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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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Monday 16 August 2010
Acer expected to ship 3.2 million notebooks in August, say Taiwan makers
Acer shipped under two million notebooks in July 2010, much fewer than expected mainly due to inventory adjustment, according to Taiwan-based component makers.
Friday 13 August 2010
Lenovo to top notebook shipment growth in 1-2 years
Lenovo's notebook shipment growth is expected to be highest among the leading vendors in 1-2 years as China is expected to become the largest PC market in 2012, according to market...
Friday 13 August 2010
Second-tier LCD panel makers bracing for losses throughout 2010
Taiwan-based second-tier TFT-LCD panel makers may not be able to report profits for any of the quarters in 2010 due to significant panel price drops and high inventory levels in the...
Friday 13 August 2010
Intel peak season strategy dampens channel notebook sales
Intel's strategy for the peak season in the third quarter of 2010 is dampening overall notebook sales in the channel, since Intel has decided to provide system upgrades instead of...
Friday 13 August 2010
Simplo hits 2Q10 target, cautiously optimistic about 3Q10
Notebook battery maker Simplo Technology has reported NT$9.753 billion (US$305.56 million) in revenues for the second quarter of 2010, up 18.8% sequentially. The Taiwan-based company...
Thursday 12 August 2010
Integrated GPU-CPUs take over notebook market, says iSuppli
Four out of five notebooks shipped worldwide in 2014 will employ graphics-enabled processors, up from about one out of three in 2010, as computer makers seek to offer smaller and...
Thursday 12 August 2010
Shuttle sees fruition of business transformation
Shuttle has posted revenues of NT$280 million (US$8.7 million) for July 2010, up 49.27% on month and 261.93% on year, reflecting success in its business transformation, according...
Thursday 12 August 2010
Notebook component makers conservative about 2H10
Although several notebook players are still expecting performance to pick up in August and September, their upstream component partners are turning conservative as order visibility...
Thursday 12 August 2010
Notebook PCB maker HannStar expects orders to pick up in August
PCB maker HannStar Board expects orders from notebook ODMs to pick up again in August after slow sales in July. Market sources also expect HannStar Board's revenues to grow 5% sequentially...
Wednesday 11 August 2010
Wistron to increase non-notebook product lines contribution in 2011 revenues
Wistron has forecast its 2011 shipments of notebooks to rise from 29-30 million units in 2010 to 35 million in 2011, with desktops and LCD monitors to both rise from 9-10 million...
Tuesday 10 August 2010
Notebook makers see shipment drops in July
Taiwan-based notebook makers Quanta Computer and Compal Electronics both saw their shipments drop over 20% on month in July mainly due to lower-than-expected demand in the US and...
Tuesday 10 August 2010
Large-size LCD panel prices continue to drop in 1H August, says DisplaySearch
Prices for large-size TFT-LCD panels continue to drop in the first half of August amid high inventory levels in the channels and at vendors, according to latest pricing data from...
Friday 6 August 2010
Asustek announces Eee PC 1001PQ netbook for preteens
Asustek Computer has announced the launch of the Eee PC 1001PQ, a netbook designed to make it easy for pre-adolescents to learn and have fun, according to the company. The Intel Atom...
Friday 6 August 2010
TCAS 2010: PC players expect better on-year sales
The Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) has announced that the 2010 Taipei Computer Applications Show (TCAS) saw 80,000 visitors on its first day (August 5), up 15%...
Friday 6 August 2010
Notebook inventory levels higher than normal in North America and Europe
Notebook inventory levels in the channel in North America and Europe are currently at 5-6 weeks, higher than the normal levels of 3-4 weeks, due to weakened demand, according to notebook...