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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 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 Intel's...
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.
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 that...
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...