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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 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...
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...
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...
Wednesday 11 February 2009
ECS and MSI see sharp on-year revenue decline in January
First-tier motherboard makers Elitegroup Computer System (ECS) and Micro-Star International (MSI) both suffered a revenue decline in January this year, according to the companies.
Wednesday 11 February 2009
Pegatron to regain notebook OEM orders from Toshiba
Pegatron Technology is expected to obtain OEM orders from Toshiba, according to sources at Taiwan-based notebook component makers.
Wednesday 11 February 2009
Global PC processor market to decline through 1H09, says IDC
Worldwide PC processor shipments fell significantly in the fourth calendar quarter of 2008, according to IDC. A further demand decline in the first quarter of 2009 points to a very...
Wednesday 11 February 2009
iSuppli downgrades forecast for contract manufacturing
Conditions in the global electronics contract manufacturing business are continuing to deteriorate due to the recession and the weakening high-tech industry, prompting iSuppli to...
Tuesday 10 February 2009
Intel notifies partners not to expect any notebook price cuts before the end of May
Intel has notified its partners that it will not reduce prices for any of its notebook lineup before the end of May this year, according to market sources. The company acted to clear...
Tuesday 10 February 2009
Asustek, Pegatron and Gigabyte see revenues drop on year in January
Market watchers have estimated Asustek Computer's consolidated revenues in January at around NT$13.5 billion (US$398.7 million), drops of 16.15% on month and 38.91% on year mainly...
Tuesday 10 February 2009
LCD monitor panel prices up, others flat in February, DisplaySearch says
Prices for most LCD panel segments remain unchanged in the first half of February, as most panel makers are reluctant to increase production at the current low prices. However, monitor...