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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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Tuesday 3 March 2009
CeBIT 2009: Nvidia introduces four new GPUs for notebooks
Nvidia has introduced four new mobile GPUs - GeForce GTX 280M and 260M GPUs for enthusiast notebooks and GeForce GTS 160M and 150M GPUs for high-performance notebooks.
Tuesday 3 March 2009
ASRock to enter entry-level notebook market, says paper
ASRock plans to launch two entry-level notebooks in late April this year – the12-inch M12 and the 15-inch M15, which wil be equipped either Intel Pentium or Celeron processors...
Tuesday 3 March 2009
PC industry will suffer sharpest unit decline in history in 2009, says Gartner
The PC industry will experience its sharpest unit decline in history, with PC shipments totaling 257 million units in 2009, an 11.9% decline from 2008, according to Gartner. Previously,...
Tuesday 3 March 2009
CeBIT 2009: Mitac showcasing military-specific moblie devices
Mitac Technology has announced that it is showcasing the latest offerings from Getac's rugged solutions including the Getac PS535F, a next generation fully rugged GPS PDA featuring...
Monday 2 March 2009
CeBIT 2009: Asustek to showcase Eee PC 1008HA Shell
Asustek Computer plans to showcase its new ultra-thin Eee PC 1008HA Shell at CeBIT this year, which features new industrial design and longer battery life.
Monday 2 March 2009
Wistron expected to ship 4.8 million notebooks in 1Q09, says paper
Wistron's notebook shipments in February are expected to reach around 1.5 million units, a slight drop compared to the 1.6 million units in January due to low market demand.
Friday 27 February 2009
Taiwan IC designers ahead in China white-box notebook market
The monthly shipments of white-box notebooks to the China market have reached over 200,000 units, attracting more IC designers to join this market. But Taiwan IC designers have taken...
Thursday 26 February 2009
CeBIT 2009: MSI unveils new products
Micro-Star International (MSI) plans to showcase new products including X-Slim series ultra-thin notebooks, Wind Top all-in-one PCs, a performance motherboard, and military-specific...
Thursday 26 February 2009
Compal talks about outlook for 2009
Compal Electronics expects notebook shipments in the first quarter of 2009 to hold level on year at 5.8-6.2 million units, while shipments in the second quarter will grow 15% sequentially,...
Thursday 26 February 2009
Gigabyte reveals more on upcoming 10.1-inch netbooks
Gigabyte Technology has revealed more details about the three 10.1-inch netbooks – the Touch Note T1028, Booktop M1022, and Thin Note S1024 – that it plans to showcase...
Thursday 26 February 2009
Shipments of 8.9-inch-and-larger LCD panels down almost 17% in January, says WitsView
Global shipments of 8.9-inch-and-larger LCD panels reached 22.23 million units in January, down by 16.9% sequentially and down 33.5% on year, according to research firm WitsView.
Thursday 26 February 2009
Kinpo-Compal Group expects 2009 revenues to break US$25 billion
Kinpo-Compal Group chairman Rock Hsu is optimistic that the group's 2009 revenues will continue to climb and will break US$25 billion. Within the group, Compal Electronics will be...
Wednesday 25 February 2009
Intel to launch new CPUs for ultra-thin notebooks
Intel plans to launch two new ultra low voltage (ULV) CPUs by the end of March this year mainly targeting the company's consumer ultra low voltage (CULV) platform for ultra-thin notebook...
Wednesday 25 February 2009
LCD makers and notebook vendors differ on panel price outlook
LCD panel makers expect notebook panel prices to increase in March or April this year as inventories will have been successfully digested, according to market sources. However, notebook...
Wednesday 25 February 2009
Quanta cuts workforce
Quanta Computer has laid off employees reportedly due lower-than-expected notebook order volumes from Acer and Hewlett-Packard (HP), according to a Chinese-language Commercial...