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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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Wednesday 12 August 2009
Samsung expected to ship 4.5 million notebooks in 2009
Samsung Electronics shipped 1.09 million notebooks in the second quarter of 2009, and is expected to ship 4.5 million units for the year largely through cooperation with mobile telecom...
Wednesday 12 August 2009
CIS supply continues to tighten
The supply of CMOS image sensors (CIS), which remains tight from Samsung Electronics and Aptina, has also recently fallen short from OmniVision, according to industry sources. The...
Tuesday 11 August 2009
BLU maker Coretronic reports 4% sequential increase in July revenues
Backlight unit (BLU) maker Coretronic has announced consolidated revenues of NT$5.32 billion (US$162.17 million) for July, up 4.18% from NT$5.11 billion for June, but down 8% from...
Tuesday 11 August 2009
MSI has chance to become global top-10 notebook vendor in 3Q09, says paper
Micro-Star International (MSI) will have a chance to enter the global top-10 notebook vendor list in the third quarter of 2009 as market demand for the company's notebook is turning...
Tuesday 11 August 2009
Motherboard makers see July 2009 revenues increase except ECS
Asustek Computer has posted July 2009 consolidated revenues of NT$20.13 billion (US$615 million), up 8.8% on month, but dropping 8.9% on year.
Tuesday 11 August 2009
Quanta posts drop while Wistron up in July revenues
Quanta Computer generated consolidated revenues of NT$61.96 billion (US$18.9 billion) for July 2009, down 4.8% on month, while notebook shipments also dropped from 3.3 million units...
Tuesday 11 August 2009
CPT notebook panel shipments to increase 80% by the end of 2009
LCD panel maker Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) is expected to see its notebook panel shipments increase to 900,000 units per month by the end of 2009, of which 400,000 units will be...
Monday 10 August 2009
Acer reduces 14- and 15-inch ultra-thin notebook orders, says paper
Acer has reportedly reduced its 14- and 15-inch ultra-thin notebook orders due to low market demand, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times report.
Monday 10 August 2009
Compal and Inventec see increases in July 2009 revenues
First-tier notebook makers Compal Electronics and Inventec have both announced increases in revenues and notebook shipments for July 2009.
Monday 10 August 2009
Western Europe PC market sees 3% decline in 2Q09, says Gartner
PC shipments in Western Europe totaled 13.3 million units in the second quarter of 2009, a 3.3% decline from the same period in 2008, according to Gartner.
Monday 10 August 2009
Acer has a chance to surpass HP in global consumer notebook market in 3Q09
Acer will have a chance to surpass Hewlett-Packard (HP) to become the leader in the global consumer notebook market in the third quarter of 2009 as the two companies' shipments gap...
Friday 7 August 2009
Taiwan notebook makers see shipments to Acer fluctuate in July
Wistron increased its shipments of notebooks to Acer to over 900,000 units in July 2009 compared to 800,000 units shipped in June as the Taiwan-based PC vendor began pushing sales...
Thursday 6 August 2009
Mitac Technology posts on-year growth for July revenues
Taiwan-based second-tier notebook maker Mitac Technology has announced consolidated revenues of NT$1.55 billion (US$47.38 million) for July, up 11.74% on year but down 4.26% on mon...
Thursday 6 August 2009
HP notebook outsourcing to Taiwan makers drops in July 2009
Notebook outsourcing from Hewlett-Packard (HP) to Taiwan makers dropped from above three million units in June 2009 to around 2.7-2.9 million units in July despite that the third...
Wednesday 5 August 2009
Foxconn to establish plant in China to make HP notebooks, says report
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has recently signed a contract with Hewlett-Packard (HP) and the Chongqing municipality agreeing to establish a notebook production...