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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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Wednesday 30 September 2009
Notebook shipments gap between Quanta and Compal to narrow to less than 1 million in 2009
The top-two notebook makers, Quanta Computer and Compal Electronics, are expected to see their shipment gap drop sharply from over 10 million units in 2008 to less than one million...
Wednesday 30 September 2009
Notebook vendors conservative about netbook shipments in 2010
Global notebook vendors are expected to turn conservative towards their netbook shipments to channel retailers in 2010 due to relatively thin profitability, according to industry...
Wednesday 30 September 2009
Passive component maker Cyntec gross margins to surpass 35% in 3Q09
Cyntec is estimated to see its third-quarter gross margins climb 3-4pp sequentially, up from 33.7%, according to market watchers.
Wednesday 30 September 2009
Windows 7 may push tablet PCs
The multi-touch features of Windows 7 may make tablet PCs, rather than touchscreen notebooks, a focus among vendors in 2010, due to better ergonomics, according to sources from notebook...
Wednesday 30 September 2009
Failure as opportunity to learn: Q&A with Corning CEO Wendell P Weeks
Many companies went bankrupt in the financial storm, and the remaining companies also learned the lesson the hard way. In the aftermath of the financial woes, many enterprises are...
Wednesday 30 September 2009
HannStar Board says notebook PCB shipments to peak in 4Q09
HannStar Board expects its utilization to run full in the fourth quarter of 2009, with shipments of notebook PCBs reaching the peak for the year, according to the company.
Wednesday 30 September 2009
Taiwan notebooks – 2Q 2009
Taiwan shipped 32.8 million notebooks in the second quarter of 2009, up 18.8% sequentially and 12.8% from the same period one year earlier, as channel vendors replenished their PC...
Tuesday 29 September 2009
Taiwan market: HP launches new ultra-thin notebooks and netbooks
Hewlett-Packard (HP) Taiwan has launched a new ultra-thin notebook, the Probook 5310m, in the Taiwan market, featuring Intel's Core 2 Duo SP9300 processor and made by Compal Electronics...
Tuesday 29 September 2009
IC distributor Maxtek expands product lines with USB 3.0, touchscreen solutions
IC distributor Maxtek Technology has added USB 3.0 and touchscreen solutions to its product lines. It expects to start distributing Prolific Technology's USB 3.0 device solutions...
Tuesday 29 September 2009
Intel to offer dual-core CPUs for ultra-thin notebook platform
Intel plans to upgrade its ultra-thin notebook platform to include dual-core CPUs in the fourth quarter of 2009, according to sources at notebook makers.
Tuesday 29 September 2009
PC-related IC designers expected to enjoy high sales in September
Taiwan-based IC design house Realtek Semiconductor is expected to see its September revenues hit a record for the fourth consecutive month, while Richtek Technology, Global Mixed-mode...
Monday 28 September 2009
Ju Teng expects 15% of revenues to come from non-notebook products in 2010
Chassis maker Ju Teng International Holdings aims to increase its revenue contributions from non-notebook product lines from only around 5% in 2009 to 15% in 2010, according to the...
Monday 28 September 2009
Blu-ray notebook expected to take off in 2H10
Shipment volumes of Blu-ray disc drive-equipped notebooks are unlikely to take off until the second half of 2010, according to sources from Taiwan-based optical drive makers.
Friday 25 September 2009
Compal may maintain lead in September notebook shipments, says paper
Quanta Computer's notebook shipments may only reach 3.4-3.5 million units in September 2009, less than market watchers' previous forecast of above four million units and will trail...
Friday 25 September 2009
IDF San Francisco: Vendors debut Calpella-based notebooks
The first batch of Intel Calpella platform-based notebooks coming from Asustek Computer, Dell, Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Toshiba made their debuts at IDF San Francisco 2009. However,...