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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 25 August 2009
Nokia announces Booklet 3G mini-notebook
Nokia has announced the Booklet 3G mini-notebook (netbook) powered by Intel's Atom processor.
Tuesday 25 August 2009
Taiwan notebook industry overview
Global notebook shipments grew 31.8% on year to 137 million units in 2008, of which, 91.4% were made by Taiwan makers, up from 89.5% in 2007.
Tuesday 25 August 2009
Wistron to increase notebook shipments to Acer in 2010
Wistron's notebook orders from Acer are expected to increase in 2010 as the company will replace Inventec in producing Acer's 13.3-inch ultra-thin notebook, according to market sou...
Tuesday 25 August 2009
Quanta expects on-quarter notebook shipment growth of 20% in 3Q09 and 4Q09, says vice chairman
Quanta Computer expects its notebook shipments to grow 20% on quarter in the third and fourth quarters of 2009 and will achieve its 2009 target of 36.5 million units with help from...
Tuesday 25 August 2009
Samsung aims at 20% notebook CIS market share in 2009, say IC distributors
Samsung Electronics has set an internal goal of attaining a 20% share in the global notebook CMOS image sensor (CIS) market in 2009 and an over 30% share in 2010, according to Taiwan-based...
Monday 24 August 2009
More rumors of Shuttle stepping into notebook market
Small form factor PC maker Shuttle is again speculated to be moving into the notebook market with rumors it is looking to recruit a 40-member notebook team from Elitegroup Computer...
Monday 24 August 2009
China market: White-box netbook vendors to step into ultra-thin notebook segment
China-based white-box netbook makers, including Hasee Computer and Wanlida Group, are planning to step into the ultra-thin notebook segment due to a slowdown in the netbook market...
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 14.6%...
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...