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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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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 in...
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,...
Friday 25 September 2009
HP cutting notebook prices; gross margins at ODM makers to be affected
Looking to maintain its top ranking position in the global notebook market, Hewlett-Packard (HP) has launched an aggressive pricing strategy in the retail channel, a move which is...
Thursday 24 September 2009
Tripod to see revenues high in September
PCB maker Tripod Technology is expected to see its revenues hit a record high of NT$3.2-3.3 billion (US$98.77-101.85 million) in September due to strong demand for optoelectronics...
Thursday 24 September 2009
IDF San Francisco: Intel unveils new mobile chips and technologies
David Perlmutter, executive vice president and general manager, Architecture Group of Intel has debuted three new Intel Core i7 processors for notebooks based on Intel's Nehalem microarchitecture...
Thursday 24 September 2009
Windows 7 may not spur PC replacement until 2H10
Windows 7 is unlikely to have any obvious impact on PC demand in the tail-end of 2009, according to sources at notebook players, who believe demand should not be expected to pick up...
Thursday 24 September 2009
HannStar to launch FSC-OCB panels in 1Q10
Taiwan-based LCD panel maker HannStar Display plans to launch in-house developed FSC-OCB (field sequential color-optical compensated birefringence) panels in the first quarter of 2010...
Wednesday 23 September 2009
China market: Lenovo leads in August notebook sales
China-based vendor Lenovo sold 600,000 notebooks in the China market in August 2009, followed by Hewlett-Packard (HP) with 420,000 units, Asustek Computer with 300,000 units, Acer...
Wednesday 23 September 2009
EMS providers could pressure notebook ODMs in 2010, says Flextronics president
Although EMS providers have not been competitive against ODMs for notebook orders, the former will eventually be able to compete with the latter due to advantages in global logistics...
Tuesday 22 September 2009
LCD monitor panel prices start to drop in 2H September, says DisplaySearch
LCD panel prices remain mostly unchanged for the second half of September, except for monitor panels, which are reversing to oversupply with prices beginning to drop modestly, according...