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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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Tuesday 13 July 2010
Chip foundries and backend firms to operate under tight schedules in 3Q10
Taiwan-based wafer foundries and IC packaging and testing houses, which have seen their in-house capacity fall short of customer demand since early 2010, will continue to operate...
Tuesday 13 July 2010
Wistron 2011 notebook shipments expected to reach 35 million units, says paper
Wistron is expected to ship 35 million notebooks in 2011, up close to 20% compared to 2010, benefiting mainly from shipments from Acer, Hewlett-Packard (HP) Lenovo and Sony, according...
Tuesday 13 July 2010
Notebook cooling module makers see growth in June revenues
Taiwan-based notebook cooling modules makers Chaun-Choung Technology (CCI), Forcecon Technology, Thermaltake, Auras Technology and Asia Vital Components (AVC) all saw on-month growth...
Tuesday 13 July 2010
Clevo to adjust notebook operational strategies
Taiwan-based second-tier notebook maker Clevo, in view of much smaller than expected shipments of 320,000 and 330,000 notebooks in the first and second quarter, respectively, will...
Monday 12 July 2010
Compal posts revenue growth in June
Compal Electronics has announced consolidated revenues of NT$73.63 billion (US$2.3 billion) for June, holding level on month, but up 72% on year. The company's revenues in the first...
Monday 12 July 2010
First-tier motherboard makers see mixed results in June
First-tier motherboard makers Asustek Computer, Gigabyte Technology, Micro-Star International (MSI), Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) and ASRock have announced mixed results in their...
Monday 12 July 2010
Entrance of first-tier notebook brands in emerging markets hurting second-tier makers
As first-tier notebook brands Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Acer have both recently turned their sales focus to emerging markets such as China and Brazil, and are competing mainly over...
Friday 9 July 2010
Chicony and Darfon report growth in June revenues
Notebook keyboard makers Chicony Electronics and Darfon Electronic saw their June consolidated revenues increase 5.6% and 5.2%, respectively, on month to NT$5.31 billion (US$165.42...
Friday 9 July 2010
China notebook players shift focus to Calpella
China-based white-box PC makers and notebook ODM players including CZC Technology, Malata, Lengda, BYD, TopStar, 3NOD and J&W are shifting their focus to Calpella platform notebooks...
Friday 9 July 2010
Quanta hits sales record in June, Wistron sales up 15%
Quanta Computer saw its June consolidated revenues increase 8.3% sequentially and 54% on year to reach a new record of NT$100.22 billion (US$3.12 billion), while Wistron saw its June...
Friday 9 July 2010
Intel aims to phase out Celeron processors in 2011
Intel has informed its notebook partners about plans to gradually reduce the production of Celeron processors and will replace the product line with its Pentium and the dual-core...
Thursday 8 July 2010
Asustek chairman sends internal note to boost morale
Asustek Computer chairman Jonney Shih recently sent an internal note to the company's employees to strengthen team morale as the company has been impacted by rumors president and...
Thursday 8 July 2010
Inventec sees increase on month, but drop on year in June revenues
Inventec has announced revenues of NT$34.73 billion (US$1.08 billion) for June, up 8.8% on month, but down 4.4% on year, with revenues in the first half reaching NT$167.89 billion,...
Thursday 8 July 2010
Acer and Asustek complete digesting netbook inventory
Acer and Asustek Computer have both recently finished digesting their netbook inventories and the two players will observe market demand before launching any new netbook models in...
Wednesday 7 July 2010
Netbook success propels Samsung up notebook ranks in 1Q10, says iSuppli
Boosted by the success of its netbook products, Samsung Electronics in the first quarter of 2010 outperformed the mobile computer market, allowing it to rise to seventh place in the...