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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
Monday 7 July 2008
Quanta leading notebook makers in vertical integration, says paper
Of the first-tier notebook makers, Quanta Computer has made the most progress toward building its vertical integration over the last few years, according to a Chinese-language Apply...
Thursday 3 July 2008
GMT said to be seeing a rebound in the notebook market
While some Taiwan IC design houses are reportedly expected to see weaker June sales amid a PC component inventory correction in June, notebook component IC design house Global Mixed-mode...
Thursday 3 July 2008
Atom shortage may affect low-cost notebook panel shipments in July
LCD panel makers are afraid that a shortage of Intel Atom processors may affect their July shipments of 7- to 10-inch panels targeted to the low-cost notebook and MID (mobile Internet...
Tuesday 1 July 2008
Notebook vendors to cut panel orders in July
Due to a slow second quarter this year, the worldwide top-three notebook vendors are reported to have not met their shipments goal, creating and overstock of components. Therefore...
Monday 30 June 2008
Sunrex to ship 46-48 million notebook keyboards in 2008
Taiwan-based keyboard maker Sunrex Technology expects its shipments of notebook keyboards to top 46-48 million units in 2008 compared to 34 million units shipped in 2007.
Monday 30 June 2008
IC distributors forecast demand from notebooks to outgrow handsets in 2H08
Citing order pull-in status, Professional Computer Technology (PCT), believes that IC demand from notebooks should be better than handsets in the second half of 2008, with limited...
Friday 27 June 2008
Quanta remained number one notebook OEM in 1Q08, says DisplaySearch
DisplaySearch has released its Quarterly Notebook PC Value Chain Report for the first quarter of 2008 showing that Quanta Computer was the top notebook PC OEM maker, and Hewlett-Packard...
Friday 27 June 2008
Toshiba aims to grab back 15% worldwide notebook market share in 2010
Toshiba has set a goal to achieve a worldwide notebook market share of 15% in 2010. The company will focus on targeting emerging markets including China, Vietnam and Thailand, which...
Thursday 26 June 2008
HP to outsource notebook orders to Flextronics
Flextronics recently announced that its computing segment has been chosen by Hewlett-Packard (HP) to design and manufacture a high-volume consumer notebook.
Thursday 26 June 2008
ECS talks plans for the future
Elitegroup Computer System (ECS) has announced it will distribute a dividend of NT$0.56 (US$0.018), including NT$0.45 in cash and NT$0.11 stocks for its 2007 operations. The company...
Thursday 26 June 2008
Material cost pressure more acute than component shortages to notebook OEMs, says Wistron
Despite being confident it will meet its notebook shipments target in 2008, Wistron company chairman Simon Lin noted that material cost pressure has been more acute than component...
Wednesday 25 June 2008
HP faces impact on notebook shipments in 2Q due to component shortages, says paper
Due to Hewlett-Packard (HP) still not having reached an agreement with Taiwan notebook makers over new quotes, notebook component makers have relatively cut back their supply to HP...
Wednesday 25 June 2008
Panel makers expect rush orders for PC applications in August
LCD panel makers expect that PC applications are likely to continue to see price pressure in July as brand-name vendors and system makers have yet to clear their inventory, but rush...
Tuesday 24 June 2008
LCD panel makers gear up for 14-inch notebook panel production
With notebook vendors expected to launch 14-inch models soon, LCD panel makers are also gearing up the development for the new size segment, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 24 June 2008
CPT to initially use 4.5G plant to produce 15.6-inch notebook panels
While Chunghwa Picture Tube (CPT) expects that it will begin mass production for 15.6-inch notebook panels by the end of the third quarter, the panel maker has indicated that it will...