes in 1Q11, say Taiwan component makers
Taiwan-based notebook component makers originally planned to raise quotes to reflect increases in labor and material costs, but it is practically impossible for their clients to accept...