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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 16 March 2009
PWM IC demand recovers, say IC distributors
Orders for power management (PWM) ICs have increased rapidly recently, as notebook makers will launch new models and the China government's stimulus program is driving demand for...
Monday 16 March 2009
Demand for Spansion-branded NOR flash remains unchanged, says IC distributor
Orders of Spansion-branded NOR flash for handsets and notebooks have remained unchanged, despite the NOR flash giant's bankruptcy protection proceedings, according to IC distributor...
Monday 16 March 2009
Windows 7 to boost PC shipment growth by more than 10% in 2010, says paper
Windows 7 is expected to boost global PC shipments by more than 10% on year from the on-year growth of negative 5% this year, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times...
Monday 16 March 2009
Compal utilization rate expected to reach 90% in 2Q09, says paper
Compal Electronics' utilization rate for notebook manufacturing has a good chance of reaching 90% in the second quarter as current order visibility is clear, according to a Chinese-language...
Monday 16 March 2009
Demand for notebook HDI boards increases
Demand for notebook-use high-density interconnect (HDI) boards is warming up, as strong sales of netbooks and the launch of Intel's ultra-low voltage (CULV) platform are spurring...
Monday 16 March 2009
Foxconn to manufacture two million notebooks for Asustek this year, says paper
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) is expected to manufacture around two million notebooks for Asustek Computer this year, calculated from Asustek's announcement of...
Friday 13 March 2009
China market: Government increases CE subsidy to allow the purchase of two units, says paper
China government has increased the subsidies available as part of its consumer electronics (CE) promotion program in rural areas allowing consumers to purchase two units, up from...
Friday 13 March 2009
ECS to ship one million white-box notebooks this year, says paper
Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) is expected to ship one million white-box notebooks this year after kicking off ODM services for China's white-box notebook vendors. The company...
Thursday 12 March 2009
Wistron sees 29% on-year revenue growth in February
Wistron has announced consolidated revenues of NT$32.8 billion (US$951 million) for February 2009, a slight drop of 3.58% on month, but an increase of 29% on year.
Thursday 12 March 2009
Notebook makers in channel price war, say IC distributors
Notebook manufacturers Compal Electronics, Quanta Computer and Inventec have recently slashed prices significantly, in order to vie for orders from the channel, according to sources...
Thursday 12 March 2009
Compal to break notebook shipments goal of 6.2 million units for 1Q09, says president
Compal Electronics expects to break its notebook shipments goal of 6.2 million units for the first quarter of 2009, according to company president, Ray Chen.
Thursday 12 March 2009
LGD gears up development of 120Hz and full HD notebook panels
LG Display (LGD), which has beaten Samsung Electronics to become the world's largest notebook panel supplier, is gearing up the development of notebook applications supporting 120Hz...
Thursday 12 March 2009
Asustek reportedly considering merger of Eee PC and notebook departments
Asustek Computer is considering consolidating its Eee PC and notebook departments to help increase efficiency and decrease the management costs for the two departments, according...
Tuesday 10 March 2009
Clevo aims to ship 300,000 netbooks in 2009
Taiwan-based second-tier notebook maker Clevo has landed an ODM order for netbooks from a telecom carrier in Portugal, and has set a goal of shipping 300,000 netbooks in 2009, according...
Tuesday 10 March 2009
Taiwan notebooks – 4Q 2008
Taiwan shipped 34.04 million notebook PCs in the fourth quarter of 2008, down 3.6% sequentially but up 17.4% from the same period one year earlier.