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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 7 May 2009
China market: Holiday sales help to reduce TV and IT inventory in the channel
Significant May Day holiday sales in China have reduced inventories of IT (monitor and notebook) and TV products in the local channel and have helped increase LCD panel quotes for...
Thursday 7 May 2009
LCD TV and monitor panel prices return to cash cost levels in 1H May, says DisplaySearch
LCD monitor and TV panel prices for the first half of May have risen back to cash cost levels or even beyond, mainly driven by demand from China, according to latest pricing data...
Wednesday 6 May 2009
Quanta Computer to expand notebook production base in Shanghai area
Quanta Computer plans to set up additional production lines at its existing notebook production base close to Shanghai, eastern China, to meet an expected increase in orders, according...
Wednesday 6 May 2009
Unimicron expects 2Q09 growth driven by HDI boards
PCB maker Unimicron Technology has estimated improved revenues throughout the second quarter, with sales generated from high-density interconnect (HDI) boards driving up the growth...
Wednesday 6 May 2009
Large-size panel revenues down 17% sequentially in 1Q09, but 47% growth likely for 2Q09, says DisplaySearch
Large-size TFT-LCD panel (10-inch and larger) shipments reached 91.5 million units in the first quarter of 2009, a decline of 3% sequentially and 18% on year, according to DisplaySearch...
Tuesday 5 May 2009
Six Taiwan-based notebook makers preparing white-box CULV shipments
Six Taiwan-based notebook makers are preparing to launch CULV-based ultra-thin notebooks for the white-box market, according to industry sources in Taiwan.
Monday 4 May 2009
Compal and Inventec to see around 15% notebook shipment growth in 2Q09
Compal Electronics is expected to see its notebook shipments increase around 16-18% in the second quarter this year, according to sources at market watchers.
Monday 4 May 2009
Innolux to ship notebook panels to Dell, paper says
Innolux Display will start shipping 15.6-inch notebook panels to Dell later this month, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times report.
Monday 4 May 2009
Asustek to launch 11.6-inch Eee PC later this month
Asustek Computer plans to launch an 11.6-inch Eee PC later this month, but will still consider 10-inch the mainstream specification for 2009, accounting for 50% of total shipments,...
Monday 4 May 2009
Asustek and Acer differ on ultra-thin notebook forecasts, says paper
Asustek Computer and Acer hold differing outlooks for ultra-thin notebooks, according to a Chinese-language Apply Daily report.
Monday 4 May 2009
Wistron forecasts notebook shipments to reach 6.1 million units in 2Q09
Wistron forecasts its notebook shipments for the second quarter of 2009 to grow 10-15% sequentially to 5.8-6.1 million units, up from 5.3 million units in the first quarter, according...
Monday 4 May 2009
Pegatron turns to second-tier brand and local channel vendors for notebook orders
Pegatron Technology has turned its focus from targeting first-tier brand notebook vendors to second-tier and local channel vendors in each region, according to sources at channel...
Monday 4 May 2009
Netbook growth might end when economy recovers, says iSuppli
As consumers' disposable incomes dwindle, they are flocking to buy low-cost netbook PCs, driving global shipments up by 68.5% in 2009 and by a 2,424% in 2008, according to iSuppli.
Thursday 30 April 2009
Atom market on track, says Intel
While recent market reports have some makers claiming that demand for the Intel Atom processor is slowing while other players, notably in the China market, are saying that supply...
Thursday 30 April 2009
Gigabyte, ECS and Flextronics roll out Intel white-box notebooks
Taiwan-based motherboard and notebook makers Gigabyte Technology and Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) as well as Singapore-based EMS firm Flextronics International have launched...