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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 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 such...
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...
Friday 14 January 2011
Quanta looks to raise non-notebook income in 2011
Quanta Computer aims to raise the ratio of non-notebook income, mostly generated from sales of tablet PCs and cloud computing products, to 30% of its total revenues in 2011 compared...
Friday 14 January 2011
Acer PC shipments decline in 4Q10, trailing HP and Dell, says IDC
Acer shipped 9.775 million PC products in the fourth quarter of 2010, down 17% on quarter and 15% on year due to a slowdown in netbook shipments, according to IDC. As a result, Acer's...
Thursday 13 January 2011
Acer announces agreement with Ducati
Acer has announced the signing of an agreement with Ducati Corse. Under this agreement Acer will become an official partner of the motorcycle company.
Thursday 13 January 2011
Quanta Chongqing plants to start production in 1Q11
Taiwan-based notebook maker Quanta Computer is set to start production at its new plants in Chongqing, located in inland China, later in first-quarter 2011 and related shipments will...
Thursday 13 January 2011
HDD component maker Min Aik expects double-digital growth in 2011 shipments
Taiwan-based hard disk drive (HDD) component maker Min Aik Technology has announced revenues of NT$3.1 billion (US$106.69 million) for the fourth quarter of 2010, up 2.89% on quarter...
Thursday 13 January 2011
Compal successfully raises OEM quotes for 1Q11, says president
Compal Electronics president Ray Chen, on January 12, revealed the company recently reached an agreement with its clients and has successfully raised OEM quotes for the first quarter...
Thursday 13 January 2011
Notebook vendors show no interest in Oak Trail
Because Acer and Asustek Computer have both shown their unwillingness to launch Oak Trail-based tablet PCs, Intel has recently been aggressively trying to persuade these vendors with...
Wednesday 12 January 2011
PCB prices slightly hiked, say Taiwan component makers
Among notebook supply chain players, Taiwan-based PCB makers have raised quotes slightly to reflect continued increases in material and labor costs, while vendors of new notebook models...