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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.
IN THE NEWS
Wednesday 24 December 2008
HP, Dell and Toshiba recruiting notebook R&D staff in Taiwan, says paper
Despite the bad economy, Hewlett-Packard (HP), Dell and Toshiba's research centers in Taiwan are still hiring notebook R&D specialists, according to a Chinese-language Commercial...
Wednesday 24 December 2008
Compal expects to see sequential shipments decline over 20% in 1Q09, says paper
With the end-of-year holiday season failing to deliver any significant boost in notebook demand, Compal Electronics expects its notebook shipments to drop 10% on month in December...
Wednesday 24 December 2008
Notebook shipments exceed desktops for first time in 3Q08, says iSuppli
Global notebook PC shipments exceeded those of desktops on a quarterly basis for the first time ever in the third quarter, marking a watershed event in the history of the industry,...
Wednesday 24 December 2008
HP finalizes 2009 orders for up to 18 million notebooks
Hewlett-Packard (HP) has finalized its outsourced production schedule for 2009, with 17-18 million 16:9 aspect ratio notebooks ordered from Taiwan notebook makers, according to sources...
Tuesday 23 December 2008
HannStar Board suspends PCB plant in China, overall utilization to fall to 50% in December
With notebook demand worsening, HannStar Board, a major supplier of notebook-use printed circuit board (PCB) supplier, saw losses in November and its utilization rate has dropped...
Monday 22 December 2008
Large-size LCD panel prices continue to drop with TV segment declining most in 2H of December
With demand dropping amid the sluggish global economy, large-size TFT LCD panel prices continue to drop in the second half of December, according to the latest pricing data released...
Monday 22 December 2008
Notebook makers pessimistic about white-box netbooks in China, says paper
With China white-box makers reportedly developing ARM-based netbooks targeting prices of less than 1000 RMB (US$146), Quanta Computer has commented that the success of the white-box...
Monday 22 December 2008
Asustek might not meet outsourcing goal until 2H09
Although Asustek Computer president Jerry Shen has said the company will achieve its goal of outsourcing 30% of notebook production in the second quarter of 2009, sources at notebook...
Friday 19 December 2008
Acer and Asustek gain more than they lose from netbooks, says Digitimes Research
With Acer and Asustek Computer the top-two players in the netbook market, some market watchers expected the two vendors to feel the greatest impact from netbooks eating into notebook...
Friday 19 December 2008
Clevo to ship 1.7 million notebooks next year, says paper
Clevo's notebook shipments this year will only reach 1.45 million units, a drop from its original goal of 1.5 million units, while shipments for the next year are expected to grow...
Friday 19 December 2008
Taiwan market: Netbooks impacting low-end notebook prices
Low-end notebooks have faced declining market demand during the second half of this year largely due to the rise of the netbook market. This has forced PC vendors to cut their low-end...
Friday 19 December 2008
IT-use 16:9 LCD panel shipments up in November, Displaybank says
With LCD panel makers actively promoting 16:9 aspect ratio products, the shipment share of 16:9 panels increased to 17.4% in the monitor segment and increased to 15.6% in the notebook...
Thursday 18 December 2008
Acer chairman forecasts global notebook shipments to hold level in 2009, says paper
Acer chairman JT Wang recently said he expects global notebook shipment in 2009 to hold level compared to 2008, according to a Chinese-language Economy Daily News (EDN) re...
Thursday 18 December 2008
Innolux expects staggering increase in notebook panel shipments in 2009
Although sales in the consumer market are likely to be low in 2009 amid the global economic downturn, Taiwan-based LCD panel and system maker Innolux Display expects to ship 3 million...
Thursday 18 December 2008
HannStar Board and GCE reduce notebook PCB shipments guidance further
Affected by a sharp order drop in November, HannStar Board and Gold Circuit Electronics (GCE) have both reduced their annual PCB shipments guidance for 2008 by 10%.