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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 16 September 2010
Wistron to become second-largest notebook supplier of Sony in 2011
Wistron will surpass Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) in 2011 and become the second-largest notebook supplier of Sony with 15-20% of the vendor's total orders, equivalent...
Wednesday 15 September 2010
HP, Acer expected to ship nearly 10, 8.5-9 million notebooks in 3Q10
Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Acer are expected to ship nearly 10 million and 8.5-9 million notebooks in the third quarter of 2010, according to Taiwan-based ODMs.
Tuesday 14 September 2010
Taiwan market: Netbook proportion in notebook shipments rise in 1H10
Looking at end-user demand for notebooks in the local Taiwan market in the first half of 2010, the netbook proportion reached 25% and 28% in the first and second quarter, respectively,...
Tuesday 14 September 2010
Notebook battery cell oversupply to persist
Due to aggressive capacity expansion previously by battery makers, notebook battery cell production is running in excess of demand by 20-25%. With flat growth expected for notebook...
Monday 13 September 2010
Asustek becomes second-largest notebook brand in China in 2Q10, says paper
Asustek Computer became the second-largest notebook brand in China in the second quarter of 2010 with a market share of 11.5% and notebook shipments of 800,000 units, behind Lenovo...
Monday 13 September 2010
Pegatron may surpass Inventec in notebook shipments as soon as 4Q10
As the fourth-largest global notebook maker Inventec continues to face price competition from Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry), the company is abandoning orders with...
Monday 13 September 2010
China market: High channel inventory causing low notebook order volumes for October holidays
As notebook inventory levels in the China channel are currently at around eight weeks, higher than the level of 50 days at the end of the second quarter, due to lower-than-expected...
Friday 10 September 2010
Notebook orders buoy Shuttle sales in August
Shuttle achieved consolidated sales of NT$1.17 billion (US$36.5 million) in August 2010, an historic high reflecting growth of 74.2% on month and 832.4% on year, according to data...
Friday 10 September 2010
Compal reports revenues, notebook shipment growth for August
Compal Electronics saw consolidated revenues grow 10.9% on month and 19.1% on year to NT$65.95 billion (US$2.1 billion) in August 2010, with notebook shipments up almost 20% sequentially...
Thursday 9 September 2010
Quanta and Wistron see revenues and notebook shipments rise on month in August
Notebook makers Quanta Computer and Wistron have announced shipments of 4.4 million units and 2.25 million units for August 2010, up from 3.6 million units and 2.2 million units in...
Wednesday 8 September 2010
Inventec sees August notebook shipments down over 13% sequentially
Inventec saw its August 2010 notebook shipments drop 13.3% from 1.5 million units in July to only 1.3 million units, with the revenues for the month also down 11.9% on month and 23.1%...
Wednesday 8 September 2010
Protective component makers Thinking and Mag.Layers see declines in August revenues
Protective component maker Thinking Electronic Industrial has reported consolidated revenues of NT$392 million (US$12.26 million) for August, down 5.9% sequentially due to declining...
Monday 6 September 2010
Notebook supply chain still has no clear visibility for December orders
Despite that first-tier notebook makers expect a 10% sequential growth in their notebook shipments in the fourth quarter of 2010, sources from component makers have said that their...
Friday 3 September 2010
VIA Technologies posts net loss for 1H10
VIA Technologies has reported a net loss of NT$1.44 billion (US$45.011 million) or NT$1.89 per share for the first half of 2010, versus NT$786 million in losses a year ago. Revenues...
Friday 3 September 2010
Acer adopts Nvidia 3D solution for latest 3D notebook
Acer has adopted Nvidia's shutter glass solution for its latest 3D notebook, the Aspire 5745DG, which features a 15.6-inch panel and GeForce GT 425M GPU, and is manufactured by Quanta...