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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.
IN THE NEWS
Monday 14 September 2009
Notebook component suppliers suffering labor shortages in China
Taiwan-based notebook component suppliers are reportedly suffering from labor shortages as workers return home for the holidays while orders are increasing, according sources at the...
Monday 14 September 2009
AMD readies more ATI Radeon 5000 series GPUs for 4Q09
AMD is preparing to launch ATI Radeon HD 5700 series (Juniper XT/LE) GPUs – the Radeon HD 5770 and 5750 – in October of 2009 and 5870 X2 (R800) in November after the launch...
Monday 14 September 2009
VIA Adopts Sequans mobile WiMAX chip technology for new VIA eNote turnkey solution
VIA Technologies has announced the availability of the new VIA eNote turnkey solution, a thin and light notebook that adopts Sequans Communications' mobile WIMAX chip and strikes the...
Friday 11 September 2009
Clevo notebook shipments hit high in August
Taiwan-based second-tier notebook maker Clevo saw its monthly notebook shipments hit a record high of 200,000 units in August 2009, pushing its revenues for the month to NT$1.88 billion...
Friday 11 September 2009
ECS revenues and motherboard shipments down in August
Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) has announced consolidated revenues of NT$6.08 billion (US$185.93 million) for August 2009, down 2.8% sequentially and 10.4% on year.
Friday 11 September 2009
PCB capacity to be tighter in 4Q09
Taiwan-based PCB makers are seeing tight capacity mainly due to increasing demand for notebook and optoelectronics boards, and the situation is expected to become even more serious...
Thursday 10 September 2009
Asustek sees on-month increase, while MSI and Gigabyte see decline in August 2009 revenues
Motherboard makers Asustek Computer, Micro-Star International (MSI) and Gigabyte Technology have announced revenue results for August 2009, with Asustek seeing an on-month increase...
Thursday 10 September 2009
Dell may see notebook shipments gap widen with HP and Acer in 3Q09
Dell is expected to see notebook shipments of only 5-6 million units in the third quarter of 2009 due to declining demand for enterprise models. Dell's shipments gap with Hewlett-Packard...
Thursday 10 September 2009
Coretronic posts on-month growth in August revenues
Backlight unit (BLU) maker Coretronic has announced consolidated revenues of NT$5.94 billion (US$181.68 million) for August, a growth of 11.62% from NT$5.32 billion for July, but a...
Thursday 10 September 2009
Compal scores high in August notebook shipments
Compal Electronics has announced notebook shipments of 3.3 million units for August 2009, a record high for Compal, and which surpassed Quanta Computer's three million units.
Thursday 10 September 2009
PC vendors turning optimistic toward touchscreen notebooks, touch panel makers say
PC vendors are turning positive about the potential of touchscreen notebooks for 2009 as they prepare to launch touchscreen notebooks next month, along with the aggressive entrance...
Wednesday 9 September 2009
Quanta, Wistron see August revenues down, while Inventec up on month
Taiwan-based ODM Quanta Computer shipped three million notebooks and brought in consolidated revenues of NT$60.05 billion (US$1.83 billion) in August 2009, respectively decreasing...
Monday 7 September 2009
Notebook power cord quotes to rise along with copper pricing in 2H09, says paper
The price of notebook power cords is expected to rise 5-10% in the second half of 2009 as global copper prices continues to increase, according to a Chinese-language Commercial...
Monday 7 September 2009
Compal to see over 20% notebook shipments growth in 3Q09, says president
Compal Electronics will achieve an over 20% sequential growth in notebook shipments in the third quarter of 2009, and 10% for the fourth as demand in Europe recovers, according to...
Monday 7 September 2009
LCD component makers Wah Hong, Radiant report record revenues for August
Taiwan-based LCD optical film maker Wah Hong Industrial and backlight unit (BLU) maker Radiant Opto-Electronics (ROEC) have reported record consolidated revenues for August.