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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 2 November 2010
Dynapack-Celxpert merger postponed
Taiwan-based notebook battery makers Dynapack International Technology and Celxpert Energy were originally planning to complete their merger on December 31, but as the two firms are...
Tuesday 2 November 2010
AMD claims to have extended market share lead in notebook discrete graphics
Mercury Research has just released its "PC Graphics Market Share Update" report for the third quarter of 2010 and for the second consecutive quarter, AMD is the market share...
Tuesday 2 November 2010
Lenovo to build operating center in Chengdu, China
China-based notebook vendor Lenovo has recently signed a contract with the government of Chengdu, China to invest US$100 million to establish an operating center in Western China,...
Tuesday 2 November 2010
Lenovo ships 5.46 million notebooks in 3Q10
China-based notebook vendor Lenovo shipped 5.46 million notebooks worldwide in the third quarter of 2010, making it the fourth largest vendor in the quarter and only 600,000 units...
Tuesday 2 November 2010
Vendors to debut Chrome-featured smartbooks later in November
Global brand vendors are expected to launch their new generation smartbooks featuring the Google Chrome operating system (OS) later this month (November), while Google also plans to...
Monday 1 November 2010
Intel reveals Chief River platform for notebooks
Intel recently notified its partner about its latest platform Chief River that adopts 22nm Ivy Bridge processors with native support of USB 3.0, according to sources from motherboard...
Monday 1 November 2010
Notebook makers expect strong 1Q11 shipments; abandoning price competition
Despite the fact that the first quarter is normally the slow season, Taiwan-based notebook makers expect PC demand in the first quarter of 2011 will be strong as Intel is set to launch...
Monday 1 November 2010
Acer aims to ship 70 million terminal devices in 2011
Acer aims to ship 70 million terminal devices in 2011, increasing by 20-25% from 2010, according company CEO Gianfranco Lanci at an investors conference on October 29.
Friday 29 October 2010
MSI launches 3D notebook
Micro-Star International (MSI) has rolled out the FR600 3D multimedia notebook equipped with 3D graphics technology and cinema-quality THX TruStudio Pro smart wrap around sound. Pairing...
Thursday 28 October 2010
Pegatron sees sequential growth in 3Q10 revenues
Pegatron Technology has announced consolidated revenues of NT$115.4 billion (US$3.57 billion) for the third quarter of 2010, up 11.1% sequentially, but down 21.6% on year, with gross...
Thursday 28 October 2010
Simplo to see slight drop in 4Q10 results
Taiwan-based notebook battery maker Simplo Technology expects its revenues in the fourth quarter of 210 to drop slightly by 4.04% sequentially to reach about NT$9.75 billion (US$317.05...
Thursday 28 October 2010
Darfon expects to see slight growth in 4Q10
Taiwan-based notebook keyboard maker Darfon Electronics expects its fourth-quarter 2010 consolidated revenues to grow between 0-5% as the company's notebook keyboard as well as external...
Thursday 28 October 2010
Compal announces 3Q10 results; expects 20% on-year growth in 2011
Compal Electronics has announced revenues of NT$203.7 billion (US$6.62 billion) for the third quarter of 2010, down 6% sequentially, while gross margin dropped from 4% to 3.8%, with...
Thursday 28 October 2010
Taiwan notebook shipments to grow only 3.3% in 4Q10, says Digitimes Research
Despite the fact that notebook demand from consumers remains weak, Taiwan makers' notebook shipments in the fourth quarter of 2010 are expected to rebound as worldwide brand vendors'...
Wednesday 27 October 2010
DRAMeXchange sees strong SSD growth in 2011
Driven by a higher penetration of solid-state drives (SSD) in storage systems currently dominated by hard disks, and rising retail demand, the market for SSDs in terms of shipments...