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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 28 July 2009
Acer may see 20-30% growth in 3Q09 notebook shipments
Acer's third-quarter global shipments will increase at least 15-20% on quarter with demand for notebooks in Western Europe significantly improving since the beginning of July, and...
Monday 27 July 2009
Wistron lands Toshiba notebook orders for 2010
Wistron has landed consumer notebook orders from Toshiba, according to industry sources. This is the first time Toshiba has used the Taiwan-based manufacturer.
Monday 27 July 2009
Siano debuts CMMB mobile-TV chip with conditional access and descrambling
Siano Mobile Silicon has announced the SMS1186 CMMB TV receiver chip, a drop in replacement to its SMS1180, which adds on-chip decoding support for Pay-TV services which are emerging...
Friday 24 July 2009
Inventec leads top-four notebook makers with highest shipment growth rate in 1H09
Inventec led Taiwan's top-four notebook makers with the highest on-year growth rate, at 50-60%, in notebook shipments in the first half of 2009, although its first-half shipments of...
Thursday 23 July 2009
Shuttle reportedly to close factory in northern Taiwan
Shuttle reportedly plans to shut down its PC manufacturing plant in Taoyuan, Taiwan and will completely outsource its small form factor PC barebone and system manufacturing to outside...
Thursday 23 July 2009
TCA expects Computer Application Show to create business opportunities
The Taipei Computer Association (TCA) expects its upcoming Taipei Computer Application Show (TCAS), which will be held from July 30 to August 3 at Taipei World Trade Center Exhibition...
Thursday 23 July 2009
Large-size panel shipments reach record levels in June, says DisplaySearch
Global large-size TFT-LCD panel shipments reached 46.7 million units in June 2009, up 8% sequentially and 24% on year, according to DisplaySearch. This sets a new record for the highest...
Thursday 23 July 2009
Samsung to supply LED-backlit notebook panels to HP, sources say
Samsung Electronic will supply 14.5-inch LED-backlit notebook panels, a new model size for notebook, to Hewlett-Packard (HP), according to sources at notebook makers.
Wednesday 22 July 2009
OmniVision introduces ultra-thin video sensor for notebook, gaming applications
OmniVision Technologies has introduced the ultra-thin (3mm) high-performance video sensor, developed specifically to address the low-light sensitivity demand of the fast-growing notebook...
Wednesday 22 July 2009
Compal becomes largest notebook ODM for Acer and ships 50% of Dell 1Q09 orders
Acer shipped an estimated 11 million notebooks during the first half of 2009 and all of them were produced by four Taiwan-based ODM makers, with Compal Electronics sharing about 45%...
Tuesday 21 July 2009
Quanta lands 40% of HP notebook orders for 2010, Inventec 30%, says paper
Quanta Computer has landed over 40% of Hewlett-Packard's (HP's) notebook outsourcing for 2010, accounting for a volume over 16 million units, while Inventec has gained orders for 12...
Tuesday 21 July 2009
HP places orders of 15 million notebooks to Taiwan makers in 1H09
Hewlett-Packard (HP) outsourced around 15 million notebooks to Taiwan makers in the first half of 2009, higher than the 11 million units from Acer and nine million units from Dell,...
Monday 20 July 2009
Foxconn cuts connector pricing in attempt to win back notebook clients, says paper
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) is reportedly offering price cuts on its connectors to gain back orders that were lost from first-tier notebook makers due to the company's...
Monday 20 July 2009
Wistron to invest US$100 million for notebook plant in China
Wistron plans to invest US$100 million to establish its third notebook manufacturing plant in Taizhou, China.
Monday 20 July 2009
FIC closes down Everex US subsidiary
First International Computer (FIC) recently closed down the US subsidiary of its Everex brand, leaving only two subsidiaries continuing to operate worldwide.