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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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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...
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...
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.
Monday 20 July 2009
Mainstream panel size for ultra-thin notebooks down to 13- and 14-inch
Ultra-thin notebooks with panel sizes of 13.3-inch and 14.1-inch are expected to become the mainstream models in the market, according to industry sources.
Friday 17 July 2009
PC outlook improves in 2Q09 as consumer spending stabilizes shipments, says IDC
Global PC shipments again came in slightly ahead of expectations in the second quarter of 2009, lessening fears over the extent of the PC market slump. Worldwide PC shipments (including...
Friday 17 July 2009
Compal to take a major stake in CPT
Compal Electronics has announced a decision to subscribe to a Chunghwa Picture Tube (CPT) private placement to become the second largest shareholder of the second-tier LCD panel maker...
Friday 17 July 2009
Foxconn reportedly to manufacture three notebook for Asustek in 2H09
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has reportedly landed order for three notebook models from Asustek Computer that will help push Foxconn's 2009 notebook shipments...
Thursday 16 July 2009
Worldwide PC shipments decline 5% in 2Q09, says Gartner
Worldwide PC shipments totaled 68.1 million units in the second quarter of 2009, a 5% decline from the second quarter of 2008, according to preliminary results from Gartner. The market...
Thursday 16 July 2009
EMS providers and notebook ODMs are becoming DMS providers, says Acer founder
Electronics manufacturing services (EMS) will disappear and be replaced by design manufacturing services (DMS) as EMS providers such as Flextronics and Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai...
Thursday 16 July 2009
Taiwan market: Lenovo launches IdeaPad ultra-thin notebook
Lenovo has launched its first ultra-thin notebook, the U350, positioned under its consumer IdeaPad brand in Taiwan along with its 10-inch S10-2 and 12-inch S12 netbooks, the in-mold...