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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 17 December 2009
Pegatron seeking orders from Acer, Dell, Gigabyte, MSI; Asustek considers outsourcing to ECS
Pegatron Technology recently paid visits to first-tier notebook makers Acer and Dell, as well as first-tier motherboard makers Gigabyte Technology and Micro-Star International (MSI)...
Wednesday 16 December 2009
Notebook panel prices expected to stabilize in January 2010
The current downward trend in prices for notebook panels is expected to stabilize for a while in January, as panel makers are shifting more capacity to the monitor segment due to...
Tuesday 15 December 2009
CPT to expand 6G LCD panel, color filter capacity, says president
Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) aims to expand its 6G LCD panel plant, as well as its 6G color filter (CF) capacity, but has yet to work out a specific schedule, according to company...
Monday 14 December 2009
Inventec to invest in Japan-based speaker maker Onkyo
Inventec has announced plans to invest 600 million yen (US$6.77 million) in Japan-based speaker maker Onkyo.
Monday 14 December 2009
Pegatron expected to use ASRock for brand business
Pegatron Technology is expected to use its motherboard brand name ASRock to compete against first-tier motherboard makers and vendors including Asustek Computer after the company...
Friday 11 December 2009
Acer announces AMD-based Ferrari One notebook
Acer America has debuted the new 11.6-inch Ferrari One notebook to the US market.
Thursday 10 December 2009
Asustek and Pegatron see on-month drops in November 2009 revenues
Asustek Computer posted revenues of NT$26.93 billion (US$834.65 million) for November 2009, down 6.04% on month, while Pegatron Technology had consolidated revenues of NT$48.55 billion,...
Thursday 10 December 2009
Lenovo expected to ship more than 13 million notebooks in 2009
Lenovo's notebook shipments in 2009 are expected to surpass 13 million units as demand for enterprise notebooks is rising. The company will also have a chance to surpass Toshiba to...
Thursday 10 December 2009
Compal announces growth in November 2009 revenues; ships 4.5 million notebooks
Compal Electronics has announced consolidated revenues of NT$78.42 billion (US$2.4 billion) for November 2009, up 4.6% on month and 161.3% on year. The amount is also a new monthly...
Wednesday 9 December 2009
Acer chairman blames HP and Dell for poor ultra-thin notebook sales
Acer chairman JT Wang believes ultra-thin notebooks with long battery-lives will be the future trend in the notebook industry and he recently urged Intel, which plans to mainly push...
Wednesday 9 December 2009
Acer shipments in 4Q09 expected to mainly benefit from Europe, North America
Acer is expected to ship 4.5-5 million notebooks to Europe, due to growing market demand, and 3-3.5 million units to the North American market, mainly through cooperation with Best...
Wednesday 9 December 2009
Quanta hits new high, Wistron sees on-month drop in November 2009 revenues
Quanta Computer has reported consolidated revenues of NT$93.3 billion (US$2.88 billion) for November 2009, the highest monthly figure on record and up 8.5% on month and 36.6% on year;...
Tuesday 8 December 2009
10% employee-owned notebooks to become primary work PC in 2009, says Gartner
Enterprises are increasingly considering the use of employee-owned notebooks, and more than 40% of organizations have a policy regarding the use of employee-owned PCs, according to...
Tuesday 8 December 2009
Inventec sees on-month increase, but on-year drop in November revenues
Inventec has posted revenues of NT$34.15 billion (US$1.06 billion) for November, up 10.1% on month, but down 12.5% on year, while its combined revenues from January to November reached...
Monday 7 December 2009
Sonix to ship webcam ICs to Japan-based notebook vendor
IC designer Sonix Technology's notebook webcam IC has entered the supply chain of a Japan-based notebook vendor, who used to mainly adopt chips provided from companies in Japan, with...