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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
Friday 12 February 2010
Some notebook makers to maintain production over the Lunar New Year
Compal Electronics will remain operational during the Lunar New Year due to strong demand, and will maintain a workforce of 30-50% on new year's eve and the first day of the lunar...
Friday 12 February 2010
Taiwan notebooks – 4Q 2009
Global quarterly notebook shipments hit a record 50.23 million units in the fourth quarter of 2009, as economic recovery continued.
Friday 12 February 2010
Quanta and Compal notebook shipments in 2010 to surpass HP and Acer shipments
Notebook shipments from the top-two makers, Quanta Computer and Compal Electronics, are expected to reach 50 million and 46-48 million units, respectively, in 2010, according to estimates...
Thursday 11 February 2010
China market: HP introduces cheap notebook to compete for market share
Hewlett-Packard (HP) recently launched a mainstream traditional notebook, the Compaq 516, with a price of 3,599 yuan (US$527), less than China's average notebook ASP of 4,500-5,000...
Wednesday 10 February 2010
Compal announces growth in January 2010 revenues
Compal Electronics shipped 4.36 million notebooks, 275,000 LCD TVs and 134,000 LCD monitors to bring in consolidated revenues of NT$73.41 billion (US$2.29 billion) in January 2010,...
Wednesday 10 February 2010
ODMs developing frameless-screen notebooks, say Taiwan makers
Taiwan's major ODM notebook makers have been cooperating with panel makers to develop slim models equipped with frameless screens which are expected to hit the market in second half...
Tuesday 9 February 2010
Quanta, Wistron and Inventec see on-month drops in January 2010 revenues
Quanta Computer has announced consolidated revenues of NT$80.13 billion (US$2.5 billion) for January 2010, a drop of 12.24% on month, but an increase of 86.1% on year.
Tuesday 9 February 2010
Notebook related IC designers Ralink and GMT post sequential revenue growth in January 2010
Global Mixed-mode Technology (GMT) saw January 2010 revenues hit a record high of NT$428 million (US$13 million) thanks to strong demand from the notebook segment, especially from...
Monday 8 February 2010
Compal said to have turned down Asustek notebook orders due to Acer
Asustek Computer was said to have planned to outsource notebooks to Compal Electronics, but the orders were suddenly turned down by the maker due to Acer, according to sources from...
Monday 8 February 2010
Taiwan market: Acer expects higher notebook sales in 2010
Acer's notebook sales in Taiwan in 2009 reached about 1.3 million units and the company expects sales in 2010 to be even higher, but since Taiwan's market scale is still rather small,...
Monday 8 February 2010
Acer aims for 10% notebook market share in China in 2H10
Acer believes its notebook market share in China will have a chance to reach 10% in the second half of 2010 from around 7-8% in the fourth quarter of 2009, according to company CEO...
Friday 5 February 2010
Shuttle expects desktop shipments to reach 300,000 units in 2010
Shuttle expects its desktop shipments will grow from 200,000 units in 2009 to 300,000 units in 2010, according to chairman David Yu.
Friday 5 February 2010
China retail chains consider launching own-brand notebooks
China consumer electronics retail chains Gome Electrical Appliances and Suning Appliance are reportedly interesting in launching own-brand notebooks, while Taiwan-based notebook makers...
Thursday 4 February 2010
Fujitsu to increase notebook outsourcing to Taiwan makers
Fujitsu expects to increase its notebook outsourcing to Taiwan makers from 30% originally, to 50% of the company's total shipments in 2010, according to sources from Fujitsu.
Thursday 4 February 2010
Samsung trails behind Sony as the ninth largest notebook vendor worldwide in 2009
Starting from the second quarter of 2009, the market share gap between Sony and Samsung Electronics was less than 0.2pp each quarter, and Samsung finished the year ranked the ninth...