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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 12 November 2009
MSI, ECS, Gigabyte see October revenues drop on month
While Asustek Computer reported on on-month increase in revenues in October, other first-tier motherboard makers Micro-Star International (MSI), Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) and...
Thursday 12 November 2009
LG Chemical remains top supplier of large-size polarizers in 2Q09, says Displaybank
LG Chemical recorded 29% market share in the global large-size TFT-LCD polarizer market in the second quarter of 2009, ranking first for three consecutive quarters, according to Di...
Thursday 12 November 2009
Foxconn launches series of investments in China
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has announced a series of investments in China with the total amount reaching US$393 million, according to company posts on the Taiwan...
Thursday 12 November 2009
Taiwan market: Acer unveils 3D notebook in Taiwan
Acer on November 11 unveiled its 15.6-inch Aspire 5738DG 3D notebook and the company has already prepared 3,000 units to sell at the IT Month consumer trade show in Taiwan. The show...
Thursday 12 November 2009
Intel to launch three Arrandale CPUs for ultra-thin notebooks in 1H10
Intel plans to launch three 32nm dual-core Arrandale CPUs (Calpella platform), the Core i7-640UM (1.2GHz), Core i7-620UM (1.06GHz) and Core i5-520UM (1.06GHz) with price in thousand-unit...
Thursday 12 November 2009
AMD reveals future platform lineups
AMD has announced new details on its platform roadmap at the 2009 Financial Analyst Day, where senior executives, including president and Chief Executive Officer Dirk Meyer, discussed...
Wednesday 11 November 2009
CPT to supply panel for Asustek 3D notebooks
Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) is expected to supply the panel for Asustek Computer's reported 15.6-inch 3D notebook, which will be launched before the end of 2009, according to industry...
Wednesday 11 November 2009
Taiwan market: Fujitsu launches new tablet PC and ultra-thin notebooks
Japan-based PC vendor Fujitsu has launched the 12.1-inch LifeBook T4310 tablet PC priced at NT$52,800 (US$1,625) in Taiwan along with the 11.6-inch LifeBook P3110 and 12.1-inch LifeBook...
Wednesday 11 November 2009
Notebook related IC designers see 20% decline in October; expect rebound in December
Notebook related IC design houses saw sequential revenue declines of around 20% in October 2009 due to fewer working days. However, they expect revenues to rebound slightly in December...
Wednesday 11 November 2009
PCB maker Dynamic 4Q09 revenues to drop 10% sequentially
PCB maker Dynamic Electronics expects revenues for the fourth quarter of 2009 to slide 10% sequentially, as demand from the notebook and TFT LCD sectors has slowed down on seasonality,...
Wednesday 11 November 2009
LED backlighting, 16:9 ratio remain mainstream technologies for notebook panels in 2010
LED-backlighting and 16:9 aspect ratio will remain as the mainstream technologies for notebook panels in 2010 with some models featuring touchscreen and 3D functions, according to...
Tuesday 10 November 2009
First-tier notebook makers see sequential growth in October, except Inventec
First-tier notebook maker Quanta Computer shipped 3.9 million notebooks to bring in record consolidated revenues of NT$86.02 billion (US$2.65 million) in October 2009, while Compal...
Friday 6 November 2009
Wistron lowers 4Q09 notebook shipment forecast
Wistron has lowered its projected on-quarter notebook shipment growth for the fourth quarter of 2009 from 10% originally to 5%, resulting in projected shipments of 7.2-7.3 million...
Friday 6 November 2009
PC demand did not grow significantly after Windows 7 launch, say PC vendors
Demand for PCs and hardware did not turn strong after the launch of Windows 7 in late October and is unlikely to do so in 2009 due to most Windows Vista users not needing to replace...
Thursday 5 November 2009
ECS expects to ship 7-8 million own-brand motherboards in 2009; 20% growth in 2010
First-tier motherboard maker Elitegroup Computer System (ECS) expects its own-brand motherboard shipments for 2009 to remain flat at 7-8 million units and will see growth of 20% to...