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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 25 November 2010
Quanta expected to see single-digit growth in 2011 notebook shipments
Quanta Computer is expected to see its notebook shipments in 2011 increase by only a single-digit rate as the company's major client Hewlett-Packard (HP) shifted away some orders...
Thursday 25 November 2010
Acer adopts AMD CPU for tablet PCs
Among Acer's announced initial batch of tablet PCs, a 10.1-inch Windows 7-based model is believed to use AMD's Ontario APU codenamed C-50, according to sources from notebook player...
Wednesday 24 November 2010
Notebook HDD capacities to reach 500GB in 2011, netbooks 320GB
The mainstream capacity of notebook internal hard disk drives (HDDs) will increase from 320GB in 2010 to 500GB in 2011, while netbook drives will be 320GB, according to Taiwan-based...
Wednesday 24 November 2010
LCD monitor panel prices rise in 2H November, TV panel prices continue to drop, says DisplaySearch
LCD monitor panel prices increased in the second half of November due to tightened supply, while LCD TV panel prices continued to drop and notebook panel prices remained flat during...
Tuesday 23 November 2010
Notebook power choke market enters off season
With notebook demand affected by economic uncertainties, power choke shipments have begun to cool off. Taiwan-based power choke makers indicated that after the shipment peak in September...
Tuesday 23 November 2010
Taiwan market: Vendors cut notebook prices
Notebook brand vendors in Taiwan have recently started reducing their notebook prices in a bid to digest their inventory and enable a smooth transition to the new Huron River platform...
Tuesday 23 November 2010
Component makers facing dilemma over inventory management
Taiwan-based notebook makers are currently facing a dilemma over their inventory preparations as their downstream partners have started to place short-term orders to avoid the risk...
Tuesday 23 November 2010
Blu-ray disc drive penetration will not see giant boost
Although the price of the Blu-ray disc (BD) drives has already dropped from US$100 to about US$70-80, market penetration of BD drives in 2010 is unlikely to see strong growth compared...
Monday 22 November 2010
Acer notebook supply chain conservative about 4Q10 performance
Despite that Hewlett-Packard (HP) is expected to see 18-19% sequential growth in shipments and deliver 10.5-11 million notebooks in fourth-quarter 2010, competitor Acer is currently...
Monday 22 November 2010
HP sees strong notebook shipments in November and December
Hewlett-Packard (HP) is expected to see its notebook shipments surpass four million units in both November and December 2010, up from only three million units in October as consumer...
Monday 22 November 2010
Realtek reportedly ramping up orders at TSMC, UMC
IC design company Realtek Semiconductor has recently raised wafer starts at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC), due to...
Thursday 18 November 2010
Pegatron voids treasury stock to reduce capital
Pegatron Technology has announced plans to void its treasury stock, which will reduce the company's paid-in capital from NT$22.86 billion (US$750.49 million) to NT$22.56 billion....
Thursday 18 November 2010
Asustek and ASRock place orders for USB 3.0 host chips from Fresco Logic
Asustek Computer and ASRock have recently placed orders to chip maker Fresco Logic for its FL1000 USB 3.0 host chip, which was recently certified by USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF),...
Thursday 18 November 2010
Quanta, CHT to start testing new cloud computing platform
Quanta Computer and Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) are scheduled to test their new cloud computing platform at CHT's R&D center in Taoyuan, Taiwan with Quanta to invite several software...
Wednesday 17 November 2010
CMI will not reach shipment goals in 2010
Based on Chimei Innolux's (CMI's) current shipment status, the panel maker is not expected to reach its shipment goals for LCD TV panels, LCD monitor panels and notebook panels in...