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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 30 April 2009
Netbooks to see the fastest growth among all other notebooks, says Quanta chairman
Barry Lam, Chairman of Quanta has commented that netbooks will continue to see the fastest growth among all types of notebooks in 2009 and beyond.
Thursday 30 April 2009
Coretronic sees on-quarter profit increase of 169% in 1Q09
Taiwan-based backlight unit (BLU) and projector maker Coretronic has announced consolidated revenues of NT$13.33 billion (US$399.82 million) for the first quarter, a drop of 19.9%...
Thursday 30 April 2009
Acer chairman confirms Timeline ultra-thin notebook production problems
Acer chairman JT Wang has confirmed that the company's new Timeline ultra-thin notebook product line is facing a panel shortage.
Thursday 30 April 2009
Radiant 1Q09 revenues up 11% sequentially
Taiwan-based backlight unit (BLU) maker Radiant Opto-Electronics has reported first-quarter consolidated revenues of NT$7.21 billion (US$214.01 million), up 11% compared to the fourth...
Wednesday 29 April 2009
Ultra-thin notebooks to drive Inventec shipment growth in 2009
Taiwan-based Inventec has landed several CULV-based ultra-thin notebooks orders from Acer including 13.3-inch models, which will start shipping in May-June this year, 15.6-inch models,...
Wednesday 29 April 2009
CMO says it remains top LCD panel supplier to China TV vendors
Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO) remained the biggest LCD TV panel supplier to China vendors in the first quarter, with one third of its total TV panels shipped to the China market,...
Wednesday 29 April 2009
PCB maker Unimicron sees growing orders for notebooks and consumer electronics devices
Unimicron Technology has said demand for notebook and consumer electronics applications has been strong so far this quarter and order visibility has improved. The company's second-quarter...
Tuesday 28 April 2009
Vendors to drop 16:10 notebook prices in 2Q-3Q09 to clear inventory
Global notebook vendors such as Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Dell are expected to start dropping their 16:10 aspect ratio notebook prices later this quarter and in the third quarter to...
Tuesday 28 April 2009
Price for 14.1-inch 16:10 notebook panels to increase
Prices for 14.1-inch 16:10 aspect ratio notebook panels are expected to increase in the following months because of short supply, as panel makers are actively transferring capacity...
Tuesday 28 April 2009
Global netbook shipments to reach 50 million units in 2010, says Acer chairman
Global notebook shipments are expected to reach 200 million units in 2010, of which, netbooks will account for 25% or 50 million units, according to Acer chairman JT Wang.
Tuesday 28 April 2009
Wistron to manufacture Nvidia GeForce 3D Vision notebook for HP, says paper
Wistron has developed a notebook solution adopting Nvidia's GeForce 3D Vision technology for Hewlett-Packard (HP) which will start shipping later this quarter, according to a Chinese-language...
Tuesday 28 April 2009
More use of HDI for TFT-LCD panels happening in notebooks, say Taiwan makers
More notebook makers are starting to adopt high-density interconnect (HDI) boards for the TFT-LCD panels in their notebooks, and the use of HDI boards in notebooks is expected to...
Tuesday 28 April 2009
Acer ultra-thin notebook suffering from low panel yields, says paper
Wistron is having trouble meeting orders for Acer's new Timeline notebooks this month due to low yield rates of ultra-thin panels, according to a Chinese-language Apply Daily...
Tuesday 28 April 2009
Innolux reports profits for 2008
Taiwan-based LCD panel and system maker Innolux Display has reported profits of NT$4.85 billion (US$143.85 million) for 2008. The company had profits of NT$6.87 billion through the...
Monday 27 April 2009
Touchscreen penetration in notebooks no more than 5% this year, says AUO president
LJ Chen, president of TFT-LCD panel maker AU Optronics (AUO), has indicated that touchscreen penetration in the notebook market will only reach 2-5% this year globally, as it may...