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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 5 August 2010
Taiwan market: Lenovo launches WiDi notebook
Lenovo recently launched the ThinkPad X201i featuring Intel's Wireless Display (WiDi) technology, which can transmit image signals from a notebook to a larger-size display such as...
Thursday 5 August 2010
Acer reports on-year growth in 1H10 revenues
Acer has announced preliminary financial results for the first half of 2010. Consolidated revenues were NT$312.4 billion (US$9.7 billion), growing by 31% on year. Operating income...
Thursday 5 August 2010
Acer to spend about US$70 million leasing Founder brand in China
Acer and Founder Technology have announced a further strengthening in their long-term PC business cooperation, with Acer becoming responsible for the operation of most of the Founder...
Thursday 5 August 2010
Foxconn ships over 6 million notebooks in 1H10
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) shipped over six million notebooks in the first half of 2010 and is expected to have no trouble reaching its goal of shipping 10 million...
Tuesday 3 August 2010
Clevo expects growth in 3Q10 notebook shipments
Despite its weaker-than-expected notebook shipments in the first half, second-tier notebook maker Clevo expects its performance in the third quarter will turn strong with shipments...
Tuesday 3 August 2010
Notebook vendors to launch AMD Ontario-powered models in 1Q11
First-tier notebook brands Acer, Asustek Computer and Hewlett-Packard (HP) all plan to use AMD's Ontario APUs (CPUs that feature an integrated GPU) for their new netbook and ultra-thin...
Monday 2 August 2010
Compal sets to ship 60 million notebooks in 2011
Compal Electronics has set its notebook shipment goal for 2011 at 60 million units, up 20% on year, after confirmation of orders from Acer, Dell, Lenovo and Toshiba. The company will...
Friday 30 July 2010
MSI announces two new G series notebooks for gaming
Micro-Star International (MSI) has announced two new notebooks, the GX660 and GX660R, the latest G series notebooks for the gaming market.
Friday 30 July 2010
HP likely to remain leading notebook vendor followed by Acer in 2011
Hewlett-Packard (HP) is expected to remain as the leading notebook vendor in 2011 shipping over 50 million units, followed by Acer with around 47 million units. HP's OEM partners...
Thursday 29 July 2010
Fujitsu to rely more heavily on Taiwan partners in the future
As Fujitsu plans to push US$400-600 notebooks in North America and Asia Pacific markets, and increased its outsourcing proportion to Taiwan makers from only 30% in 2009 to close to...
Thursday 29 July 2010
Quanta may lose number-one title in 2011, says paper
Quanta Computer, after losing two million units of Hewlett-Packard's (HP's) enterprise notebooks to Inventec for 2011, may lose its number-one position in the notebook manufacturing...
Thursday 29 July 2010
Quanta to benefit from new iMac launch
As Apple has announced the launch of its new iMac all-in-one PC, Quanta Computer, the manufacturer of the device, is expected to see strong sales coming from the machine, according...
Wednesday 28 July 2010
Acer, Asustek rank second, sixth globally in 2Q10 notebook shipments
Acer shipped 8.1 million notebooks in the second quarter globally, the second largest next to Hewlett-Packard (HP) with 8.51 million units, while Asustek Computer ranked sixth with...
Tuesday 27 July 2010
Compal and Wistron receive 25 and 15 million notebook orders from Acer for 2011, says paper
Acer has recently completed its notebook outsourcing plans for 2011 with Compal Electronics landing 25 million units and Wistron 15 million units, accounting for 50% and 30% of Acer's...
Tuesday 27 July 2010
Sony considers placing notebook orders with Pegatron for 2011
After its spin-off from Asustek Computer, Taiwan-based notebook maker Pegatron Technology has been working aggressively to gain orders with attractive quotes and the company has recently...