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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 11 May 2010
Analog IC designer GMT looks to sequential revenue growth in 2Q10
IC design house Global Mixed-code Technology (GMT) expects revenues for the ongoing second quarter to grow sequentially from the NT$1.22 billion (US$38.73 million) recorded in the...
Monday 10 May 2010
Quanta sees revenue growth in April, while Wistron and Inventec drop
Quanta Computer, benefiting from new notebook models from Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Apple, shipped 4.5 million notebooks and generated consolidated revenues of NT$97.02 billion (US$3.07...
Friday 7 May 2010
Cooler module maker AVC to see 5% sequential revenue growth in 2Q10
Taiwan-based cooler module maker Asia Vital Components (AVC) expects its revenues to grow in the second quarter. Market watchers predict grow will reach 5% amid growing demand from...
Friday 7 May 2010
Notebook keyboard makers expect different results for 2Q10
Taiwan-based notebook keyboard makers Chicony Electronics and Darfon Electronics expect to see revenue growth in the second quarter of 2010, while Sunrex Technology expects to see...
Friday 7 May 2010
Celxpert, Simplo April revenues up sequentially, Dynapack down
Taiwan-based notebook battery makers Celxpert Energy and Simplo Technology saw their April 2010 revenues increase 1.54% and 7.77% on month, respectively.
Thursday 6 May 2010
HP sees drop in Asia Pacific notebook market share in 1Q10
Hewlett-Packard's (HP's) notebook market share in Asia Pacific market (excluding Japan) in the first quarter dropped 3pp sequentially to only 17% with shipment volumes also down from...
Thursday 6 May 2010
China players aggressively entering tablet PC market
China-based PC players including first-tier notebook brand Lenovo, e-book reader brand Hanwang and white-box brand Malata, have all expressed their interest in entering the tablet...
Thursday 6 May 2010
Pegatron still evaluating location of new plant
Pegatron Technology has commented on market rumors that its new notebook plant may be located in Chongqing, China saying that it does not yet have a clear plan and it is still evaluating...
Wednesday 5 May 2010
Asustek seeking third notebook ODM/OEM between Flextronics and Quanta
Asustek Computer is seeking a third notebook manufacturing partner in addition to Pegatron Technology and Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry), with Singapore-based Flextronics...
Wednesday 5 May 2010
Passive component maker WTC looks to strong performance from 2Q10 upwards
Passive component maker Walsin Technology Corporation (WTC) expects revenues and profitability to trend upwards starting in the second quarter due to strong demand from the notebook,...
Tuesday 4 May 2010
GBM sees tight notebook PCB supply through 2H10
The current tight supply of notebook-use PCBs is expected to continue through the latter half of 2010, according to Yeu-Yuh Chu, newly-appointed president of Global Brands Manufacture...
Tuesday 4 May 2010
PC component makers increasing quotes to handle rising copper prices
Taiwan-based makers of PC cables, power supplies and cooling modules have upwardly adjusted quotes to notebook makers to reflect increased material cost as the international copper...
Tuesday 4 May 2010
Inventories of large-size LCD products increase, spurring price reductions, says iSuppli
Global channel inventories of TV rose to four weeks in March, up from 2.5 weeks in January. For notebooks, inventories increased to 4.8 weeks in March, up from 3.5 weeks in January...
Monday 3 May 2010
Wistron expected to see on-month drop in April notebook shipments, says paper
Wistron's notebook shipments in April 2010 are expected to drop 17% from 2.4 million units in March to only two million units in April, according to a Chinese-language Economical...
Monday 3 May 2010
Darfon reports 11% sequential revenue drop for 1Q10
Notebook keyboard and panel component maker Darfon Electronics has announced consolidated revenues of NT$7.16 billion (US$228.35 million) for the first quarter of 2010, down about...