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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 30 November 2010
Clevo to buy back treasury stock
Taiwan-based second-tier notebook maker Clevo has announced it will buy back 10 million treasury stocks, between November 30, 2010 and January 29, 2011, at an average price of NT$60-70...
Tuesday 30 November 2010
APCB sees sequential drops in November, December sales
Taiwan-based Advanced Printed Circuit Board (APCB), which mainly supplies PCBs for notebook peripheral, LCD TV and LED light applications, expects to report on-month consolidated...
Tuesday 30 November 2010
Taiwan market: Asustek reveals 8-inch Eee Note
Asustek Computer has revealed its 8-inch Eee Note EA-800 set for launch in early December in Taiwan, while Italy, Russia and Germany will see the product in late December. The launch...
Tuesday 30 November 2010
Asustek concerned that tablet PCs may delay notebook market share plans
As the tablet PC segment has become the hottest topic in the IT market and might even damage the traditional PC market, Asustek Computer is concerned that strong tablet PC sales may...
Tuesday 30 November 2010
Wistron expected to see flat performance in 4Q10 notebook shipments
Wistron is expected to see its notebook shipments stay flat sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2010 as shipments in November did not see a strong increase, but shipments in the...
Monday 29 November 2010
Notebook makers pessimistic about rush orders in December
Figures from research firm ShopperTrak show that the sales in the US retail channel on Black Friday 2010 only grew 0.3% on year to US$10.69 billion, prompting pessimism among notebook...
Monday 29 November 2010
LCD-equipment market to soar 67%, says Information Network
The market for TFT-LCD equipment, which dropped 16% in 2009, is set to grow 66.8% in 2010, according to market research firm The Information Network.
Monday 29 November 2010
IC design houses see strong orders from LCD and notebook sectors
Taiwan-based IC design houses have seen an upsurge in orders from the TFT LCD panel and notebook sectors, expecting the rebound in demand to last into January 2011, according to industry...
Friday 26 November 2010
Asustek new purchasing strategy to benefit Simplo
Asustek Computer is said to have recently adjusted its component purchase strategy following reports about notebook makers accepting improper benefits from upstream component makers...
Friday 26 November 2010
Monthly MacBook shipments in 4Q10 to reach 1 million units
Apple's global shipments of MacBook series notebooks in the fourth quarter of 2010 will reach a monthly average of one million units, with MacBook Air models to account for 20-25%...
Friday 26 November 2010
Compal, Wistron to station in Chongqing, says Acer source
Compal Electronics and Wistron have accepted an invitation from Acer to set up production bases in Chongqing, western China, to support Acer's operational headquarters there, according...
Thursday 25 November 2010
Taiwan notebook vendors trying to be flexible about Korea conflict
As conflict between North and South Korea breaks out, and both Taiwan-based panel and DRAM makers expect to benefit from clients switching orders, global notebook vendors which purchase...
Thursday 25 November 2010
Hard drive industry to see stable shipments in 2011
As Intel's Huron River platform as well as the Lunar New Year holidays will both help boost notebook demand and help hard drive makers see shipments in the first quarter of 2011 stay...
Thursday 25 November 2010
Notebook supply chain optimistic about shipments in January 2011
Despite having mixed views about notebook vendors' order volumes in November, upstream component makers are all optimistic about their orders in December 2010 and January 2011 as...
Thursday 25 November 2010
Acer announces four tablet PCs and a dual-touch panel notebook
Acer announced four tablet PCs and a dual-touch panel notebook named Iconia in New York on November 24 with assistance from its manufacturing partners in Taiwan.