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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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Wednesday 27 October 2010
Alltop Technology aims to increase non-notebook connector orders
Connector maker Alltop Technology plans to increase orders for non-notebook applications to diversify product portfolio and improve profit margin, according to the Taiwan-based company...
Tuesday 26 October 2010
Notebook industry outlook for 2011
Global notebook brand vendors have recently finished their order distributions for 2011 with total volumes surpassing 200 million units, while Taiwan-based makers have landed more...
Tuesday 26 October 2010
Monitor, notebook panel prices stable, TV panel prices continue to drop in 2H October, says DisplaySearch
Monitor and notebook panel price have been stable in the second half of October as LCD makers are giving priority to their finances over market share. Notebook panel inventories at...
Tuesday 26 October 2010
SZS to establish new plant in Sichuan, China
Taiwan-based notebook hinge maker Shin Zu Shing (SZS) has announced it will invest US$10 million to establish new plants in Sichuan province, China, and the company plans to gather...
Tuesday 26 October 2010
Hard drive shortage may persist through 1Q11
As notebook brand vendors are starting to prepare their shipments for the end-of-year holidays, hard drive makers, which had conservative production plans for the fourth quarter due...
Tuesday 26 October 2010
Chicony to see better-than-expected 4Q10 results
Taiwan-based notebook component maker Chicony Electronics expects its fourth-quarter consolidated revenues to grow 5-10% sequentially, better than market watchers' expectations, as...
Monday 25 October 2010
Notebook component makers Alltop and Simplo to announce 3Q10 results
Connector maker Alltop Technology and notebook battery manufacturer Simplo Technology will announce third-quarter 2010 results soon.
Friday 22 October 2010
Clevo may hit monthly record shipments of 200,000 notebooks in 4Q10
Taiwan-based second-tier notebook maker Clevo will start shipments, in the fourth quarter, to an overseas client which has won an open-bid procurement project and therefore stands...
Thursday 21 October 2010
Apple reinvents notebooks with new MacBook Air
Apple has unveiled an all new MacBook Air, the first of a next generation of notebooks which will replace mechanical hard disks and optical drives with Internet services and solid...
Thursday 21 October 2010
Quanta may see 4Q10 notebook shipments up 5-10% on quarter
Quanta Computer is expected to see its notebook shipments in the fourth quarter of 2010 grow 5-10% sequentially, up from the company's forecast of remaining flat, according to market...
Tuesday 19 October 2010
Engineer samples of Android 3.0-loaded tablet PCs to be ready in December
Google has recently notified its partners that the Android 3.0 operating system (OS) will soon be completed with the related tablet PC engineer samples set to show up in December,...
Tuesday 19 October 2010
First-tier PC vendors unlikely to mass ship tablet PCs this year
With most first-tier PC vendors lacking a content supply platform and support from telecom carriers, and with Google's Honeycomb operating system (Android 3.5) not likely to be released...
Friday 15 October 2010
MSI announces new 17-inch multimedia notebooks
Micro-Star International (MSI) has announced the new 17.3-inch FX700 and FR700 notebooks featuring Intel's Core i5 processor and MSI's exclusive TDE Turbo technology.
Thursday 14 October 2010
Insyde becomes new leader in notebook BIOS market with 40% share
Insyde Software, assisted by Intel, has seen its share in the notebook BIOS market rise to 40%, surpassing the previous leader Phoenix, which currently only has about 20% share, according...
Thursday 14 October 2010
Inventec refutes rumor about accelerated production schedule at Chongqing plants
Inventec has refuted a recent rumor circulating in China's IT market that it will move forward its schedule and start production at its newly established plants in Chongqing, China...