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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.
IN THE NEWS
Tuesday 10 March 2009
Asustek, Pegatron and Gigabyte see revenues decline in February
First-tier motherboard makers and vendors Asustek Computer, Pegatron Technology and Gigabyte Technology all saw revenues decline on year in February this year, according to market...
Tuesday 10 March 2009
Quanta and Compal notebook shipments tied in February
First-tier notebook makers Quanta Computer and Compal Electronics saw their notebook (netbooks included) shipments tied at 2.2 million units in February this year, according to figures...
Monday 9 March 2009
SiS to benefit from notebook rush orders, says paper
Silicon Integrated System (SiS) has recently placed large volume of extra orders with United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) to fulfill a shortage of its M672 chipsets for low-price...
Monday 9 March 2009
Acer and Inventec see revenues up in February
Taiwan-based notebook players Acer and Inventec both saw revenue growth in February with help from recent rush orders, according to sources at the companies.
Monday 9 March 2009
Notebook PCB makers see increased utilization rate and sales in February thanks to strong netbook demand
Demand for notebook PCBs has been gaining momentum, especially for netbooks PCBs, thanks to rush orders and inventory buildup from customers. Taiwan's leading notebook PCB makers...
Monday 9 March 2009
Intel to work with Compal and SiS for China white-box notebook market, says paper
Intel will cooperate with notebook maker Compal Electronics and chipset maker Silicon Integrated System (SiS) to launch 12- to 14-inch white-box notebooks, according to a Chinese-language...
Friday 6 March 2009
Acer, HP, Dell and Lenovo included in China stimulus program, Asustek rejected
Four out of the top-five branded PC vendors – Dell, Hewlett-Packard (HP), Lenovo and Acer – have been listed as branded PC products eligible for subsidies under the China...
Friday 6 March 2009
Unimicron enters notebook PCB market through China subsidiary
Chuan-Chuang (transliterated from Chinese) Technology, a subsidiary of Unimicron Technology located in Hunan, China, plans to enter volume production of 6-8-layer notebook PCBs in...
Friday 6 March 2009
Credit crisis finally impacts PC market in 4Q08, says iSuppli
The credit crisis came home to roost for the global PC market in the fourth quarter of 2008, ending a sustained period when sales seemed to defy economic gravity, according to iSup...
Thursday 5 March 2009
Asustek evaluating Qualcomm platform Eee PCs
Asustek Computer is evaluating the possibility of developing Eee PCs that adopt Qualcomm's platform, however the company currently does not yet have any mass production plans for...
Thursday 5 March 2009
CeBIT 2009: ASRock enters notebook market
Motherboard maker ASRock is showcasing new entry-level notebooks and a nettop at CeBIT 2009.
Thursday 5 March 2009
CeBIT 2009: AMD launches 40nm GPUs for notebook market
AMD has announced the launch of 40nm-based GPUs - the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4860 and 4830. These GPUs support the latest Microsoft DirectX 10.1 games, HD quality multimedia display,...
Thursday 5 March 2009
Notebook panel shipments to recover in 2Q
Panel makers expect to see a more obvious recovery for notebook panel shipments in the second quarter this year, as notebook vendors are still adjusting their inventories, according...
Thursday 5 March 2009
Third quarter to be key period for notebook market, says Inventec CEO
The third quarter of 2009 will be the key period for the notebook market, according to Richard Lee, CEO of Inventec. If demand recovers during the period, global notebook shipments...
Wednesday 4 March 2009
Global demand for 50 billion Internet connected devices in 2020, says Ericsson Taiwan
There will be estimated global demand for 50 billion Internet connected devices of various types in 2020, including handsets, desktop PCs, notebooks, MIDs (mobile Internet devices),...