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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 21 October 2008
Asustek claims to be the largest PC vendor in Russia, Acer and Gigabyte disagree
Asustek Computer recently declared that is it the largest notebook and motherboard vendor in Russia in terms of shipments. But the claim has been disputed by Acer who insists that,...
Tuesday 21 October 2008
PCT 3Q profit up 60% amid strong shipments for NB and iPhone applications
Taiwan IC distributor Professional Computer Technology (PCT) has reported 61% profit growth in the third quarter amid related strong sales for applications such as notebook and iPhone...
Tuesday 21 October 2008
LED backlight penetration for notebooks to reach only 10% this year
LED backlight penetration for notebook applications is expected to reach only 10% in 2008, which is lower than the 15-20% previously expected by LCD panel makers.
Monday 20 October 2008
Simplo expects its battery module capacity to reach 50 million in 2010
In order to expand its production scale and strengthen vertical integration, notebook battery maker Simplo Technology has selected its Changshu plant in China as the major base for...
Monday 20 October 2008
EETI multi touch panels target notebook and netbook markets
Taiwan-based Egalax_empia Technology Incorporated (EETI) is actively developing multi-touch panels for use in netbooks and notebooks, with volume production of 7-inch applications...
Monday 20 October 2008
MSI to launch 3.5G Wind netbook next month
Micro-Star International (MSI) is planning to launch the Wind U120 with a built-in 3.5G module in November this year. The netbook will feature Intel's Atom N270 processor, 1GB memory,...
Friday 17 October 2008
Taiwan market: Sony to launch new Vaio PCs later this month
Sony is planning to launch four new series of Vaio PCs in Taiwan on December 24 this year. Sony Taiwan expects its Vaio series PCs to maintain a market share of 10% in 2008 in Taiwan,...
Friday 17 October 2008
Notebook players paying close attention to multi-touch technology
Hewlett-Packard (HP) is planning to stir up the touch panel notebook market with multi-touch technology at the end of this year, and with Windows 7, which according to Microsoft will...
Thursday 16 October 2008
Samsung enters the US notebook and netbook market
Samsung Electronics America has announced its entrance in the US notebook market with a product lineup including notebooks in four categories – premium thin and light, all purpose,...
Thursday 16 October 2008
Asustek plans to launch touch panel notebooks in 1H09
Asustek Computer is planning to launch notebooks featuring a touch panel in the first or second quarter of 2009, according to sources at panel makers, in addition to Eee PCs as previously...
Wednesday 15 October 2008
HP said to be threatening notebook OEMs against dealing with Asustek
The leading notebook vendor Hewlett-Packard (HP) is said to be demanding that its manufacturing partners refuse outsourcing orders from Asustek, according to sources at notebook makers...
Tuesday 14 October 2008
Motherboard makers see positive revenue growth in September
Asustek Computer announced consolidated revenues of NT$30.3 billion (US$936.2 million) in September, representing growth of 17% on month and 42% on year, and being a new historical...
Tuesday 14 October 2008
Compal to become the biggest notebook supplier for Toshiba in 2009, says paper
With Toshiba completing its plan for notebook outsourcing in 2009, the title of the biggest supplier will pass from Inventec to Compal Electronics, which is expected to have estimated...
Tuesday 14 October 2008
Quanta to share Sony notebook orders with Foxconn
Quanta Computer has won orders from Sony to ship C-Series notebooks to the Japanese vendor starting in 2009, according to market sources. Sony has split the orders between Quanta and...
Monday 13 October 2008
Compal sees strong revenues growth in September
Compal Electronics has announced consolidated revenues of NT$46.25 billion (US$1.43 billion) for September, increases of 32.23% on month and 10% on year, thanks to shipments of Dell's...