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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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Wednesday 15 April 2009
PCB maker 2Q09 revenues expected to grow 20% on notebook demand
PCB makers Gold Circuit Electronics (GCE), HannStar Board, Tripod Technology and Unitech Printed Circuit Board will likely enjoy 15-20% revenue growth sequentially in the second quarter,...
Tuesday 14 April 2009
China market: Notebook shortage helps white-box notebook sales, says paper
Local channel vendors in China are turning to white-box notebook makers for supply due to the continuing shortage of branded entry-level to mid-range notebooks, according to a Chinese-language...
Tuesday 14 April 2009
Taiwan notebook maker rankings may shuffle in 2Q09
The ranking of Taiwan notebook makers in terms of shipments may see changes in the second quarter, according to market watchers.
Monday 13 April 2009
HP and Acer to push metal chassis notebooks, says paper
First-tier PC vendors expect the shipment proportion of notebooks with a magnesium-aluminum alloy or aluminum chassis to increase by the end of the year, according to a Chinese-language...
Monday 13 April 2009
Sonix notebook webcam chip order visibility extends to May
IC designer Sonix Technology's order visibility of notebook webcam chips has extended to May, having recently added Samsung Electronics to its client list and received more orders...
Monday 13 April 2009
ECS and ASRock see revenues grow in March
Taiwan-based motherboard makers Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) and ASRock both saw on-month revenue growth in March, according to the two companies.
Friday 10 April 2009
Protective component maker Thinking seeing full utilization
Taiwan-based protective commponent maker Thinking Electronic Industrial saw March revenues increase 22.6% to NT$141 million (US$4.18 million) driven by demand from PC and notebook...
Friday 10 April 2009
Softex Taipei: Show attracts fewer visitors on first day
The number of visitors to the first day of the five-day Softex Taipei show totaled about 53,000, down slightly from comparable figures from last year, according to the show organiz...
Friday 10 April 2009
Compal and Pegatron see March revenues increase significantly
Taiwan-based ODM notebook makers, Compal Electronics and Pegatron Technology, saw their March revenues improve significantly from the previous month, according to data released by...
Friday 10 April 2009
Asustek, Gigabyte and MSI see revenues decline on year in March
First-tier motherboard makers Asustek Computer, Gigabyte Technology and Micro-Star International (MSI) all saw revenues increase on-month, but decline on-year in March, according...
Friday 10 April 2009
GBM expected to receive notebook PCB orders from Compal in 2Q09
Global Brands Manufacture (GBM) has been working with Compal Electronics and is likely to receive notebook PCB orders from the PC maker this quarter, according to sources at Compal...
Thursday 9 April 2009
Quanta sees March revenues drop on year, Wistron up
Quanta Computer has announced consolidated revenues of NT$63.38 billion (US$1.88 billion) for March, a growth of 27.9% on month, but a drop of 16.5% on year.
Thursday 9 April 2009
Mini coaxial cable maker Wanshih sees revenues growth in March
Taiwan-based mini coaxial cable maker Wanshih Electronic has posted consolidated revenues of NT$544 million (US$16.11 million) for March, an increase of 29.21% on year, while the...
Thursday 9 April 2009
Acer announces new Aspire PC products
Acer has announced several Aspire series products including nettop, all-in-one PC, netbook and notebook devices.
Thursday 9 April 2009
Acer expects notebook shipments to grow 25-30% sequentially in 2Q09
Acer chairman JT Wang expects notebook shipments in the second quarter to grow 25-30% sequentially thanks to netbooks and the company's new Timeline ultra-thin notebook series.