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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 15 October 2009
Acer CEO expects company to top notebook market by 2011
Acer CEO Gianfranco Lanci has forecast that the company's PC shipments will surpass 30 million units in 2009 and break 40 million in 2010. Lanci pointed out Acer had 5% on-year consolidated...
Thursday 15 October 2009
MLCC shipments remain stable on demand for notebook products
Taiwan-based passive component makers are likely to see revenues hold level in October 2009 on stable multi-layer ceramic-chip capacitor (MLCC) orders for notebook related products,...
Thursday 15 October 2009
Taiwan market: Toshiba launches two ultra-thin notebooks made by Quanta
Toshiba has announced two new Intel-based ultra-thin notebooks targeted for the Taiwan market – the 11.6-inch Portege T110 and 13.3-inch T130. Both models are manufactured by...
Wednesday 14 October 2009
Taiwan market: Sony unveils Vaio X notebook
Sony has debuted two Vaio X series slim notebooks that are 1.39cm thick and weigh 745g, for launch in the Taiwan market. The X115 is priced at NT$39,800 (US$1,230) and features a 64GB...
Wednesday 14 October 2009
Shipments from top-four Taiwan notebook makers expected to increase 10% in 4Q09
Notebook shipments from Taiwan's top-four notebook makers are expected to increase by about 10% sequentially in the fourth quarter due to it being the traditional peak season, as well...
Wednesday 14 October 2009
Taiwan-based connector maker Cvilux expected to see 30% revenue growth in 2010
LCD-connector maker Cvilux is expected to generate 10% sequential growth in its fourth quarter revenues and 30% on-year growth for its annual revenues in 2010 mainly through its notebook...
Wednesday 14 October 2009
Quanta invests in US-based Tilera, Japan-based chassis maker in China
Quanta Computer on October 12 announced the investment of US$10 million in Tilera Corporation, a US-based multicore processors company for general purpose computing in cloud, wireless,...
Wednesday 14 October 2009
Korea panel makers still dominate notebook panel market in 3Q09, says Digitimes Research
Taiwan LCD panel makers only accounted for 38.48% of the total notebook panel shipments in the third quarter, while Korean makers Samsung Electronics and LG Display dominated the market...
Wednesday 14 October 2009
PCB makers HannStar Board and GCE upbeat about 4Q09
PCB makers HannStar Board and Gold Circuit Electronics (GCE) have estimated better fourth-quarter 2009 results compared to the previous quarter thanks to strong demand for notebook...
Tuesday 13 October 2009
Acer eyes 30 million notebook shipments for 2009
Acer has reported consolidated revenues of NT$167 billion (US$5.19 billion) and net profits of NT$3.45 billion (US$107.14 million) for the third quarter of 2009, both records for the...
Tuesday 13 October 2009
Acer recall is production issue, not ultra-thin notebook issue, say sources
In light of the recent Acer recall for certain ultra-thin notebook models, Taiwan notebook makers have been pointing out that the recall is a is a production issue involving specific...
Monday 12 October 2009
3Q09 sales up on year for rugged notebook maker Mitac Technology
Rugged notebook specialist Mitac Technology Corporation (MTC) has posted consolidated revenues of NT$5.01 billion (US$156.07 million) for the third quarter, up 17.2% sequentially and...
Monday 12 October 2009
Compal sees both revenues and shipments increase in September
First-tier notebook maker Compal Electronics has posted consolidated revenues of NT$67.35 billion (US$2.09 billion) and notebook shipments of 4.15 million units for September of 2009...
Friday 9 October 2009
Gigabyte September revenues up on year, but mobo shipments will drop in 4Q09
Gigabyte Technology has reported revenues of NT$4.7 billion (US$146.42 million) for September, up 17.9% on month and 4% on year, bringing its revenues for the first nine months of...
Friday 9 October 2009
As netbook shipments grow, notebook revenues decline, says DisplaySearch
The value of the total notebook PC market was US$26.4 billion in the second quarter of 2009, up 10% on quarter, but down 5% on year, according to DisplaySearch.