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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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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,...
Friday 18 July 2008
New Apple notebook orders to buoy up Taiwan PCB makers sales and profit
As Apple is said to have increased its procurement of notebook-use printed circuit boards (PCB) by 20% on quarter in the third quarter, with most of the ordered PCBs being high-interconnect...
Thursday 17 July 2008
Worldwide PC market growth sustained in 2Q08 despite economic pressures, says IDC
Worldwide PC shipments continued to grow at a healthy pace in the second quarter of 2008. Shipments were up 15.3% from a year ago – slightly more than second-quarter projections...
Thursday 17 July 2008
Taiwan market: HP to push Centrino 2 notebooks in high-end market
Hewlett-Packard (HP) is pushing two Centrino 2 notebooks in Taiwan's high-end market, the HP Pavilion DV4 and DV5, both manufactured by Compal Electronics.
Thursday 17 July 2008
Netbooks to help boost shipments for notebook makers in 2H08
Taiwan notebook makers' shipments in the second quarter this year were 29.47 million units, an increase of 4% on quarter. Shipments for traditional notebooks alone (not including netbooks)...
Wednesday 16 July 2008
MSI launches Centrino 2-based notebook
MSI has launched the GX620 a Centrino 2-based notebook with the company's exclusive Turbo Drive Engine technology to enhance the speed of CPU.
Tuesday 15 July 2008
Clevo borrows US$48 million to expand notebook production in China, says paper
Clevo has accumulated a five-year fund worth US$48 million from five Taiwan-based banks to expand notebook production capacity at its plant in Kunshan, China, according to a Chinese-language...
Monday 14 July 2008
Notebook battery makers set for positive growth in 2H of year
Most Taiwan-based notebook battery makers are positive about their business outlook for the second half of 2008, powered by the launch of new models as well as more netbooks by leading...
Friday 11 July 2008
Clevo ships 130,000 notebooks in June, says paper
With increasing demand from vendors in Brazil, Clevo's notebook shipments in June reached 130,000 units, bringing total shipments in the second quarter to 350,000 units. Shipments...