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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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Friday 3 December 2010
Branded notebook vendors to launch Oak Trail-based tablet PCs in 1Q11
Backed by promotional campaigns waged by Intel, branded notebook vendors, including Asustek Computer, Acer, Dell, Samsung Electronics and Toshiba, all are expected to launch Oak Trail-based...
Thursday 2 December 2010
Asustek set to launch new U series notebook
Asustek Computer is set to launch a new notebook, the U36 under its "ultra-thin" U series product line later; however, despite the machine's ultra-thin design, it adopts...
Thursday 2 December 2010
Xbox 360 to help boost Lite-On IT sales in 4Q10
Despite the notebook market is expected to only see limited shipment growth in the fourth quarter of 2010, Lite-On IT expects its fourth-quarter revenues to maintain at NT$14.1 billion...
Thursday 2 December 2010
Notebook order volumes will pick up by the end of 4Q10, says Acer chairman
Acer chairman JT Wang, in response to upstream supply chain players' concerns that downstream vendors' order volumes in the fourth quarter of 2010 are lower than expected, said that...
Wednesday 1 December 2010
Taiwan market: Notebook brands aim to digest inventories at upcoming IT Month show
As Intel's new Huron River platform for notebooks is expected to appear in January 2011, in order to have a smooth transition to the new platform, several vendors are aiming to digest...
Wednesday 1 December 2010
AMD to continue focus on traditional PC market: Q&A with AMD CEO Dirk Meyer
AMD has recently been seeing progress in its development of accelerated processing units (APU), while achieving success in discrete GPU market share, during Computex 2010 in June Digitimes...
Wednesday 1 December 2010
ODM notebook makers require IC vendors to prepare shipments for three months
Taiwan-based notebook ODMs have recently demanded IC suppliers prepare all necessary parts and components to assure that their supplies of related notebook ICs will be sufficient in...
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 revenue...
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...