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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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Friday 21 August 2009
MSI likely to launch AMD Yukon-based notebooks in October 2009
Micro-Star International (MSI) is expected to launch AMD Yukon-based ultra-thin notebooks in October 2009 at the earliest, according to industry sources.
Friday 21 August 2009
Asustek to launch Ion-based nettop in September and Eee Keyboard in October
Asustek Computer will launch Nvidia Ion-based Eee Box and Eee Top all-in-one PC, as well as two ultra-thin notebooks under its U/UX series line in September. The company will also...
Thursday 20 August 2009
Overall PC market in Canada sluggish in 2Q09, says IDC
The overall client PC market (including desktop and portable PCs, but excluding x86 servers) in Canada performed very close to forecast, with shipments in the second quarter down...
Wednesday 19 August 2009
Inventec 4Q09 notebook shipments to decline due to Toshiba order shift, sources say
Inventec is expected to see notebook shipments decline in the fourth quarter, as Toshiba has recently shifted some of the orders from the maker to its competitor Compal Electronics,...
Wednesday 19 August 2009
Netbook market not exciting LCD panel makers
While there will be an estimated 25-30 million netbook PCs sold globally in 2009, makers of TFT-LCD panels prefer targeting other applications that offer higher profits, according...
Tuesday 18 August 2009
Taiwan market: Dell offers 20% discount for pricing mistake
Dell Taiwan has announced that the company will offer a 20% discount to consumers that were affected by its recent pricing mistakes.
Tuesday 18 August 2009
Notebook shipments from Taiwan makers to increase 13-26% in 2010
Taiwan-based top-four notebook makers, Quanta Computer, Wistron, Compal Electronics and Inventec, will see shipments grow 13-26% in 2010, with Quanta and Wistron expected to enjoy...
Monday 17 August 2009
Clevo to ship 500,000 notebooks in 3Q09
Taiwan-based second-tier notebook maker Clevo expects its notebook shipments in the third quarter to reach 500,000 units, growing only slightly on quarter due to tight supply of components...
Monday 17 August 2009
Notebook PCB makers more optimistic about 3Q09
Taiwan notebook PCB makers HannStar Board and Gold Circuit Electronics (GCE) have lifted their third-quarter notebook PCB shipment goals to 15% growth due to the launch of ultra-thin...
Friday 14 August 2009
First-tier makers to ship around 14 million notebooks in September
Quanta Computer, Compal Electronics, Wistron, Inventec and Pegatron Computer are expected to ship around 13-14 million notebooks in September 2009, according to industry sources.
Friday 14 August 2009
Nvidia to launch new chipsets for Intel- and AMD-based notebooks in 1Q10
Nvidia plans to launch two new chipsets, the MCP89 and MCP99 for Intel-based notebooks, and MCP85 for AMD notebooks, in the first quarter of 2010, according sources at notebook mak...
Friday 14 August 2009
Wistron lands 2010 orders for two consumer notebooks from Dell
Wistron has reportedly landed orders for two consumer notebooks for delivery in 2010 from Dell that will push Wistron's notebook shipments to 32 million units in 2010, compared to...
Friday 14 August 2009
Lenovo to service ThinkPad batteries on non-safety related issue
Lenovo is quietly offering a service extension program for battery packs used in some of its ThinkPad notebooks, including the ThinkPad R60, R61, T60, T61, X60 and X61, as the batteries...
Thursday 13 August 2009
Taiwan notebook makers to see increased orders from HP in August
Notebook makers including Quanta Computer and Compal Electronics have recently received new orders from Hewlett-Packard (HP) for August.
Wednesday 12 August 2009
Acer lowers ultra-thin sales target for 2H09
Acer chairman JT Wang has commented that sales performance of ultra-thin notebooks has so far fallen short of goals, adding Acer has internally downward adjusted the segment's target...