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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 17 September 2008
Aptina CMOS image sensor supply may not be able to meet demand from notebook makers
Due to strong demand for the iPhone 3G, CMOS image sensor supplier Aptina Imaging may not have sufficient products to support notebook makers. The company has asked its 8-inch fab...
Wednesday 17 September 2008
Gemtek sales unaffected by weak demand for 11n notebook WLAN modules
Gemtek Technology has seen little affect from the weak demand for notebook-use 802.11n WLAN modules, as its sales this year have been driven by other networking products, such as...
Wednesday 17 September 2008
HannStar Board expects weak growth for regular notebook PCBs amid strong netbook demand
HannStar Board expects its PCB shipments to the regular notebook segment to stay flat or have weak growth in the fourth quarter, as demand will have been squeezed by netbooks.
Tuesday 16 September 2008
Asustek reportedly releases PC orders to Foxconn and Flextronics, says paper
Asustek Computer recently outsourced notebook and desktop PC production to Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) and Flextronics, respectively, according to a Chinese-language...
Friday 12 September 2008
Quanta blames netbooks for revenue drop in August
First-tier notebook maker Quanta Computer has said netbook shipments were the main reason for its fall in revenues performance in August this year.
Thursday 11 September 2008
Clevo scores a new revenues high in August, says paper
Taiwan-based second-tier notebook maker Clevo has announced its revenues in August scored a new historical high at NT$1.75 billion (US$54.52 million), increases of 6.49% on month...
Thursday 11 September 2008
MSI and ECS announce on-month drop in revenues performance for August
Due to the failure of motherboard demand to pick up, as well as the fact notebook shipments did not surge as the company originally expected, Micro-Star International (MSI) only saw...
Thursday 11 September 2008
LCD panel prices still sinking closer to the bottom in September, WitsView says
According to WitsView's panel price survey for September, the price pressure on the three main applications can still be felt. This stems from the weaker-than-usual end market demand...
Wednesday 10 September 2008
Fujitsu outsources notebook manufacturing to Inventec and FIC
Japan-based notebook vendor Fujitsu has outsourced its L-series entry-level consumer notebook orders to Inventec, while it has given First International Computer (FIC) netbook orders,...
Wednesday 10 September 2008
First-tier notebook makers except Inventec see on-month revenues drop in August
All the first-tier notebook makers except Inventec have seen their revenues performance in August drop on month, however only Compal Electronics has lowered its notebook shipments...
Wednesday 10 September 2008
Asustek, Pegatron and Gigabyte announce August results
First-tier motherboard maker Asustek Computer has announced consolidated revenues of NT$25.9 billion (US$812.56 million) in August, increases of 17% on month and 24% on year. The...
Tuesday 9 September 2008
Compal cuts annual notebook shipments goal to 29 million units
Affected by the dropping worldwide economy, Ray Chen, president of Compal Electronics has said that due to weak demand in both Europe and the US, the company's annual notebook shipments...
Tuesday 9 September 2008
Acer more optimistic than Compal about 2008 netbook market
Although Acer chairman JT Wang pointed out that the company's netbook shipments will reach 5-7 million units in 2008, Compal Electronics president Ray Chen has taken an opposite view...
Friday 5 September 2008
Sony offers voluntary recall program for some Vaio notebooks
Sony is offering a recall for Vaio VGN-TZ100, VGN-TZ200, VGN-TZ300 and VGN-TZ2000 series notebooks, according to Mike Abary, senior VP of Vaio business.
Thursday 4 September 2008
Pegatron lands notebook orders from Toshiba, says paper
Japan-based notebook vendor Toshiba is planning to outsource orders for a notebook, which will be launched next year, to Pegatron Technology with a volume between 1.5-2 million units,...