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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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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...
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...
Friday 8 May 2009
Radiant April consolidated revenues remain flat sequentially
Taiwan-based backlight unit (BLU) maker Radiant Opto-Electronics has reported consolidated revenues of NT$2.89 billion (US$87.16 million) for April, down from NT$2.96 billion for...
Friday 8 May 2009
Notebook PCB maker HannStar Board expects 25-30% sequential shipment growth in 2Q09
HannStar Board expects its notebook PCB shipments to grow 25-30% sequentially to 15-16 million units in the second quarter, thanks to the launch of CULV-based notebooks, according...
Thursday 7 May 2009
Panel makers conservative toward 3D notebooks
Panel makers are conservative about the market demand for 3D notebooks and believe the products will face difficulty in the market despite optimism from notebook makers, according...
Thursday 7 May 2009
Notebook makers to launch touchscreen models in 2H09
Taiwan-based notebook players are working with touch panel makers to launch touchscreen notebooks in the second half of the year in preparation for the launch of Windows 7, according...
Thursday 7 May 2009
Taiwan makers undercutting 802.11n single-chip prices to grab orders
Some Taiwan-based makers are offering 802.11n single-chip solutions at prices below US$2 per unit, compared to US$3-4 offered by players such as Broadcom, Atheros and Marvell, in...
Thursday 7 May 2009
Acer starts selling ultra-thin notebook
Acer has started selling its first CULV-based ultra-thin notebook – the 13.3-inch Timeline 3810T. The notebook adopts Intel's Core 2 Solo SU3500 CPU and GS45 chipset, along...
Thursday 7 May 2009
Western Europe PC market saw flat growth in 1Q09, says Gartner
PC shipments in Western Europe totaled 15.3 million units in the first quarter of 2009, a 0.7% increase from the same period in 2008, according to Gartner.