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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 24 January 2011
Samsung aiming to increase its 2011 notebook shipment volume by over 60% on year
Korea-based notebook vendor Samsung Electronics has notified its upstream component partners that the company is set to increase its notebook shipment volume by over 60% on year in...
Monday 24 January 2011
HP cuts January notebook shipment goal on component shortage, say sources
Hewlett-Packard (HP) has been forced to revise downward its notebook shipment goal for January due to a delay in shipments of some key parts and components from upstream suppliers,...
Friday 21 January 2011
New notebook platform and new chipsets to push demand for passive components in 2011
Passive component makers including Yageo and Walsin Technology are positive about the business outlook for 2011 as the launch of Intel's Sandy Bridge platform and G41 chipsets will...
Friday 21 January 2011
Acer looks to number 1 notebook vendor ranking in 2011, says chairman
Acer chairman JT Wang has reiterated that Acer aims to become the number one notebook vendor worldwide in 2011 and will also make a significant achievement in the tablet PC segment...
Friday 21 January 2011
Compal begins construction of new plant in Chengdu, China
Compal Electronics has begun construction of a new plant in Chengdu, western China slated to complete in June 2011, according to local media reports. Compal said its total investments...
Thursday 20 January 2011
Gigabyte aims to see notebook shipments grow 20-50% in 2011, says paper
Taiwan-based Gigabyte Technology is targeting to see notebook shipments grow 20-50% on year in 2011 and is set to launch 4-5 new notebooks in February, according to a Chinese-language...
Thursday 20 January 2011
Netbooks to maintain shipments above 30 million in 2011
The netbook market is expected to maintain shipments of about 30 million units in 2011 with the top-three vendors to ship about six million units each, according to sources from notebook...
Thursday 20 January 2011
Acer denies plans to quit netbook market
Acer has refuted market rumors it will quit the netbook market saying netbooks will continue to play an important role in its product lineup.
Wednesday 19 January 2011
Notebook vendors under pressure of increased costs
Notebook vendors are under the pressure of possibly increased costs for key components and ODM prices. Panel prices may rise in the second quarter of 2011 and Japan-based Elpida Memory...
Wednesday 19 January 2011
IC vendors set to cut prices as notebook, DRAM and PCB makers mull hikes
While the entire electronics industry supply chain is currently set in a price spiral with notebook makers already successfully raising their OEM quotes for the first quarter of 2011,...
Wednesday 19 January 2011
Chongqing aims to be largest notebook production base with shipments of 100 million units in 2013, says mayor
The government of Chongqing City, western China, has successfully created a large notebook production in the city with Hewlett-Packard (HP), Foxconn, Quanta Computer and Inventec stationing...
Wednesday 19 January 2011
HP to ship 45-48 million notebook in 2011
Hewlett-Packard (HP) expects to ship 45-48 million notebooks, including WebOS tablet models as a main focus, in 2011, according to Taiwan-based ODMs and component makers.
Tuesday 18 January 2011
Arbor unveils medical tablet PC
Arbor technology has unveiled its new M1040, a portable medical tablet PC aiming for mobile clinical assistant applications.
Tuesday 18 January 2011
Quanta aggressively forming good relationship with Asustek
Taiwan-based notebook maker Quanta Computer has recently been aggressively trying to form a good relationship with notebook vendor Asustek Computer and at Quanta's year-end banquet,...
Tuesday 18 January 2011
MSI launches GT680 gaming notebook
Micro-Star International (MSI) has launched its new GT680 gaming notebook with Intel's second-generation Core i7 quad-core processor and Nvidia's high-end DirectX 11-ready GeForce...