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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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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...
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,...