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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 13 May 2010
Notebook vendors aggressively launching AMD-based products
Notebook vendors including Hewlett-Packard (HP), Acer, Dell, Lenovo, Micro-Star International (MSI) and Asustek Computer have all recently increased their shipments proportion of AMD-based...
Thursday 13 May 2010
Western Digital likely to unseat Seagate in 2010, says The Information Network
Western Digital (WD) came close to taking the lead in the global hard disk drive (HDD) market in 2009, but a surge in desktop sales kept Seagate in the lead for the year, according...
Wednesday 12 May 2010
Lenovo expected to launch a 3D notebook in 3Q10
Lenovo is expected to release a stereoscopic 3D notebook in the third quarter of 2010 using a polarized glasses solution, according to market watchers.
Tuesday 11 May 2010
PCB price rise hurting motherboard maker profits; motherboard makers post April results
The recent rising quotes for PCBs due to high cooper prices are expected to hurt motherboard makers' profits for the second quarter, according to sources from motherboard players.
Tuesday 11 May 2010
EMS providers to see share in notebook OEM/ODM market rise in 2010
Electronic manufacturing service (EMS) providers are expected to see their share of the notebook manufacturing market rise from 2.95% in 2009 to 8.25% in 2010, according to sources...
Tuesday 11 May 2010
Compal sees on-month drop in April revenues
Compal Electronics has announced consolidated revenues of NT$71.51 billion (US$2.27 billion) for April 2010, dipping 8% on month, but increasing 63% on year.
Tuesday 11 May 2010
Flextronics sets up annual capacity for 15 million notebooks
Singapore-based EMS provider Flextronics International has established an annual production capacity of 15 million notebooks in China and has reserved some space at the production...
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...