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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.
IN THE NEWS
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 company's...
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,...
Thursday 4 September 2008
Acer expected to see a sequential notebook shipment growth of 25-30% in 3Q08
With excellent worldwide sales performance in July and August, sources at notebook upstream makers expect Acer to see a sequential notebook shipment growth of 25-30% in the third quarter...
Thursday 4 September 2008
Notebook IC design houses expect to see back-end loaded 3Q
Notebook IC design houses in Taiwan have delivered an optimistic outlook about their sales performance in the third quarter, according to company sources who cited their bookings s...
Thursday 4 September 2008
Taiwan IC design houses excited about clone notebook demand from China
Taiwan IC design houses are excited about the substantial business from clone notebooks in China. With an influx of "white-box" consumer electronics drawing stronger sales...
Tuesday 2 September 2008
China market: Lenovo to launch US$400-600 consumer notebooks
Lenovo is considering launching 14- and 15-inch consumer-based IdeaPad G-series notebooks with prices between US$400-600 in the China market, according to notebook industry sources...
Tuesday 2 September 2008
White box notebook market still there, makers note
Although some branded notebook vendors think the white box notebook market is facing pressure from branded netbooks and other low-cost notebooks, some notebook makers are optimistic...
Monday 1 September 2008
Quanta is focusing on develop own-brand non-notebook products
First-tier notebook maker Quanta Computer is planning to head toward promoting own-brand products by expanding into branded wireless Internet applications, which Barry Lam, chairman...
Friday 29 August 2008
MSI announces three new notebooks
Micro-Star International (MSI) has announced three new notebooks – VR440, GX720 and GX400, all featuring MSI's exclusive ECO Engine, a power management function to extend the...
Thursday 28 August 2008
Netbooks will not affect traditional notebook sales in the near term, says Wistron chairman
Wistron chairman Simon Lin has reiterated his conservative outlook for netbook growth, saying that the position of traditional notebooks will not be affected by the rising role of...