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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 22 September 2009
Catcher to start volume production of plastic notebook chassis
Catcher Technology, a Taiwan-based maker of magnesium-alloy notebook chassis, is installing mold-injection equipment in order to start production of plastic chassis in the fourth quarter...
Tuesday 22 September 2009
Foxconn needs to be careful about joining notebook ODM business, says Stan Shih
Acer founder, Stan Shih, has responded to questions about Foxconn Electronics' ambitions to step into ODM notebook production and the retail market in China, saying that Foxconn has...
Monday 21 September 2009
LED chipmakers and packaging houses expect strong demand in 4Q09
LED chipmakers and packaging houses are unlikely to see seasonal decline in the fourth quarter, expecting revenues to remain at the levels seen in the third-quarter peak season due...
Monday 21 September 2009
Notebook camera chip price to decline 17-18% on year in 3Q09
The price of image sensors and controller ICs used in notebook cameras in 2009 is likely to drop 3-4% on quarter and 17-18% on year due to increased penetration of notebook cameras,...
Monday 21 September 2009
Quanta revises upward notebook shipments for 3Q09, says paper
Quanta Computer will see sequential growth close to 30% in its notebook shipments in the third quarter of 2009 compared to a 20% growth projected previously, the Chinese-language Economic...
Monday 21 September 2009
VIA hopes to create NetNote segment between netbooks and notebooks
VIA Technologies has announced a new mobile computing device category, NetNote, that combines the company's Surfboard motherboard along with turnkey system design.
Friday 18 September 2009
Wistron lands 3D notebook orders from HP and Dell, says paper
Wistron has landed 3D notebooks orders from Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Dell, and is currently negotiating with Lenovo and Sony, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times...
Friday 18 September 2009
Netbooks salvage PC volumes, but take a toll on shipment value, says IDC
Worldwide PC shipments fell 2.4% on year in the second quarter of 2009, while shipment value was down 19.1% over the same period, according to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker.
Thursday 17 September 2009
Vendors to push 13.3-inch ultra-thin notebook segment
13.3-inch models are expected to become the major focus for ultra-thin notebook vendors in the future, according to market sources.
Wednesday 16 September 2009
Taiwan PC makers to benefit from new HP products
Hewlett-Packard (HP), at the Nothing But HP for Me event in Singapore on September 15, unveiled more than 20 new PCs ranging from netbooks, ultra-thin and traditional notebooks, and...
Tuesday 15 September 2009
Taiwan Nano expects LED notebook BLUs to boost September sales
Backlight unit (BLU) maker Taiwan Nano Electro-Optical Technology saw the largest revenue increase of all BLU makers in Taiwan in August due to increased shipments of notebook LED...
Tuesday 15 September 2009
Asustek aims to ship 1 million ultra-thin notebooks by end of 2009
Asustek Computer expects to ship 600,000 ultra-thin notebooks by the end of 2009, and the volume has a chance to hit one million units according to president Jerry Shen. Ultra-thin...
Tuesday 15 September 2009
Compal expects Toshiba orders to boost netbook shipments to over 1 million units per month
Compal Electronics expects netbook orders from Toshiba to boost its monthly notebook shipments to over one million units, according to market sources. Toshiba's orders are estimated...
Monday 14 September 2009
PC market takes first step toward recovery in 2Q09, says iSuppli
The PC market made one small step away from the abyss in the second quarter of 2009 as it achieved sequential growth in shipments for the first time in six months, according to iSu...
Monday 14 September 2009
Players hold different views on netbook shipments in 2010
Global netbook shipments are expected to reach 25-30 million units in 2009, but opinions are divided over the outlook for 2010 with some netbook players forecasting volumes to grow,...