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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 21 May 2009
Clevo suffers losses in 1Q09
Clevo suffered net losses of around NT$85 million (US$2.59 million) in the first quarter of 2009 due to a decline in notebook demand and costs from opening a new retail store in Beijing,...
Wednesday 20 May 2009
Taiwan notebooks – 1Q 2009
Taiwan shipped 27.4 million notebook and netbook PCs in the first quarter of 2009, down 19.6% sequentially but up 1.3% from the same period one year earlier.
Tuesday 19 May 2009
China market: Acer to work with China Mobile for 13.3-inch CULV notebook bundles
Acer is reportedly cooperating with China-based telecom provider China Mobile to bundle its 13.3-inch CULV notebooks with mobile telecom subscriptions, according to market sources.
Tuesday 19 May 2009
Notebook component shortage likely to get worse in 2H09, says Inventec
The supply of key notebook components may continue to worsen in the second half of 2009 leading to increasing costs, according to Alexander Hsu, president of Inventec's finance division...
Monday 18 May 2009
Pegatron expected to see 20-30% sequential revenue increase in 3Q09
Pegatron Technology's revenues in the third quarter of 2009 are expected to increase 20-30% sequentially as the company will start shipping notebook, netbook and nettop orders to...
Monday 18 May 2009
AMD to showcase new notebook platform at Computex 2009, says paper
AMD plans to showcase its new notebook platform (Tigris) at Computex 2009, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times report. The new platform consists a 45nm dual-core...
Monday 18 May 2009
ECS reports profits for 1Q09
First-tier motherboard maker Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) benefited from increasing notebook shipments and cost-reductions in the first-quarter and has announced consolidated...
Friday 15 May 2009
Inventec forecasts notebook shipments to grow 10-15% sequentially in 2Q09, says chairman
Inventec expects its notebook shipments to grow 10-15% sequentially to 4.95-5.2 million units in the second quarter, according to company chairman Richard Lee. However, Lee is conservative...
Friday 15 May 2009
Unimicron tops HDI capacity among Taiwan PCB makers
Tripod Technology and Unimicron Technology took the lead in shipping HDI boards for CULV notebooks in April.
Friday 15 May 2009
Taiwan vendors slow down CULV notebook volume shipment schedules
Taiwan-based notebook vendors including Acer, Asustek Computer and Micro-Star International (MSI), have all slowed down their volume shipment schedules for Intel CULV-based ultra-thin...
Thursday 14 May 2009
Taiwan market: Asustek launches Eee PC 1008HA
Asustek Computer, on May 13, launched the 10.1-inch ultra-thin Eee PC 1008HA in both Taiwan and Hong Kong priced at NT$19,000 (US$578). The company expects the netbook's shipments...
Thursday 14 May 2009
Nan Ya PCB begins shipments of HDI boards for CULV notebooks
Nan Ya Printed Circuit Board (NPC) began shipments of high-density interconnect (HDI) boards for CULV notebooks this month and expects shipment volumes to increase progressively throughout...
Thursday 14 May 2009
Netbook proportion nears 20% in 1Q09, says DisplaySearch
Preliminary data from DisplaySearch reveals that shipments of almost six million mini-note PCs (netbooks) raised their proportion in the notebook PC market close to 20% worldwide...
Wednesday 13 May 2009
Notebook chassis maker Ju Teng to issue Taiwan depository receipts
Taiwan-based notebook chassis maker Ju Teng International Holdings will issue Taiwan depository receipts (TDRs) on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) later this week (May 11-15), according...
Tuesday 12 May 2009
Intel outlines notebook plans for 2H09
Intel recently outlined its plans for traditional notebook, CULV-based ultra-thin notebook and netbook product lines for its partners, according to sources at notebook makers.