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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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Friday 2 April 2010
Credit Suisse increases Foxconn shipment forecast, says paper
Credit Suisse, optimistic about market demand for Foxconn Electronics' (Hon Hai Precision Industry's) goods, has raised its forecast on the company's product shipments in 2010 with...
Friday 2 April 2010
Intel holding off new ultra-thin notebook CPUs
Intel has recently decided to hold off the launch of new ultra-thin notebook processors until the third quarter as Acer has halted the production of its ultra-thin notebooks and has...
Friday 2 April 2010
Gigabyte and Asustek aim for strong USB 3.0 product shipments in 2010
Gigabyte Technology vice president of motherboard business Henry Kao, at the recent USB-IF forum, pointed out that the company expects to ship a total of five million USB 3.0 motherboards...
Friday 2 April 2010
Ju Teng expects metal chassis capacity of 24 million in 2010
Chassis maker Ju Teng International Holdings expects its metal chassis capacity to reach three million units per month in the third quarter of 2010 as the company's joint venture...
Thursday 1 April 2010
HP and Dell to reduce investment for 10-inch netbook, say sources
Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Dell have both significantly reduced their investments in the 10-inch netbook segment, with HP reportedly even considering quitting the 10-inch netbook market...
Thursday 1 April 2010
Acer announces on-year growth of 5% in 2009 revenues
Acer's board of directors has approved the financial results for 2009, which marked record highs in consolidated revenues of NT$573.98 billion (US$17.9 billion) representing 5% annual...
Thursday 1 April 2010
Notebook IC vendors look to 20-30% sequential revenue growth in March
Notebook IC vendors, including Global Mixed-code Technology (GMT), Integrated Technology express (ITE) and Ene Technology, are expected to see their revenues grow 20-30% sequentially...
Thursday 1 April 2010
Taiwan market: Asustek cuts Windows 7-based netbook prices
Asustek Computer has recently dropped its Eee PC 1001HA with Windows 7 to NT$9,999 (US$314) in the Taiwan market and the company has also reduced the price of its dual-core Intel...
Thursday 1 April 2010
Notebook power supply and cooling module makers plan to increase price
Makers of notebook power supplies and cooling modules are preparing to increase their quotes as the rising labor costs in China as well as increasing copper prices are impacting their...
Wednesday 31 March 2010
Taiwan market: Acer TimelineX notebooks priced at NT$34,900-44,900
Acer launched its TimelineX series ultra-thin notebooks in Taiwan on March 30 with a price range of NT$34,900-44,900 (US$1,099-1,414) for 13.3-inch, 14-inch and 15.6-inch models.
Tuesday 30 March 2010
Not all notebook vendors and makers building IC inventories, say sources
ODM notebook makers and branded notebook vendors seem to have adopted different strategies for building related IC inventories for the second quarter of 2010, according to sources...
Monday 29 March 2010
SiS notebook chipset facing shortage, says paper
Silicon Integrated System (SiS) has faced shortage of its M672 notebook chipset since early March and the company has already placed rush orders with United Microelectronics Corporation...
Monday 29 March 2010
Asustek and Fujitsu see no change in 2009 notebook ASPs, says IDC
Some global top-10 notebook vendors including Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Dell in 2009 dropped their notebook ASPs by over 8%, while Acer only had a less than 6% drop. But Asustek Computer...
Friday 26 March 2010
Taiwan market: Vendors cut netbook and ultra-thin notebook price to clear inventory
Notebook vendors including Asustek Computer, Acer and Micro-Star International (MSI), have all recently dropped the prices of their Atom N280-based netbooks as well as ultra-thin...
Thursday 25 March 2010
Notebook makers expect 2Q10 shipments to remain flat on quarter
Despite the low season, notebook makers expect their overall shipments in the second quarter of 2010 to stay flat sequentially, as global first-tier vendors such as Acer and Lenovo...