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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 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 in...
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.
Tuesday 12 May 2009
Pegatron sees decreased sales in April
Pegatron Technology shipped 2.12 million motherboards, 850,000-900,000 notebook PCs (not including Eee PCs) and 436,000 graphics cards in April, according to the company. Pegatron...
Tuesday 12 May 2009
Worldwide processor market remained weak in 1Q09, says IDC
Worldwide PC processor shipments in the first calendar quarter of 2009 fell significantly for the second quarter in a row, according to new data from IDC. While the decline was slightly...
Monday 11 May 2009
Coretronic reports sequential increase in April revenues
Taiwan-based backlight unit (BLU) and DLP projector maker Coretronic has posted consolidated revenues of NT$4.73 billion (US$143.88 million) for April, up 21% sequentially, but down...
Monday 11 May 2009
IC designers concerned about 2Q09 as notebook makers lower shipment targets
Quanta Computer and Compal Electronics have lowered their second-quarter notebook shipment targets by 5% after seeing April sales dropped, which is expected to affect notebook-related...
Monday 11 May 2009
First-tier motherboard makers see on-year revenues drop 10-20% in April
Asustek Computer has announced consolidated revenues of NT$17.5 billion (US$532.89 million) for April, a slight increase of 2.9% on month, but a drop of 15.46% on year. The company's...
Monday 11 May 2009
EMS providers recruiting from Quanta, says paper
Some electronic manufacturing service (EMS) providers have reportedly headhunted a whole team of technicians from Quanta Computer, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times...
Monday 11 May 2009
Compal surpasses Quanta and becomes the largest notebook maker in April
Compal Electronics shipped 2.7 million notebooks in April 2009, surpassing Quanta Computer's 2.3 million units and Wistron's 1.9 million units mainly thanks to contributions from netbooks,...
Friday 8 May 2009
Compal expects notebook shipments to grow 15-20% sequentially in 2Q09, says company president
Compal Electronics expects its second-quarter notebook shipments to grow 15-20% to 7.2-7.5 million units from 6.3 million units shipped in the first quarter, company president Ray...