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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 1 July 2010
Inventec halts Kohjinsha brand notebooks
Taiwan-based notebook maker Inventec has recently decided to halt launching mini-notebook products using its sub-brand Kohjinsha (KJS) and the team in the future will focus on notebook...
Thursday 1 July 2010
Sony offers new firmware for overheating issue in VAIO F11 and CW2 series notebooks
Sony has announced that the company's VAIO F11 and CW2 series notebooks may overheat due to a potential malfunction of the internal temperature management system and could result deformation...
Wednesday 30 June 2010
Passive component distributors Podak expects flat revenues in 3Q10
Passive component distributor Podak has revealed that it has seen its order visibility extending to September, but expects its revenues to stay flat in the third quarter due to particularly...
Tuesday 29 June 2010
Digitimes insight: Notebook makers to see weak performance in 2H10
Taiwan-based first-tier notebook makers are unlikely to see strong quarterly shipment performance in the second half of 2010 as in previous years, according to Joanne Chien, senior...
Friday 25 June 2010
Pegatron has chance to manufacture desktop PCs for Acer
After recently landing notebook orders from Acer, Pegatron Technology has a chance of receiving orders for desktop PCs from the vendor too, according to sources from PC players.
Friday 25 June 2010
Acer to move mainstream ultra-thin notebooks under Gateway brand
Acer has recently adjusted its ultra-thin notebook strategy and plans to move its ultra-thin notebooks under the Gateway brand, and only the 11.6-inch Aspire Timeline will remain under...
Thursday 24 June 2010
IC designers look to over 20% order growth from DSC and game console sectors in 3Q10
Taiwan-based IC design houses are expected to see orders from the DSC and gaming console sectors increase over 20% sequentially in the third quarter and those from the notebook segment...
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,...