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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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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...
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...
Tuesday 18 January 2011
Top notebook makers to see strong 1Q11 shipments
Stimulated by Intel's new notebook platform, global notebook shipments will see a sequential drop of less than 10% in the first quarter of 2011, and with sales expected to be strong...
Tuesday 18 January 2011
Tablet PC demand may cause notebook panel prices to rise in 2Q11
Mainstream notebook panels, such as 14- to 15-inch models, are expected to see supply capacity affected by strong tablet PC shipments in the second quarter of 2011, causing related...
Tuesday 18 January 2011
Rush to produce tablet PCs may cause component shortages
As tablet PCs are becoming popular and most vendors plan to ship more than 700,000 units every quarter, sources from upstream component makers pointed out that several components...
Tuesday 18 January 2011
Pegatron is expected to ship 12-15 million CDMA iPhones in 2011
Taiwan-based notebook maker Pegatron Technology has recently started shipping its Apple CDMA iPhones orders with total volume is estimated to be around 12-15 million units in 2011,...
Tuesday 18 January 2011
WT Micro aims for US$3 billion in annual revenues within 3 years, says company chairman
With strong growth in the notebook, tablet PC and smartphone markets, a booming Asian economy and new applications, IC distributor WT Microelectronics expects annual revenues to reach...
Monday 17 January 2011
Compal aims to ship 3.8 million tablet PCs in 2011
Compal Electronics expects to ship 3.8 million tablet PCs in 2011, the largest volume among ODM makers, according to company president and CEO Ray Chen.
Friday 14 January 2011
Taiwan market: Dell to launch tablet PC in 1H11
Dell is set to launch several new notebooks as well as new tablet PCs and smartphones in Taiwan in 2011, but the actual release date for the tablet PC and smartphone products is currently...