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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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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...
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...
Friday 11 July 2008
MSI sees increase while ECS sees drop in June revenues
Micro-Star International's (MSI's) June revenues increased to NT$7.42 billion (US$243.9 million), rises of 21.79% on month and 14.9% on year on the back of increasing notebook ship...
Thursday 10 July 2008
Pixel Qi eyes Taiwan
Mary Lou Jepsen, the former chief technology officer for One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) recently visited Taiwan looking to raise money for her new company Pixel Qi, while also laying...
Thursday 10 July 2008
Asustek and Gigabyte announce June performance figures
Asustek Computer has announced consolidated revenues of NT$19.3 billion (US$634.78 million) for June 2008, an slight increase of 6% on month and a large increase of 40% on year. However,...
Thursday 10 July 2008
Compal sees drops in June and 1H08 revenues
Affected by a high proportion of barebone shipments, chassis material shortages and increasing costs from component makers, Compal Electronics' consolidated revenues in June only...
Thursday 10 July 2008
HIT penetrates notebook digital microphone market
With its technology experience in microphone production, Taiwan-based Human Interface Technologies (HIT) said its microphone solutions have been validated by major first-tier notebook...
Wednesday 9 July 2008
Quanta, Wistron and Inventec see on-year growth in 1H revenues
Quanta Computer has announced consolidated revenues of NT$62.01 billion (US$2.04 billion) for June 2008, a decrease of 3.9% on month, while accumulated consolidated revenues for the...
Tuesday 8 July 2008
First-tier notebook makers expect sequential shipments boost of 15-20% in 3Q08
First-tier notebook makers including Quanta Computer, Compal Electronics and Wistron all expect notebook shipments in the third quarter to see a sequential increase of 15-20%, according...