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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 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 to...
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, he...
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.
Friday 23 January 2009
AUO large-size LCD panel shipments to drop 15-20% in 1Q
AU Optronics (AUO) has estimated a 15-20% drop in its large-size LCD panel shipments in the first quarter this year, with TV panel shipments remaining flat, and IT (monitor and notebook)...
Friday 23 January 2009
Quanta to target ultra-thin notebook market
Quanta Computer has completed the development of a notebook with a thickness of 1-2cm and an entry-level price, according to industry sources.
Friday 23 January 2009
AUO expects 30% drop in small- to medium-size panel shipments in 1Q
AU Optronics (AUO) expects its small- to medium-size LCD panel shipments to drop 30% in the first quarter because of seasonality.
Friday 23 January 2009
Demand from traditional notebooks is recovering, say CMOS image sensor makers
CMOS image sensor makers have seen a warming up of image sensor orders for low-end traditional notebooks mostly from Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Dell. Order visibility extends until February,...
Thursday 22 January 2009
Asustek is facing three major risks that could damage its profitability, says paper
Asustek Computer is currently facing three major risks that could damage its profitability in the future, according to a Goldman Sachs' report as cited by the Chinese-language Commercial...
Thursday 22 January 2009
Wistron chairman expects the company to achieve 2009 shipment goal, says paper
Simon Lin, chairman of Wistron expects the company can still achieve its goal of shipping 25-28 million notebooks in 2009 despite the dropping economy, according to a Chinese-language...
Thursday 22 January 2009
Taiwan market: Acer to step up promotion of Gateway PCs
Acer plans to allocate a monthly budget of NT$2 million (US$59,426) to promote its sub-brand Gateway in Taiwan. An all-in-one PC and some new notebooks will be introduced to the market...
Wednesday 21 January 2009
PCB makers see rush orders from notebook and optoelectronics
PCB makers have seen an increase in rush orders in particular to the notebook segment during the past one to two weeks. Demand for optoelectronics PCBs is also better than expected...