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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 10 February 2009
Netbook-use CIS module shipments increasing
Taiwan-based makers of CMOS image sensor (CIS) modules have increased their shipments since the beginning of February 2009, mainly because of large orders from leading international...
Monday 9 February 2009
Acer and Asustek continue expanding shares in US notebook market in 4Q08, says IDC
Despite a drastic slowdown of global PC shipments in the fourth quarter of 2008, Taiwan-based Acer and Asustek Computer managed to continue expanding their shares in the US notebook...
Friday 6 February 2009
Acer to restructure its business by brands instead of products
Acer has decided to overhaul its corporate structure into four segments based on its brands Acer, Gateway, Packard Bell and eMachines instead of the previous business units classified...
Friday 6 February 2009
Passive component maker Cyntec reports sales growth in January
Cyntec saw slight sequential sales growth in January, much better than its earlier expectations of a 20% decline, thanks to rush orders from notebook makers. Consolidated January...
Friday 6 February 2009
Intel to bring forward Atom N280 CPU launch to second half of February, say notebook makers
Intel has decided to bring forward the launch of its single-core Atom N280 processor bundled with GN40 chipset to the second half of February instead of in the second or third quarter...
Thursday 5 February 2009
Notebook component makers conservative about 1Q09 despite rush orders, says paper
Notebook vendors' rush orders that have helped component shipments so far this year are unlikely to last beyond February, with component makers expecting a poor first quarter, according...
Wednesday 4 February 2009
Top-four makers shipped around six million notebooks in January
Although Taiwan's top-four notebook makers saw their shipments drop by around 30% on month in January this year, total shipments for the four makers (notebooks and netbooks combined)...
Wednesday 4 February 2009
Large-size TFT-LCD panel shipments grow but revenues fall in 2008, says DisplaySearch
Large-size TFT-LCD panel shipments in the fourth quarter 2008 reached 93.5 million units, a decline of 19% on quarter and 17% on year, according to research firm DisplaySearch. Due...
Tuesday 3 February 2009
Taiwan notebook industry pessimistic about US$20 notebook from India
With India planning to produce a notebook priced at US$20, sources from Taiwan's notebook industry are pessimistic about the future of the project.
Tuesday 3 February 2009
Taiwan LED players expect little impact from LGD-Cree partnership
Despite the cooperation between LG Display (LGD) and Cree on LED backlighting, Taiwan LED players believe that the partnership will have more impact on Japanese LED players than on...
Tuesday 3 February 2009
LED players eying China white-box notebook BLU market
Taiwan LED makers are eying the China white-box notebook backlighting market, which is expected to grow fast in line with the global notebook backlighting market trend, according...
Tuesday 3 February 2009
Wistron chairman discusses trends for 2009
Wistron chairman Simon Lin has said that the company will not compete for netbook orders in 2009 since netbook products do not provide much toward overall profitability, however,...
Tuesday 3 February 2009
Acer aims to gain 2-3 percentage points in 2009 notebook market share
Acer aspires to increase its global notebook market share 2-3 percentage points in 2009, during which the vendor hopes to improve its performance in markets with high shipment growth...
Tuesday 3 February 2009
AUO to mass produce in-cell touch panels in 2H09
Taiwan LCD panel maker AU Optronics (AUO) estimates that it will start mass production of its in-cell touch panels for notebooks larger than 12-inches in the second half of this year,...
Monday 2 February 2009
GPU shipments dive in 4Q08, says JPR
Jon Peddie Research (JPR) has announced estimated graphics shipments and supplier market share for the fourth calendar quarter of 2008.