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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 1 February 2011
HP conservative about 1Q11 global notebook shipment growth due to expected decline in China market
Hewlett-Packard (HP) has set a conservative target global shipment volume of 10.1-10.4 million notebooks for the first quarter of 2011, an increase of only 7-10% on year due to expected...
Tuesday 1 February 2011
Proportion of 3D notebook shipments to rise to 2% in 2011
The global shipment volume of 3D notebooks, active-shutter and polarized glasses models together, as a percentage of total shipments will increase from below 1% in 2010 to 2% in 2011,...
Monday 31 January 2011
Taiwan notebooks – 4Q 2010
Although Taiwan's notebook shipments saw a sequential growth of 4% in the fourth quarter of 2010, Digitimes Research believes the growth should not be seen as an indication of recovery...
Friday 28 January 2011
Global PC market grows 19% in 4Q10 with Apple climbing to third place if pads are counted, says Canalys
Canalys has announced strong PC industry growth of 19% in the fourth quarter of 2010, with Apple climbing to third place in the market, thanks to impressive iPad and Mac sales, as...
Friday 28 January 2011
NEC-Lenovo PC joint venture unlikely to affect order status at Taiwan contract makers
The Lenovo-NEC PC joint venture is unlikely to affect current order status at the two companies' PC contract makers in Taiwan, with Micro-Star International (MSI) in particular having...
Friday 28 January 2011
ASRock mulls giving up notebook business
ASRock is planning to gradually phase out from the notebook segment, while concentrating on its core motherboard and small-form-factor PC business, according to industry sources.
Thursday 27 January 2011
Pegatron to invest US$49 million in Chongqing
Taiwan-based notebook maker Pegatron Technology, on January 26, officially announced it will invest US$49 million to establish a new company, Shi-Shao Technology in Chongqing, China...
Thursday 27 January 2011
Quanta to start pilot production at Chongqing plants in March
Taiwan-based notebook maker Quanta Computer will start pilot production for Hewlett-Packard's (HP's) orders at its plants in Chongqing, China in March with a volume of 40,000-60,000...
Thursday 27 January 2011
Vendors push netbooks into education market
As demand for netbook from the educational market is gradually rising, netbook vendors such as Acer, Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Dell have all launched models specifically targeting the...
Wednesday 26 January 2011
Post-holidays will be the most serious period for labor shortages
Despite downstream notebook makers have recently begun to send employees to assist their upstream component makers, sources from upstream component makers pointed out that the best...
Tuesday 25 January 2011
Pegatron to see strong 2011
Taiwan-based notebook maker Pegatron Technology is confident about its sales performance in 2011 thanks to the CDMA-based and the new-generation iPhone orders, which should total about...
Tuesday 25 January 2011
Connector makers expect good profit if no price war
Taiwan-based PC connector makers expect the connector industry will see good growth in 2011 benefiting by the new notebook platforms as well as USB 3.0 applications. However, growth...
Tuesday 25 January 2011
Big vendors become even bigger in netbook market
First-tier netbook players such as Acer, Samsung Electronics, Asustek Computer, Hewlett-Packard (HP), Toshiba are expected to become even bigger as second-tier players are gradually...
Tuesday 25 January 2011
Asustek expects a slight drop in 1Q11 revenues
Asustek Computer CFO David Chang recently pointed out that the company's revenues in the fourth quarter of 2010 met expectation though total was not a record as hoped. As for the first...
Monday 24 January 2011
Lenovo-NEC cooperation could change notebook industry lineup
Despite that Japan-based PC vendor NEC has already clarified that the company has not yet made any official announcement and has not yet made any decision about a merger with China-based...