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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.
IN THE NEWS
Tuesday 16 March 2010
Sony orders two million notebooks from Foxconn for 2010, says paper
In order to strengthen its entry-level notebook segment, Sony has expanded its notebook outsourcing to Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) to a total of two million units...
Tuesday 16 March 2010
PC market rebound to drive double-digit growth through 2014, says IDC
After a severely constrained first half, steeply discounted PCs along with improving economic conditions steered the global PC market back into the black in the latter half of 2009...
Tuesday 16 March 2010
Corning supplies LGE with Gorilla glass for new ultra-slim premium mobile PC
CORNING, N.Y., March 15, 2010 - Corning Incorporated (NYSE:GLW) announced today that Corning's Gorilla glass has been designed into the LG X300, a newly released premium mobile PC...
Monday 15 March 2010
MSI launches 17-inch gaming notebook
Micro-Star International (MSI) has launched its latest 17-inch gaming notebook - the GE700 - equipped with Intel's latest core i5 processor, ATI Radeon HD 5730 discrete graphics card...
Monday 15 March 2010
Paragon to expand capacity for vacuum sputtering
The board of directors of Paragon Technologies, a Taiwan-based provider of vacuum sputtering processing to prevent EMI in notebooks, has approved plans to spend NT$208 million (US$6.54...
Monday 15 March 2010
Lenovo acquisition plan may hurt second-tier notebook makers, say observers
Commenting on Lenovo's plan to acquire local PC brands in emerging markets to expand its global notebook market share, industry observers said such a plan may benefit first-tier notebook...
Friday 12 March 2010
Taiwan market: Gigabyte changes notebook distributor to Genuine C&C
Gigabyte Technology is adjusting its notebook marketing strategy in order to improve its notebook shipments and has shifted its distributing rights in Taiwan to Genuine C&C from...
Friday 12 March 2010
Computer storage market set to resume growth in 2010, says iSuppli
After suffering a decline in 2009, global revenues from shipments of hard disk drives (HDDs) and optical disk drives (ODDs) used in computers is expected to grow in 2010 as PC shipments...
Thursday 11 March 2010
Darfon expects strong shipment growth for notebook and panel component product lines in 2010
Notebook keyboard and panel component maker Darfon Electronics expects its keyboard shipments in 2010 to grow 30% on year, while LCD inverter and LED converter shipments are to grow...
Thursday 11 March 2010
Wistron non-notebook product lines to see strong shipment growth in 2010
Wistron's non-notebook product lines including desktops and LCD TVs are expected to start seeing strong growth in the second quarter despite expectations notebook shipments will drop...
Wednesday 10 March 2010
Motherboard makers see on-month drops in February 2010 revenues
First-tier motherboard makers Asustek Computer, Pegatron Technology, Gigabyte Technology and Micro-Star International (MSI) have all seen on-month drops in their February 2010 reve...
Wednesday 10 March 2010
Compal sees on-month revenue drop in February 2010
Compal Electronics has posted consolidated revenues of NT$68.86 billion (US$2.15 billion) for February 2010, down 6.2% on month, but up 77% on year, while the company's combined consolidated...
Wednesday 10 March 2010
Acer ascends, as PC market defies expectations in 2009, says iSuppli
Acer in 2009 came within a hair's breadth of supplanting Dell as the world's number two PC maker, as the Taiwan-based computer maker achieved leading growth among the world's top-five...
Tuesday 9 March 2010
MSI unveils new X-Slim X360 ultra-thin notebook
Micro-Star International (MSI) has unveiled the latest addition of its X-Slim notebook series, the X-Slim X360, with Intel's Core i5 processor and HM55 chipset.
Tuesday 9 March 2010
LCD panel makers cutting costs to improve profitability, says iSuppli
Despite the prodigious growth of the global large-size LCD market in recent years, panel suppliers are struggling to maintain profitability, forcing them to cut materials and component...