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.
Asustek Computer's plans to outsource 30% of notebook production have been pushed back to second-quarter 2009, according to company president, Jerry Shen.
While major notebook vendors continue to introduce models with LED backlighting into the market, prices for LEDs are estimated to drop by 40-50% in 2009 as clients will be in a better...
With the global economy weakening, JT Wang, chairman of Acer, has pointed out the biggest problem is the lack of confidence in the market. But when confidence is restored, demand...
Intel is planning to launch Xeon 5500 (Nehalem-EP) and Xeon 3500 series (Nehalem-WS) server CPUs in the first quarter of 2009, according to sources at server makers.
Although many players in the IT industry are cutting back workforces or suspending hiring processes, Wistron has decided to expand the personnel for research and development (R&D),...
Taiwan-based notebook keyboard supplier Sunrex Technology expects its keyboard shipment sin the fourth quarter this year to maintain at 13-14 million units, the same level as in the...
IC design houses Anpec Electronics and Ralink Technology have lowered their fourth-quarter guidances because of weakend orders from motherboard and notebook clients respectively,...
With notebook vendors keeping a careful eye on demand in the sales channel, sources in the channel have indicated that if sales are not strong at the beginning of the end-of-year...
PCB industry players indicated PCB orders have dropped dramatically since October, as customers are seeking to delay shipments amid a weakening economic outlook. Even notebook PCB...
Apple and Asustek Computer recently reduced their notebook outsourcing for the fourth quarter this year by 20-30% impacting the two vendors' main OEM partners Quanta Computer and...
Quanta Computer, Compal Electronics and Wistron all saw on-month revenue increases in October this year despite the falling economy, although Inventec's financials dipped slightly.
Although Asustek Computer originally expected consolidated revenues in October would score an historical monthly high, due to the falling global economy, the company's actual consolidated...
The constant shortage of in-mold roller (IMR) capacity, used to put pictorial designs on a notebook chassis, has spurred Dell's R&D center in Taiwan to developed a new treatment...
Netbooks will continue to ruffle the traditional notebook OEM market in 2009 with Quanta Computer and Compal Electronics both expected to reduce manufacturing quotes by double-digit...
Second-tier notebook maker Clevo has already shipped 1.14 million notebooks in the first three quarters of this year and is optimistic that its fourth quarter shipment will maintain...
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