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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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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 to...
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...
Thursday 16 July 2009
Inventec reportedly lands 4-5 million HP consumer notebook orders for 2010
Inventec has reportedly landed mainstream 14-inch consumer notebook orders from Hewlett-Packard (HP) for 2010 with volumes estimated at 4-5 million units, according to market sourc...
Wednesday 15 July 2009
Wistron and Foxconn reportedly gain HP notebook orders from Inventec, says paper
Hewlett-Packard (HP) reportedly will transfer its enterprise notebooks orders for 2010 to Wistron and Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) from Inventec, according to a...
Wednesday 15 July 2009
Apple, Sony reportedly to shift notebook orders form Foxconn to Quanta in 2010
Apple and Sony will reportedly shift some notebook OEM orders from Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) to Quanta Computer in 2010, according to sources at component ma...
Wednesday 15 July 2009
PC shipments to drop in 2009, says iSuppli
For the first time since the Dot-Com bust of 2001, the global PC market will suffer a contraction in shipments in 2009, due to a combination of falling IT spending and plunging sales...
Tuesday 14 July 2009
Taiwan market: HP launches ProBook series notebooks for SMB market
Hewlett-Packard (HP) has launched several ProBook series notebooks in Taiwan with display sizes including 13.3-, 14-, 15- and 17-inch to mainly target small and medium-size business...
Tuesday 14 July 2009
Mini-note shipments to reach more than 30 million units in 2009, says DisplaySearch
DisplaySearch expects shipments of almost 33 million mini-notes (netbooks) in 2009 as penetration of these products into the notebook market grows to 20% worldwide. At the same time,...
Tuesday 14 July 2009
Flextronics obtains notebook orders from HP, say Taiwan makers
Singapore-based Flextronics International has obtained OEM orders for notebook from Hewlett-Packard (HP) and will begin to ship two models as early as the end of September 2009 with...
Tuesday 14 July 2009
Toshiba reportedly to transfer notebook orders from Inventec to Compal
Toshiba is reportedly set to shift 40-50% of its ODM orders originally placed with Inventec to Compal Electronics in September of 2009 and the rumor has caused some market watchers...