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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 8 October 2010
PCB makers see demand for notebooks pick up
PCB makers HannStar Board and Gold Circuit Electronics (GCE) have both indicated that notebook OEMs began to step up their pace of orders at the end of September 2010, resulting in...
Thursday 7 October 2010
Darfon sees on-month revenues growth in September
Benefiting by notebook vendors starting to increase their orders in September 2010, notebook keyboard maker Darfon Electronics saw its consolidated revenues for the month grow 11.2%...
Wednesday 6 October 2010
Tablet PCs will not replace conventional notebooks, say Acer founder
Acer founder Stan Shih, at a forum hosted by the Taiwan government, stated that tablet PCs will not replace conventional notebooks because tablets are positioned to fill a specific...
Wednesday 6 October 2010
Fujitsu aims to ship 10 million notebooks in 2012
Japan-based Fujitsu expects to ship five million notebooks in 2010 and aims to increase shipments to 10 million units in 2012, according to Fujitsu Taiwan.
Tuesday 5 October 2010
Notebook makers reportedly refusing to accept low margin orders from HP, says paper
Taiwan-based notebook makers Quanta Computer, Compal Electronics and Wistron have all reportedly refused to accept low-gross margin orders from Hewlett-Packard (HP) for 2011 with...
Tuesday 5 October 2010
SanDisk gearing up for future maintream embedded memory
SanDisk's integrated solid-state drive (iSSD), designed for use in mobile computing platforms such as tablet PCs and ultra-thin notebooks, is available for sampling to OEMs, according...
Tuesday 5 October 2010
Rising Taiwan exchange rate impacts notebook makers
As the New Taiwan dollar (NT$) exchange rate to the US dollars has risen 2.4% over the past month, sources from Taiwan-based notebook makers pointed out that the increase will directly...
Monday 4 October 2010
Players turning optimistic toward 4Q10 as sales increase during China holidays
As IT channel retailers in China started digesting their notebook and smartphone inventories on September 20 and saw their sales pick up significantly after October 1, the first day...
Monday 4 October 2010
Lenovo expected to see highest shipment growth in 2011 among notebook vendors
China-based vendor Lenovo has seen its notebooks, including ThinkPad and IdeaPad, occupy more than 30% of total notebook sales in the China market so far in 2010 and will maintain...
Friday 1 October 2010
Conflict between Japan and China may benefit Taiwan notebook brands, says paper
Due to China and Japan recently having a conflict around the Diaoyu Islands, China consumers are boycotting Toshiba and Sony products such as notebooks. As a result, the boycott may...
Friday 1 October 2010
Global 3D notebook shipments to reach 150,000-200,000 in 2010
Global sales of 3D notebooks in 2010 are expected to reach only 150,000-200,000 units, according to sources from Taiwan-based makers. 3D notebooks include high-end models using Nvidia's...
Friday 1 October 2010
Notebook connector makers expect increased revenues in September
Wanshih Electronic, Foxlink, ACES Electronics and Alltop Technology, four Taiwan-based makers of electronic connectors and cables, saw orders rebound in later half of September 2010...
Friday 1 October 2010
Quanta, Compal, Wistron September notebook shipments estimated
Quanta Computer, Compal Electronics and Wistron will ship an estimated five million, 4.3-4.4 million and 2.5-2.6 million notebooks respectively in September, according to industry...
Thursday 30 September 2010
SZS sees metal injection molding production line fully-loaded
Notebook hinge maker Shin Zu Shing (SZS) has seen its metal injection molding (MIM) production line capacity fully-loaded for September and has used about 50% of the capacity for...
Thursday 30 September 2010
HannStar Board remains cautious about 3Q, 4Q10
Notebook PCB supplier HannStar Board now expects its shipments for the third quarter of 2010 to decline 5-9% from the 22.9 million units shipped in the second quarter. Order visibility...