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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 29 October 2009
Compal and Wistron both see double-digit growth in 3Q09 revenues
Compal Electronics and Wistron have both reported growth in their third quarter revenues with Compal seeing sequential growth of 41.8% and Wistron 15.1%.
Thursday 29 October 2009
Acer to target shipments of 40 million notebooks in 2010, says chairman
Acer looks set to comfortably achieve its notebook shipments goal of more than 30 million units for 2009, and is looking to mark two major milestones in 2010, shipping more than 40...
Wednesday 28 October 2009
Inventec confident of meeting 2009 notebook shipments target
Inventec recently said it is confident it will reach its shipments goal of 21 million notebooks in 2009 despite an anticipated drop in fourth-quarter shipments, according to company...
Tuesday 27 October 2009
MSI and Gigabyte expect strong notebook shipment growth in 2010
Micro-Star International (MSI) and Gigabyte Technology recently revealed that their notebook shipments picked up in the second half of the year and both companies are optimistic about...
Tuesday 27 October 2009
CMO expects further profit growth in 4Q09
Having swung back to profits in the third quarter 2009, Taiwan-based LCD panel maker Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO) expects a further improvement in profitability in the fourth quarter...
Tuesday 27 October 2009
Corning expects worldwide LCD glass market to grow 15% in 2010
Corning has reported that display business revenues rose slightly sequentially to US$679 million in the third quarter, as sales were impacted by an earthquake that affected production...
Monday 26 October 2009
Asustek aims to ship more than 16 million notebooks and netbooks combined in 2010
Asustek Computer expects its notebook shipments (including netbook)s will increase from 12 million units in 2009 to over 16 million units in 2010, and global notebook shipments will...
Monday 26 October 2009
Camera chassis maker AVY Prevision enters notebook chassis business, says paper
AVY Precision Technology, a Taiwan-based maker of aluminum alloy casings for digital cameras, recently entered the notebook segment and the company has already landed orders for its...
Monday 26 October 2009
Sonix developing 32-bit multimedia MCU
Consumer IC design house Sonix Technology has recently licensed ARM's IP for 32-bit microcontroller units (MCU), and expects to roll out new ARM-based products in the second half...
Friday 23 October 2009
Flextronics aims to become first-tier notebook maker
Flextronics International aims to become one of the top three notebook makers worldwide, according to Sean Burke, president of Flextronics Computing and Peter Chu, general manager...
Friday 23 October 2009
AUO to start production at second 8.5G plant in 2H10, says president
AU Optronics (AUO) plans to start production at its second 8.5G plant in the second half of 2010, as the company anticipates demand growth for large-size LCD panels next year, according...
Friday 23 October 2009
Notebook IC designers expect 10-15% revenue decline in 4Q09
Ene Technology, Integrated Technology Express (ITE) and Global Mixed-mode Technology (GMT) all estimate their revenues in the fourth quarter of 2009 to see a 10-15% sequential decline...
Thursday 22 October 2009
Asustek to hire more workers
With high tech companies beginning to report their third quarter results, it appears that the global economy is warming slightly from its previously gloomy conditions, and recent...
Thursday 22 October 2009
Acer launches 3D notebook in US market
Acer America has announced its Aspire 5738DG notebook with 3D viewing technology that features advanced display capabilities, a high-definition graphics engine, an Intel Core 2 Duo...
Thursday 22 October 2009
Taiwan market: ViewSonic announces six ultra-thin notebooks
ViewSonic has unveiled six Intel-based ultra-thin notebooks – two 12.1-inch ViewBook 120 notebooks, a 13.3-inch ViewBook 130, a 14.1-inch ViewBook 140 and two 13.3-inch enterprise-based...