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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 4 February 2010
Asustek aiming to ship 20 million notebooks in 2010
Asustek Computer is aiming for annual notebook shipments of 20 million units in 2010, surpassing Toshiba and Lenovo to become the fifth largest vendor worldwide, according to Shien-yueh...
Thursday 4 February 2010
HannStar Board revenues up 11% sequentially in January
Notebook PCB maker HannStar Board has reported revenues of NT$1.87 billion (US$58.33 million) for January, up 11% sequentially and 104% on year. The company also projected its notebook...
Wednesday 3 February 2010
Compal expected to ship 12.1-12.7 million notebooks in 1Q10
Compal Electronics is estimated to have shipped 4.3-4.5 million notebooks in January 2010, and shipments are expected to reach 12-13 million units for the first quarter, according...
Wednesday 3 February 2010
Taiwan market: Lenovo launches ThinkPad Edge
Lenovo has unveiled a new notebook series, the ThinkPad Edge to cover the gap between its enterprise-based ThinkPad series and consumer-based IdeaPad, according to Lenovo Taiwan.
Wednesday 3 February 2010
HP widens notebook shipment gap with Acer in 4Q09
While Acer posted global shipments of 9.5 million notebooks in fourth-quarter 2009, Hewlett-Packard (HP) shipped 11.38 million units, widening the gap between the two from their narrowest...
Tuesday 2 February 2010
ASRock aims to ship 9 million motherboards in 2010
ASRock expects to ship nine million motherboards in 2010, an increase on shipments of seven million units in 2009, according to chairman Ted Hsu.
Tuesday 2 February 2010
Asia Pacific demand for notebooks forecast to surpass US in 2010, Western Europe in 2012
There will be 48.85 million notebooks shipped to the Asia Pacific market (excluding Japan) in 2010, surpassing shipments to the US market, but still lower than Western Europe's 53.46...
Monday 1 February 2010
Pegatron aiming to achieve revenues of NT$600 billion for 2011
Pegatron Technology expects its revenues in 2010 will grow slightly compared to NT$460 billion (US$14.36 billion) in 2009, but will grow 30% on year to total NT$600 billion in 2011,...
Monday 1 February 2010
Quanta aiming for NT$1 trillion in 2010 revenues; developing cloud-based DSC
Quanta Computer has set a goal of achieving consolidated revenues of more than NT$1 trillion (US$31.23 billion) for 2010 with notebook shipments to surpass 50 million units, according...
Monday 1 February 2010
MSI expects 50% notebook shipment growth in 2010, says chairman
Micro-Star International (MSI) expects its notebook shipments in 2010 will grow 50% on year and EPS will return to the level of NT$2.25 (US$0.07) seen in 2008 due to adjustments in...
Monday 1 February 2010
Acer has no plans for iPad-like product, says Acer Taiwan president
Acer will focus on pushing ultra-thin notebooks for 2010 and currently has no plans to jump on the bandwagon to launch a hardware device similar to Apple's new iPad, according to...
Friday 29 January 2010
Unexpectedly low Apple iPad price forces notebook vendors to re-evaluate their tablet PC strategies
Notebook vendors include Asustek Computer and Micro-Star International (MSI) have re-evaluated their strategies for the tablet PC market following Apple's launch of the iPad at a...
Friday 29 January 2010
Labor shortages in notebook supply chain to impact component shipments
Labor shortages in China are expected to impact component makers' shipments in the first quarter of 2010 as most of the makers can only satisfy 70-80% of their orders, while orders...
Friday 29 January 2010
AUO aims at 20% shipment share for LED-backlit TV panels in 2010
AU Optronics (AUO) expects its LED-backlit panels to account for 20% of its total LCD TV panels in 2010, up from 10% in 2009, according to company executive VP of global business...
Friday 29 January 2010
Flextronics aims to double PC shipments in 2010
Flextronics is aiming to double its PC shipments in 2010, according to Sean Burke, president of Flextronics Computing.