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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 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 notebooks...
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...
Thursday 25 March 2010
Asustek to adopt USB 3.0 in PC product lines
Asustek Computer has announced that the company will add USB 3.0 support in its PC product lines including mainstream notebook, Eee PC and Eee Box.
Thursday 25 March 2010
Inventec to invest in Bright LED
Inventec has announced that it will subscribe to NT$360 million (US$11.3 million) worth of convertible bonds issued by Taiwan-based LED chip packaging house Bright Led Electronics...
Wednesday 24 March 2010
Acer debuts TimelineX series notebooks
Acer on March 23 unveiled TimelineX, an extended series of the existing Timeline ultra-thin notebook. Acer expects its Timeline and TimelineX models together will account for 30-40%...
Wednesday 24 March 2010
Corning plans to establish melting tanks in China
Corning, in a seminar at FPD China 2010, pointed out that the company is in negotiation with clients and the China government over a plan to building glass melting tanks in China and...
Wednesday 24 March 2010
Luxa AR, keep your perspective clear from now on
Luxa, the exclusive accessory brand with a simple touch of luxury for a unique lifestyle, is introducing a new series of anti-reflection screen protection films for notebook and MacBook...
Tuesday 23 March 2010
Digitimes Insight: Shipments of notebooks with HD webcams to grow strongly in 2011
Worldwide shipment proportion of HD-ready (1280 x 800 or 1280 x 720) notebook webcam in 2011 is expected to rise 23 percentage points to 35% from 2010 as the prices of HD webcams will...
Tuesday 23 March 2010
Chimei Innolux shifting LCD monitor lines from southern China to western China
Chimei Innolux Corporation (CIC) has begun shifting its capacity dedicated to annual ODM production of 7-8 million Hewlett-Packard (HP) LCD monitors at its factory in Shenzhen, southern...
Tuesday 23 March 2010
Aiming to become 'MediaTek' for white-box notebooks: Q&A with Shuttle president David Chen
Aiming to become an equivalent of MediaTek in the white-box notebook market, Shuttle has been working aggressively to set up standards for notebook components and other specifications,...