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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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Friday 19 June 2009
Quanta gains back Apple MacBook orders, says paper
Quanta Computer has recently gained back manufacturing orders for Apple's MacBook, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times report citing component makers.
Friday 19 June 2009
Inventec Multimedia begins to ship notebook camera modules to Toshiba
Inventec Multimedia & Telecom, a member of the Inventec group, has started shipping camera modules for notebooks to Toshiba and the company expects its products to also receive...
Friday 19 June 2009
China market: Acer and Asustek cut notebook prices
Acer and Asustek Computer have both lowered the prices of their netbooks and notebooks on sale in the China market due to strong competition from white-box netbook vendors and declining...
Thursday 18 June 2009
EMS provider BYD entering white-box netbook market in China
EMS provider BYD recently began shipping a white-box netbook in the China market priced around 1,500 RMB (US$219), according to notebook industry sources. The price is expected to...
Thursday 18 June 2009
MSI lands ultra-thin notebook orders from LG, says paper
Micro-Star International (MSI) recently landed ultra-thin notebook orders from Korea-based LG and will start shipping in the second half of 2009, according to a Chinese-language Economic...
Thursday 18 June 2009
Panel prices will continue rising until the end of 3Q09, says CMO vice chairman
Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO) expects price momentum for panels to last to the end of the third quarter as the company's order visibility has already extended to that point, according...
Thursday 18 June 2009
Micron samples low-voltage DDR3 notebook modules
Micron Technology has introduced a new low-power memory solution, and is working to validate the modules with Nvidia's notebook processors. The modules are available in densities...
Wednesday 17 June 2009
AUO takes helm of BLU maker Forhouse
AU Optronics (AUO), following its investment to become the largest shareholder of backlight unit (BLU) maker Forhouse, on June 16 took a majority on the latter's board of directors...
Wednesday 17 June 2009
AUO to see LED TV panel share reach 10% in 2010, says vice chairman
AU Optronics (AUO) expects 5% of its total TV panel shipments will be LED back-lit ones by the end of 2009, and 10% by the end of 2010, according to company vice chairman HB Chen.
Tuesday 16 June 2009
BenQ launches AMD-based ultra-thin notebook
BenQ has launched its latest ultra-thin notebook, the Joybook Lite T131, featuring a 13.3-inch UltraVivid screen, AMD's Yukon mobile platform, integrated microphone and webcam, and...
Tuesday 16 June 2009
Corning Gorilla glass targets Windows 7 touchscreen market
Corning, targeting the touchscreen demand expected to be generated by the launch of the Windows 7 operating system (OS), has revealed that it is working with 10 brand-name vendors...
Tuesday 16 June 2009
Taiwan-based ECM makers facing competition from MEMS microphone suppliers
MEMS microphone suppliers, including Knowles and Akustica, have extended their markets from notebooks to handsets, posing increasing competition for Taiwan-based makers of ECMs (electret...
Tuesday 16 June 2009
LCD makers reluctant to ship CULV panels
LCD panel makers have become reluctant to ship CULV ultra-thin notebook panels as end-market players are aggressively asking for price reductions, according to market sources.
Monday 15 June 2009
FATC gearing up LED backend production
Taiwan's Formosa Advanced Technologies Company (FATC), a memory packaging and testing specialist that started LED chip backend production in the second half of 2008, has recently...
Monday 15 June 2009
CMO shipping 3D panels to Wistron for HP notebooks
Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO) has completed the development of a 18.4-inch 3D notebook panel, which has been adopted by Wistron for notebook shipments to Hewlett Packard (HP), according...