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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 24 June 2009
AMD to unveil new open platform strategy with Tigris launch in September
AMD is scheduled to announce a new open platform strategy dubbed "AMD Vision Technology" in September, along with the launch of its next-generation notebook platform (Tigris),...
Wednesday 24 June 2009
Inventec expected to ship two million notebooks in June
Inventec received increased orders for 13.3-inch ultra-thin notebooks from Acer and new orders for netbooks from Hewlett-Packard (HP) in June, and is expected to ship a total of two...
Wednesday 24 June 2009
Shortage of notebook components will remain in 2H09, says Wistron
Short supply of key notebook components will continue into the second half of 2009, according to chairman Simon Lin for ODM maker Wistron.
Wednesday 24 June 2009
SSD penetration in PC market remains low
The replacement from traditional hard drives to solid state drives (SSDs) will not take off in 2009, as the ratio of SSDs used in PCs remains low due to higher per GB costs, according...
Tuesday 23 June 2009
Asustek and Acer chairmen hold differing views on ultra-thin notebooks, says paper
Asustek Computer chairman Jonney Shih has recently expressed his conservative attitude toward the future potential of ultra-thin notebooks, while Acer chairman JT Wang is optimistic...
Tuesday 23 June 2009
Taiwan analog IC designers foresee revenues increase in 3Q09
Analog IC design houses Global Mixed-mode Technology (GMT), Richtek Technology and Anpec Electronics expect their third-quarter revenues to grow on quarter based on orders from notebook...
Tuesday 23 June 2009
Taiwan market: HP to maintain PC market share of 11% in 2Q09
Hewlett-Packard's (HP's) PC market share in Taiwan reached 11.5% in first-quarter 2009 and the company expects to maintain the share in the second quarter, according to Monty Wong,...
Tuesday 23 June 2009
CMO to ship 23.6-inch 3D LCD monitor panel in 3Q09
Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO) will start shipping 23.6-inch 120Hz full HD 3D LCD monitor panels in the third quarter, and 18.4-inch 120Hz full HD 3D LCD notebook panels in the fourth...
Tuesday 23 June 2009
LCD backlight LEDs to reach 34 billion units in 2012, says DisplaySearch
In 2012, 34 billion LEDs will be used in TFT-LCD backlights, in sizes ranging from 1-inch to more than 70-inch, up more than 300% from eight billion units in 2008, according to Dis...
Monday 22 June 2009
HannStar Board optimistic about notebook PCB market in 2H09
Notebook PCB maker HannStar Board expects to see sequential revenue growth in June as well as monthly revenue growths in the second half of 2009 amid strong shipments for netbooks...
Monday 22 June 2009
Notebook connector maker Alltop to see revenues up 25% sequentially in 2Q09
Alltop Technology expects its consolidated second-quarter 2009 revenues to sustain 25% sequential growth as projected, although its revenues for May were down 17.5% from the previous...
Monday 22 June 2009
Global PC shipments plunge at historic rate in 1Q09, says iSuppli
Worldwide PC shipments in the first quarter of 2009 fell by the largest historic rate in the seven years iSuppli has been tracking the market, as weaker-than-expected desktop sales...
Monday 22 June 2009
Quanta to invest NT$6 billion in R&D, says paper
Quanta Computer plans to budget NT$6 billion (US$182.37 million) in research and development for 2009, higher than the NT$5.4 billion from 2008, according to a Chinese-language Commercial...
Monday 22 June 2009
Ultra-thin notebooks could take off in 2010, says Compal chairman
Intel-based ultra-thin notebooks will account for 10% of global notebook shipments in 2009, while the market will have a better chance to take off in 2010, according to Rock Hsu,...
Monday 22 June 2009
Acer expects notebook shipments to pick up in September, says chairman
Acer chairman, JT Wang, recently forecast that the company's notebook shipments will remain flat through July and August 2009 and chance to pick up in September with help from Windows...