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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 26 March 2009
Notebook vendors expected to push 13.3-inch segment initially for ultra-thin notebooks
The 13.3-inch panel segment is expected to become the mainstream size pushed by global notebook vendors for consumer ultra low voltage-based (CULV-based) ultra-thin notebooks, according...
Wednesday 25 March 2009
Intel aggressive in promoting CULV CPUs, say notebook makers
Intel is aggressively promoting sales of its upcoming consumer ultra low voltage (CULV) platform offering steep discounts to leading notebook vendors, according to notebook makers.
Wednesday 25 March 2009
PCB makers gear up for HDI boards used in low-cost notebooks
The upcoming launch of Intel's consumer ultra-low voltage (CULV) CPUs, which target ultra-portable notebooks priced between US$699-899, will help significantly increase demand for...
Wednesday 25 March 2009
Paragon to expand vacuum sputtering capacity in China
Paragon Technologies, a Taiwan-based provider of vacuum sputtering processing to prevent EMI (electromagnetic interference) in notebooks, will expand its capacity in China by setting...
Wednesday 25 March 2009
Compeq, GCE and Unimicron land PCB orders for Dell Adamo notebook
Taiwan-based PCB makers Compeq Manufacturing, Gold Circuit Electronics (GCE) and Unimicron Technology have secured orders of high-density interconnect (HDI) boards for Dell's Adamo...
Tuesday 24 March 2009
Dell CEO pays private visit to Taiwan
Dell founder and CEO Michael Dell has paid a private visit to Taiwan, raising speculation among local suppliers that the company will try to negotiate lower prices with its OEM/ODM...
Tuesday 24 March 2009
Inventec to strength mobile communcation and software product lines in 2009
Taiwan-based Inventec will strength its mobile communication and software service product lines in 2009, believing that the two areas will become the company's growth driver apart...
Friday 20 March 2009
Global notebook players to gain back market share with ultra-thin notebooks
The market shares of Taiwan-based notebook vendors Acer, Asustek Computer and Micro-Star International (MSI) are expected to be impacted as first-tier notebook vendors such as Dell...
Thursday 19 March 2009
Quanta to make Adamo notebook for Dell, says paper
Quanta Computer has landed orders for Dell's new ultra-thin 13.4-inch Adamo notebook, according to a Chinese-language Apply Daily report today. Previously market sources...
Wednesday 18 March 2009
Wistron expected to see 20% on-quarter notebook shipment growth in 2Q09, says paper
Wistron is expected to see its notebook shipments in the second quarter of 2009 to grow 20% on quarter, higher than Compal Electronics' 15% and Quanta Computer's 10%, according to...
Wednesday 18 March 2009
Gold Circuit Electronics runs China PCB facility to nearly full capacity
PCB maker Gold Circuit Electronics (GCE) has said that its Changshu plant (Jiangsu Province, China) is running at almost full utilization, thanks to rising shipments for netbooks...
Wednesday 18 March 2009
ViewSonic to launch netbooks and notebooks in China
ViewSonic will extend its marketing in the China market from LCD product lines to netbooks and notebooks, according to industry sources in Taiwan.
Tuesday 17 March 2009
Gateway launches high-end notebook for multimedia and gaming
Gateway, a wholly owned subsidiary of Acer, has launched the Gateway P-7808u FX notebook, the latest high-end notebook of its P-Series FX line for gaming, entertainment and digital...
Tuesday 17 March 2009
ASRock to launch 3-5 notebook models this year, says paper
ASRock plans to launch 3-5 notebooks models in 2009 with panel sizes ranging from 12- to 15-inch and prices from US$400-600, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times...
Monday 16 March 2009
Darfon eyes growth in notebook applications and small-size MLCCs
Darfon will strengthen its deployment for notebook applications and small-size multi-layer ceramic-chip capacitors (MLCCs) for telecommunication products this year, said company president...