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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 20 April 2009
LCD equipment maker Kenmec enhancing EMS business
Kenmec Mechanical Engineering recently announced its investment in Loyalty Founder Enterprise (LFE), a Taiwan-based PC and system chassis manufacturer. The TFT-LCD equipment maker...
Monday 20 April 2009
Foxconn to land Apple netbook order, says paper
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) is in the running to land orders for a netbook from Apple, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times report citing...
Friday 17 April 2009
Finetech Japan 2009: 30- to 39-inch LCD TVs remain mainstream in 2009, says LG Display
The 30- to 39-inch segment remains the LCD TV mainstream because emerging markets favor smaller-size LCD TVs, while 30-inch-and-smaller models continue to replace CRT sets because...
Friday 17 April 2009
Tight supply of ultra-thin LCD panels may undermine Acer CULV notebook shipments
Tight supply of 16:9 aspect ratio ultra-thin LCD panels could undermine Acer's efforts in trying to unseat rival vendor Hewlett-Packard (HP) from the number one spot in the global...
Friday 17 April 2009
Samsung may launch RGB LED-backlit notebook panel in 2H09
Samsung Electronics is considering launching an 15.6-inch RGB LED-backlit notebook panel in the second half of 2009 for high-end ultra-thin notebooks, according to market sources...
Friday 17 April 2009
Large-size panel shipments up 27.8% sequentially in March, says WitsView
Global large-size LCD panel shipments (8.9-inch and above) reached 35.56 million units in March, up 27.8% sequentially, but down 4.2% on year, according to WitsView.
Friday 17 April 2009
LG Display 1Q09 losses narrow; expects strong shipment growth in 2Q09
LG Display (LGD) has posted narrowed losses for the first quarter and forecast strong shipment growth for the second quarter amid signs of a recovery in demand.
Friday 17 April 2009
HP takes the lead in the US PC market, says IDC
While the economic crisis continues to unfold, low-cost portable PCs continue to appeal to consumers and support growth in the PC market. Worldwide PC shipments (including desktop...
Thursday 16 April 2009
GCE eyes 10-15% sequential notebook PCB shipment growth in 2Q09
Taiwan-based PCB maker Gold Circuit Electronics (GCE) expects its notebook PCB shipments to grow 10-15% sequentially to 6.3 million units in the second quarter of 2009 with order...
Wednesday 15 April 2009
IC design firms Ene and GMT monthly sales to hit records
IC design houses Ene Technology and Global Mixed-mode Technology (GMT) will likely see monthly sales score historic highs between April and May amid notebook-related shipments, market...
Wednesday 15 April 2009
Compal reportedly to make ultra-thin notebook for Dell, says paper
Compal Electronics has landed ultra-thin notebook orders using Intel's CULV CPUs from Dell which are expected to start shipping in August, according to a Chinese-language Commercial...
Wednesday 15 April 2009
Taiwan market: Netbook sales to reach 37% of total notebook market in 2009
Netbooks are estimated to reach 37% of the total sales in Taiwan's notebook market in 2009, and over 40% by the end of 2012, according to BenQ Taiwan president Danny Yao.
Wednesday 15 April 2009
Netbooks and 3G handsets seen as growth driver for foundry sector in 3Q09
Orders from the netbook and 3G handset segments will help drive foundry growth for the third quarter of 2009, sources at semiconductor makers have commented. The sector already hit...
Wednesday 15 April 2009
Passive component utilization rates climbing on resumed orders for notebooks
Chip resistor maker Ta-I Technology and power choke specialist Cyntec have enjoyed rising utilization rates since March, thanks to resumed orders from the notebook segment. Ta-I noted...
Wednesday 15 April 2009
Intel CULV platform to help push LED-backlit notebook penetration to 70-80% in 2009
The launch of CULV (consumer ultra low voltage) ultra-thin notebooks is expected to boost the penetration rate of LED-backlit notebooks to 70-80% at the end of 2009 from 40% in early...