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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 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...
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...
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...
Tuesday 29 July 2008
Taiwan market: Asustek expects to ship up to 240,000 Eee PCs in 2008
Asustek Computer expects to ship 220,000-240,000 Eee PCs in the Taiwan market in 2008, according to sources at the company.
Friday 25 July 2008
Channel vendors demand card makers recall faulty Nvidia products
Due to Nvidia not clearly explaining the details of the faults reported in its notebook GPUs, some channel vendors have demanded graphics card makers issue a recall for desktop-based...
Thursday 24 July 2008
Notebook demand to help drive sales for IC design houses in 3Q
With Intel introducing its new Centrino 2 platform and expecting strong growth in the notebook market this quarter, Taiwan notebook makers are stocking up on notebook-use ICs amid...
Tuesday 22 July 2008
Fujitsu introduces Centrino 2-based tablet-convertible PCs
Fujitsu PC Asia Pacific has introduced its latest enhanced LifeBook tablet-convertible PCs, the LifeBook T5010 and LifeBook T1010. Both notebooks include a 13.3-inch WXGA 1280×800...
Tuesday 22 July 2008
Foxconn maybe to manufacture low-cost notebook for Sony, says paper
With the low-cost notebook market starting to pick up, Japan-based PC vendors including Sony, Toshiba, Fujitsu and NEC are all planning to launch their own low-cost notebooks, and...
Tuesday 22 July 2008
Wistron to benefit from increased Acer orders in 3Q
With Acer planning to increase its mainstream notebook shipments in the third quarter to better compete with Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Dell, Wistron is expected to benefit the most...
Friday 18 July 2008
Notebook platform transition to be faster this year
Intel's delay of its Centrino 2 (Montevina) platform has given notebook vendors extra time to clear inventory, and since most vendors were cautious over supply in the second quarter,...