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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 24 June 2010
Compal adds investment in China subsidiary
Compal Electronics has announced additional investment of NT$79.58 million (US$2.47 million) in its subsidiary ShengBao Precision Electronics (Taicang), in eastern China. Compal's...
Wednesday 23 June 2010
Intel updates notebook CPU lineup and prices
Intel launched Core i7-940XM, i7-840QM and i7-740QM CPUs priced at US$1,054, US$546 and US$364, respectively on June 20, and plans to release more notebook processors, the Core i7-640M,...
Tuesday 22 June 2010
Taiwan market: Toshiba launches dual-screen notebook
Toshiba has launched two limited edition notebooks, the Libretto W100 and Portege R700 globally.
Tuesday 22 June 2010
Lenovo announces new 3D notebook
China-based notebook brand Lenovo has recently announced a 3D notebook (IdeaPad Y560D) equipped with a 15.6-inch screen, Intel Core i7 processor and an ATI Radeon HD 5730 graphics...
Monday 21 June 2010
Prospects of hybrid HDDs in notebook market: Q&A with Seagate's Teh Ban-seng
Seagate Technology on May 24, 2010 unveiled Momentus XT drive, a hybrid hard disk drive (HDD) series that combines 7,200rpm hard disk platters and a 4GB SSD (solid-state drive) made...
Monday 21 June 2010
Wistron invests in EMI prevention solution provider
First-tier notebook maker Wistron has recently announced plans to invest US$1.6 million in Hartec, a Singapore-based provider of vacuum sputtering processing to prevent EMI in notebooks...
Monday 21 June 2010
Longwell expects 30-35% revenue growth in 2Q10
Taiwan-based IT product power cord maker Longwell expects its revenues in the second quarter of 2010 to increase 30-35% sequentially, up from previous estimates of 20-30% growth.
Monday 21 June 2010
Brand vendors cut ultra-thin notebook prices; halt development of new models
Notebook brand vendors including Acer, Asustek Computer, Micro-Star International (MSI) and Lenovo have recently reduced their ultra-thin notebook prices in Taiwan to digest \inventories,...
Monday 21 June 2010
Acer counters Samsung notebook advance by shifting component orders
Acer has recently started shifting some of its notebook component orders such as panels and DRAM out from Samsung Electronics to counter Samsung's aggressive advancement in notebook...
Friday 18 June 2010
Sunrex expects June revenue to remain flat
Taiwan-based notebook keyboard maker Sunrex Technology expects its June 2010 consolidated revenues to remain flat or increase sequentially amid stable shipments. However, despite...
Friday 18 June 2010
Kenmos expects 20-30% revenue growth for 2Q10
Taiwan-based backlight unit (BLU) maker Kenmos Technology expects its revenues in the second quarter of 2010 to increase 20-30% sequentially and its monthly revenues to continue to...
Friday 18 June 2010
HannStar Board and Gold Circuit positive about June notebook PCB sales but uncertain for 3Q10
Notebook PCB makers HannStar Board and Gold Circuit Electronics both expect to post sequential revenue gains in June 2010 but are conservative about the outlook for the third quart...
Thursday 17 June 2010
Wistron and Inventec expect price competition for 2011 notebook orders should soften for 2010, says paper
As notebook brand vendors have recently started their request for quotation (RFQ) process, notebook makers Wistron and Inventec believe price competition for 2011 notebook orders...
Thursday 17 June 2010
Notebook makers see strong 3Q10
First-tier notebook makers Quanta Computer, Compal Electronics and Wistron expect channel demand during the back-to-school season to be very strong and will push up their shipment...
Thursday 17 June 2010
Pegatron lands Acer notebook orders for 2011
Pegatron Technology has landed notebook orders from Acer for 2011 and with the reports its has also received CDMA iPhone orders, the company is expected to see growth in revenues...