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.
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...
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 to...
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 Europe,...
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 D...
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...
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%...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
