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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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Wednesday 26 November 2008
FPCB maker Flexium business stable despite economic downturn
Flexible PCB (FPCB) maker Flexium Interconnect has had significant sales growth since September and continues to have strong orders in November, according to the company. Flexium...
Tuesday 25 November 2008
Why not both ARM and Intel processors in notebooks
While UK-based IP firm ARM is aggressively targeting Intel's turf in the netbook market with its ARM-based processors, notebook makers and vendors are considering offering hybrid...
Tuesday 25 November 2008
Acer to launch 10-inch Aspire One as early as February next year
Acer plans to launch 10-inch Aspire One netbooks in February or March next year, according to Scott Lin, Acer Taiwan president.
Tuesday 25 November 2008
120Hz panel shipments up 57% in 3Q08, says DisplaySearch
Shipments of 120Hz LCD TV panels reached 3.6 million units in the third quarter this year, which is 57% growth from 2.3 million units in the second quarter this year. In the third...
Tuesday 25 November 2008
Taiwan ODD shipments to continue falling in 4Q08, says Digitimes Research
Taiwan makers shipped 18.6 million optical disc drives (ODDs) in the third quarter, down 3% sequentially and down 17% on year, as the Taiwan sector felt the impact from the global...
Monday 24 November 2008
Taiwan market: Acer targets entry-level segment with eMachines PCs
Acer has launched products from its sub-brand eMachines targeting the entry-level market, with average selling prices (ASPs) below NT$20,000 (US$598.24), according to sources at Taiwan's...
Thursday 20 November 2008
Magnesium-aluminum alloy chassis makers to be impacted by dropping notebook demand in 4Q08
Demand for mid-range and high-end enterprise notebooks is expected to see a sharp drop in the fourth quarter as the dropping global economy has impacted spending among enterprises,...
Thursday 20 November 2008
MSI expects notebook shipments to reach three million this year
Micro-Star International (MSI) originally expected its notebook shipments to only reach two million units in 2008. But the company has revised its figures and is now expecting shipments...
Tuesday 18 November 2008
Quanta, Compal and Wistron expect on-month notebook shipments drop in November, says paper
Quanta expects notebook shipments in November to fall between the 3.3 million units shipped in September and four million units of October thanks to Apple's new MacBook and stable...
Tuesday 18 November 2008
Acer ranks number one vendor in global 3Q08 consumer notebook market, says paper
Acer was ranked number one among global consumer notebook vendors in the third quarter this year with shipments of 5.04 million units, surpassing Hewlett-Packard's (HP's) 4.85 million...
Monday 17 November 2008
Taiwan IC distributor Koryo sees positive order visibility
IC distributor Koryo Electronics recorded after-tax profits of NT$10.44 million (US$315,000) in October, the highest for 2008. Orders placed by its major notebook customers have not...
Monday 17 November 2008
Asustek cuts notebook component orders
Asustek Computer has suddenly cut orders by around 20-30% with its upstream component suppliers, according to sources at component makers.
Monday 17 November 2008
Notebook makers keep low component inventories at 3-4 weeks
Notebook makers are cautiously monitoring their component inventories, keeping the levels at as low as three to four weeks, according to industry sources. The makers' cautious monitoring...
Friday 14 November 2008
Notebook PCB makers HannStar Board and GCE push back expansion projects for 2009
Having downward adjusted their fourth-quarter guidance recently, the two major Taiwan notebook PCB makers – HannStar Board and Gold Circuit Electronics (GCE) – have also...
Friday 14 November 2008
Asustek believes style will help defend against falling notebook ASPs in 2009
Despite the bleak current economic outlook, Asustek does not plan on focusing on a pricing strategy next year to increase shipments but instead will focus on developing products that...