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.
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,...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
Taiwan-based notebook-component suppliers have received rush orders from the China market due to the Chinese government's subsidy program for rural areas, according to market watchers...
Transcend has recently announced a lineup of solid-state drives (SSD) that include a 1.8-inch portable SSD (SSD18M) and 1.8- and 2.5-inch form-factor SATA 3Gb/s and IDE interface SSDs,...
Asustek Computer and Micro-Star International (MSI) plan to showcase their Intel consumer ultra low voltage (CULV) platform-based ultra-thin notebooks at CeBIT this year, according...
Taiwan-based passive component maker Cyntec expects to see sales increase in 2009, driven by shipments of power chokes for notebooks and handsets, according to market sources.
In order to save cost and increase efficiency, Quanta Computer is planning to outsource notebook chassis fabrication to Ju Teng International Holdings, a Hong Kong-listed chassis maker...
Global Mixed-mode Technology (GMT) has forecast sales and profit growth this year with increasing shipments of panel, digital still camera (DSC), LED backlight and notebook related...
Taiwan-based notebook battery maker Simplo Technology's chairman Sung Fu-hsiang expects the company's battery shipments this year to grow 5-10% on year, higher than the average growth...
