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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 19 February 2009
Quanta may see 2009 notebook shipments 5% lower than expected, says paper
Since Hewlett-Packard (HP) recently decided to delay plans to replace all its consumer notebook product lines with 16:9 aspect ratio panels in the second quarter this year, Quanta...
Thursday 19 February 2009
Compal 2008 net profit drops 8%
Compal Electronics has announced revenues of NT$404.99 billion (US$11.67 billion) for 2008 with its net profit dropping 8% to NT$12.64 billion. Its EPS was NT$3.26.
Wednesday 18 February 2009
Elan Microelectronics reportedly lands orders for touch panel modules from Japan
Taiwan-based IC design house Elan Microelectronics has made a breakthrough in its manufacturing process of touch panel modules to increase yield rates and has obtained orders from...
Wednesday 18 February 2009
Sonix reportedly lands notebook webcam controller orders from Samsung
Sonix Technology has reportedly secured orders for notebook webcam controller chips for Samsung Electronics products. The IC design house is expected to enjoy 20% sales growth sequentially...
Tuesday 17 February 2009
Quanta expects 1Q09 notebook shipments to drop more than 30% on quarter
Quanta Computer estimates that its notebook shipments for the first quarter of 2009 will drop by more than 30% on quarter, equivalent to a volume of around seven million units, according...
Tuesday 17 February 2009
More notebook PCB makers compete in netbook PCB market in 2009
Thanks to strong netbook growth, notebook PCB maker HannStar Board is expected to take a global share of at least 50%, perhaps even reaching 70% for related PCBs in 2009, according...
Tuesday 17 February 2009
Demand from China to drive up smaller-size LCD TV panel prices in 2H February
With the China government promoting a program to increase sales of electronics in rural areas, LCD TV panel prices for smaller screen sizes, such as 26 inches and 32 inches, are estimated...
Monday 16 February 2009
China market: Acer and Asustek seeing notebook shortages in February, says paper
Acer and Asustek Computer are both seeing shortages for several notebook models due to higher-than-expected demand in the China market this month, according to a Chinese-language Apply...
Monday 16 February 2009
IC distributors developing white-box notebook reference designs
Some IC distributors are aggressively setting up their own R&D teams to provide reference designs to notebook designers and manufacturers targeting China's white-box notebook market,...
Friday 13 February 2009
Asustek striving to recover from poor performance
Asustek expects its gross margin for the first quarter of 2009 to climb despite an estimated 30% on-quarter drop in revenues thanks to inventory clearances, new strategies to protect...
Friday 13 February 2009
China to account for up to 30% of CMO revenues in 2009
With the China government promoting a program to increase sales of electronics to rural area, leading Taiwan TFT-LCD panel maker Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO) estimates that its revenue...
Friday 13 February 2009
Notebook related component makers see recovering sales
Thanks to rush orders from notebook companies, sales of notebook OEMs as well as notebook related component makers, including passive component, PCB and cooling module makers, are...
Friday 13 February 2009
Asustek resumes ordering, say IC distributors
Asustek Computer has finally started placing orders again thanks to recent better-then-expected notebook shipments which have helped the company to clear out its inventory. However,...
Thursday 12 February 2009
Quanta and Compal revenues down, Wistron and Inventec up in January
Quanta Computer has announced consolidated revenues of NT$43.06 billion (US$1.27 billion) for January this year, drops of 19.3% on month and 36.5% on year. The company shipped two...
Thursday 12 February 2009
CPT to reorganize its TFT-LCD business
After suffering losses in the fourth quarter and full year of 2008, TFT-LCD panel maker Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) has begun to reorganize its operations, according to company CFO...