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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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Monday 13 October 2008
Clevo saw large on-year performance increase in September, says paper
Second-tier notebook maker Clevo has announced revenues of NT$1.76 billion (US$54.31 million) for September 2008, a slight increase of 0.6% on month but a large increase of 43.78%...
Thursday 9 October 2008
PCB maker HannStar Board maintaining high utilization rates despite expanding capacity; September sales reach NT$2.1 billion
Although the peak season effect for the notebook market was not as good as expected this year, notebook PCB maker HannStar Board reported record consolidated sales of NT$2.12 billion...
Thursday 9 October 2008
Notebooks shipping with Intel Echo Peak WiMAX
Sprint's mobile WiMAX business unit, XOHM, recently launched its WiMAX service in Baltimore, and Intel has announced that it is now shipping its combined WiMAX/Wi-Fi module, formerly...
Thursday 9 October 2008
Taiwan notebook Quanta revenues flat, while Wistron and Inventec see stronger September revenues
While first-tier notebook maker Quanta Computer saw its notebook shipments, including netbooks, increase 6.5% to 3.3 million units in September from 3.1 million units in August, the...
Thursday 9 October 2008
Acer surpasses HP and Dell over worldwide notebook shipment in September
Acer has shipped 3.4-3.6 million notebooks (including netbooks) in September this year, beating both Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Dell, according to industry sources.
Wednesday 8 October 2008
Asustek increases notebook shipments goal for 2008; sets sights on Dell and Lenovo
Asustek Computer expects to ship 50,000 units of its recently launched Eee PC S101 this month which will contribute around US$35 million toward company revenues. The notebook maker...
Tuesday 7 October 2008
Asustek officially launches Eee PC S101 and N10 notebooks
Asustek Computer has officially launched the high-end Eee PC S101 and N10 notebook series. The S101 and N10 both feature a 10.2-inch panel and are powered by Intel Atom processors.
Tuesday 7 October 2008
HP to focus on 13-inch class 16:9 aspect ratio notebooks in 2009, say sources
Hewlett-Packard (HP) plans to push sales of 13-inch class (13.0-13.9-inch) notebooks with 16:9 aspect ratio panels before the end of this year, making 13-inch models mainstream items...
Monday 6 October 2008
IT LCD panel prices stable in 1H October; price drops persist in TV segment, DisplaySearch says
Latest DisplaySearch figures for large-size LCD panel prices show that prices for IT applications will remain stable in the first half of October, while prices for TV applications...
Monday 6 October 2008
Radiant September sales driven by LED BLUs for notebooks
Backlight unit (BLU) maker Radiant Opto-Electronics has reported strong consolidated revenues for September at NT$3.38 billion (US$104.54 million), up 3.34% on year due to strong demand...
Friday 3 October 2008
Taiwan market: Dell launches Latitude E-series notebooks for enterprise market
Dell has launched a series of Latitude E notebooks in Taiwan targeting the enterprise market.
Friday 3 October 2008
Hinge maker Jarllytec benefiting from Samsung notebook shipments, says paper
Taiwan-based notebook hinge maker Jarllytec has became the major supplier of Samsung Electronics this year, supplying components for 80-90% of the notebooks shipped by Samsung in September...
Thursday 2 October 2008
Taiwan market: HP launches six new enterprise notebooks
Hewlett-Packard (HP) has launched six new enterprise EliteBook notebooks featuring Magnesium-aluminum alloy chassis and longer battery runtime.
Wednesday 1 October 2008
Kenmos notebook-use LED BLU shipments to pick up in 4Q08
Kenmos Technology expects LED backlight unit (BLU) shipments for notebooks to hit a record in the fourth quarter, after slumping for the past few quarters, as the replacement of cold...
Tuesday 30 September 2008
Taiwan notebooks – 2Q 2008
Taiwan shipped 29.4 million notebook PCs in the second quarter of 2008, up 5.2% sequentially and 48.2% from the same period one year earlier, with the key growth driver being Netbook,...