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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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Monday 27 April 2009
Quanta aims to ship 40 million notebooks in 2009
Quanta Computer's notebook shipments should be able to grow 10% on year to reach 40 million units in 2009, assuming that the global notebook market also expands at an annual rate...
Monday 27 April 2009
MSI to ship 4.5 million notebooks in 2009, says paper
Micro-Star International (MSI) is expected to ship 4.5 million notebooks in 2009, up 50% from its upward-revised figure of three million units for 2008, according to a Chinese-language...
Monday 27 April 2009
Gigabyte lands netbook motherboard orders from China-based vendor
Gigabyte Technology has received orders for netbook-use motherboards from a China-based branded netbook vendor, and the company is approaching other white-box vendors for more orders,...
Monday 27 April 2009
Demand for Intel Atom processors slowing
Demand for Intel's Atom netbook processors has begun to slow down as the netbook market faces price-cut competition from low-end notebooks as well as the launch of CULV-based notebooks,...
Friday 24 April 2009
Compal notebook order visibility increases, says chairman
Compal Electronics' notebook order visibility has extended to June this year, as inventory in the channel begins to clear, according to company chairman Rock Hsu.
Friday 24 April 2009
Mitac Technology to deal out NT$1 cash dividend for 2008
Taiwan-based military and ruggedized notebook maker Mitac Technology has decided to deal out a cash dividend of NT$1 for its 2008 operations. The company recorded net profits of NT$1.2...
Friday 24 April 2009
AUO expects LED notebook panel penetration to reach 80% in 2Q09
AU Optronics (AUO) estimates its LED notebook panel shipment share will increase to 80% of total notebook panel output in the second quarter from 60% in the first quarter, driven...
Friday 24 April 2009
AUO to increase 2009 capex to bring forward 8.5G volume production
Taiwan-based TFT-LCD panel maker AU Optronics (AUO) is optimistic about the current panel industry and will increase its 2009 capex to NT$50-60 billion (US$1.48-1.78 billion) from...
Tuesday 21 April 2009
Asustek choice of 1.3-megapixel CMOS image sensor for CULV notebook questioned by CIS makers
Asustek Computer has decided to adopt a 1.3-megapixel CMOS image sensor (CIS) for its consumer ultra-low voltage (CULV) notebook models to be launched in the second half of 2009,...
Tuesday 21 April 2009
Epistar reportedly receives rush orders for blue LEDs from Samsung
Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Epistar's clients in Taiwan may see supply shortage for the company's blue LED chips, as the newly formed Samsung LED reportedly has placed a large amount...
Tuesday 21 April 2009
Intel to launch only three Clarksfield processors in 2009
Intel will debut its new notebook platform (Calpella) in the third quarter of 2009, but will launch only three new processors (Clarksfield) to accompany the new platform this year,...
Tuesday 21 April 2009
Asustek to showcase ultra-thin notebook lineup at Computex, says paper
Asustek Computer plans to showcase three ultra-thin notebook series at Computex 2009 – the UX, U and Edge series, targeting the high-end, mid-range and entry-level market, respectively...
Tuesday 21 April 2009
MSI ships four million motherboards in 1Q09, says paper
First-tier motherboard maker Micro-Star International (MSI) shipped 4.05 million motherboards and two million graphics cards in the first quarter of 2009, according to a Chinese-language...
Monday 20 April 2009
PCB makers more aggresive in notebook/netbook market
PCB makers HannStar Board, Gold Circuit Electronics (GCE), Tripod Technology, Dynamic Electronics and Global Brands Manufacture (GBM) all expect to see shipment growth in notebook...
Monday 20 April 2009
VIA to see limited benefit from OLPC refresh
One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) announced a hardware refresh for its XO-1 notebooks on April 17, but VIA Technologies, CPU and chipset supplier of the new XO-1 Gen 1.5, is unlikely to...