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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 11 August 2008
First-tier notebook makers see on-month revenue growth in July
First-tier notebook makers Quanta Computer, Compal Electronics, Wistron and Inventec all saw on-month revenues growth in July 2008.
Friday 8 August 2008
Quanta sees revenue growth in July, says paper
Quanta Computer has announced consolidated revenues of NT$65.12 billion (US$2.1 billion) for July this year, an increase of 5% on month, while accumulated consolidated revenues for...
Thursday 7 August 2008
Asustek notebook shipments fail target in 1H08; preps outsourcing in 4Q
Since shipments of notebooks failed to meet expectations in the first half of 2008, Asustek Computer has said meeting its annual shipments target will be hard. In order to shrink production...
Wednesday 6 August 2008
Netbooks and handsets to drive up PPT sales in 3Q08
Seeing its July sales sustain an upward trend, Phoenix Precision Technology (PPT) has delivered an optimistic outlook for the third quarter, with flip-chip (FC) and chip-scale packaging...
Tuesday 5 August 2008
Micron introduces next-generation SSD for enterprise servers and notebooks
Micron Technology has announced the introduction of its next-generation RealSSD solid-state drives (SSDs) for enterprise computing (P200) and notebook applications (C200).
Tuesday 5 August 2008
Intel to launch Calpella notebook platform in 3Q09
Intel's next-generation notebook platform (Calpella) is scheduled to launch in the third quarter of 2009. As with other Nehalem generation products, Capella will abandon the current...
Tuesday 5 August 2008
Growth will vary in Taiwan's IC design sector in 3Q
While the third quarter is the peak season for the Taiwan IC design market, this year expectations are not high, with players in the PC related field being more optimistic than those...
Monday 4 August 2008
Notebook hinge maker sees net profits down over 6% sequentially in 2Q08
Taiwan-based notebook hinge maker Shin Zu Shing (SZS) posted after-tax profits of NT$210 million (US$6.84 million) for the second quarter of 2008, down 6.2% from the previous quarter...
Friday 1 August 2008
Acer expects a sequential notebook shipment increase of 30% in 3Q08, says paper
Acer expects notebook shipments in the third quarter to see sequential growth of between 25-30%, which will increase revenues during the time by 20-25% on quarter, according to a Chinese-language...
Thursday 31 July 2008
Asustek expects to ship up to 200,000 Eee Boxes worldwide in 2008
Asustek Computer launched its Eee Box nettop in Taiwan priced NT$7,988 (US$260.85) on July 30. The company expects the nettop's worldwide shipments to reach 100,000-200,000 units in...
Thursday 31 July 2008
Korean LCD panel makers said to be more price competitive in notebook segment
Samsung Electronics and LG Display (LGD) are more price competitive in the notebook panel market than their Taiwan-based counterparts, as the Korean makers have already recognized...
Wednesday 30 July 2008
Nvidia brings new GPUs to notebooks
Nvidia has unveiled its newest GeForce 9800M and 9700M GPUs for notebooks.
Wednesday 30 July 2008
IC distributors may still be facing inventory issues
A succession of investor conferences for IC distributors are going to be held this week, and the focus will be on their inventory levels, as shipments have note been meeting expectations,...
Tuesday 29 July 2008
US$100 notebook is at least three years away, says Gartner
The US$100 laptop will not be a realistic target for the next three years, according to Gartner. Analysts said that while education was the initial target audience for low-cost mini-notebooks,...
Tuesday 29 July 2008
Compal expects to ship 1 million netbooks in 2H08
Compal Electronics expects to ship around one million netbooks in the second half this year, according to company president Ray Chen. Compal will start mass production of Dell's E-series...