Compal/Lenovo joint venture expected to output 3-5 million notebooks in 2013

Sep 4, 01:35

The notebook manufacturing joint venture of Compal Electronics and Lenovo in Hefei, China was reported by local media to enjoy more than 10 million units of notebook production volume...

Notebook ODMs pushing production capacity in inland China for higher profit

Sep 4, 01:05

Taiwan-based notebook ODMs have recently been accelerating the process of moving production lines into inland China (western China) for the purpose of raising their profits, as they...

Foxconn aiming to get involved in Sharp operations

Sep 3, 15:00

After rumors that Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) and Sharp's cooperation plans may fail started circulating because Foxconn chairman Terry Guo did not attend a scheduled...

Intel may need to adjust roadmap for PC-use Atom processors

Sep 3, 12:37

Intel may be forced to adjust its roadmap for PC-use Atom processors as the top-2 netbook vendors – Asustek Computer and Acer – both plan to stop manufacturing related...

Compal lowers 2012 notebook target shipments

Sep 3, 10:42

Taiwan-based ODM Compal Electronics has downward adjusted its 2012 target notebook shipments from 47 million units, to around the same level as the 40.5 million units shipped in 2011...

Foxconn posts 1H12 EPS of NT$2.34

Sep 3, 10:22

Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has released its financial report for the first half of 2012, recording a net EPS of NT$2.34 (US$0.08).

Foxconn denies rumored issues concerning Sharp cooperation

Aug 31, 16:45

Terry Guo, chairman of Foxconn Electronics, failed to attend a scheduled press conference in Japan on August 30 to announce details of its investment in Sharp, sparking rumors that...

Inventec sees strong 2Q12 profits, benefiting from server business

Aug 31, 01:30

Inventec has announced its first half financial report with net profit after tax of NT$1.78 billion (US$59.45 million), up 153.51% on year, and EPS reaching NT$0.50, up from 0.24%...

Quanta announces 2Q12 results; details future planning

Aug 31, 01:20

Quanta Computer has announced its financial report for the second quarter with net profit after tax of NT$5.99 billion (US$200.06 million) and EPS at NT$3.80, helping the company's...

Samsung unveils new products in Berlin

Aug 30, 13:47

Samsung Electronics has unveiled a series of cross-platform mobile devices, including the Galaxy Note II, Windows 8/Windows RT tablet PCs and Windows Phone 8 smartphones, in Berlin...

Quanta to establish R&D building in Taiwan and recruit software talent in Taiwan

Aug 30, 01:20

Quanta Computer is set to establish new building in Taiwan for R&D purposes and plans to recruit 4,000 software technicians to focus on developing the cloud computing market,...

Notebook component makers face clients asking for price cuts

Aug 29, 15:40

Notebook vendors have asked component makers to reduce prices, and the makers are also under pressure from price competition from fellow makers, according to sources from the upstream...

Ability Enterprise expects 5% sequential growth in 3Q12 ASP

Aug 28, 11:19

Ability Enterprise, a Taiwan-based ODM maker of digital cameras, expects ASP (average selling price) for the third quarter of 2012 to rise by about 5% on quarter, the company has...

Notebook shipments unlikely to achieve strong growth in 4Q12

Aug 28, 01:35

Notebook ODM shipments in the fourth quarter are unlikely to achieve their original goal of seeing double-digit percentage growth despite the fact that Microsoft will launch its latest...

Wistron expects to profit from PC recycling beginning 2Q13

Aug 27, 11:21

Wistron has stepped into recycling scrap PCs at its factory in Kunshan, eastern China, and expects to recycle 4,000 tons of scrap PCs a month in 2013, with the recycling business...

Foxconn hikes wages for workers at Zhengzhou production base, says report

Aug 24, 16:21

Foxconn Electronics, on August 23, announced an upward adjustment in wage rates for employees at its production base in Zhengzhou, northern China, with the hike effective on August...

Pegatron conservative about touchscreen notebook in 4Q12

Aug 24, 12:00

Despite Microsoft being set to release Windows 8, on October 26, mainly pushing its touchscreen controls, Pegatron Technology CEO Jason Cheng is rather conservative about touchscreen...

Shenzhen likely to hike minimum wage by 13.3% in 2013

Aug 24, 01:05

The government of Shenzhen City, southern China, may raise minimum monthly wages by 13.3% from CNY1,500 (US$236) to CNY1,700 in February-March 2013, Taiwan-based notebook supply chain...

Taiwan July manufacturing production index up sequentially

Aug 23, 16:32

Taiwan recorded manufacturing production index (2006 as base year) of 136.46 for July 2012, increasing 3.65% on month but decreasing 0.28% on year, according to statistics released...

Chongqing and Chengdu are not competitors, says Chongqing mayor

Aug 21, 01:45

Chongqing and Chengdu of China, the two major cities of Sichuan province, have reportedly been competing against each other over investments from PC-related players; however, Chongqing...

Acer, HP consider to take back chassis purchase authority

Aug 21, 01:35

Acer and Hewlett-Packard (HP) are considering to retrieve their chassis purchase authority from notebook ODMs in hoping to effectively control their production capacity and quality,...

Shuttle announces on-year growth in July revenues

Aug 20, 16:00

Taiwan-based PC brand vendor Shuttle has announced consolidated revenues of NT$1.31 billion (US$43.66 million) for July, down 2.8% on month, but up 57.7% on year with combined consolidated...

Taiwan 2Q12 economic growth rate lowered to negative 0.18%

Aug 20, 10:17

Taiwan's economic growth rate in the second quarter of 2012 has been downward adjusted from negative 0.16% estimated in late July 2012 to negative 0.18%, according to advance estimates...

Software players start taking leadership in product development

Aug 17, 16:20

Software players are gradually taking over the leadership in the development of IT products, and hardware performance is no longer the key to driver of new trends, according to sources...

Quanta aiming to move all notebook production lines to Chongqing by 2014

Aug 16, 01:25

Quanta Computer is aiming to move all its notebook production lines except those for Apple's products to Chongqing, China within two years and estimates that its notebook shipments...

Ability and Altek to see DSC shipments drop in 3Q12

Aug 14, 01:45

Taiwan-based digital still camera (DSC) makers Ability Enterprise and Altek are both expected to see a shipment drop in the third quarter of 2012, affected by demand being replaced...

HP to outsource more than 50% of 2013 orders to Quanta

Aug 14, 01:25

Hewlett-Packard (HP) has just recently finished its request for quotation (RFQ) for 2013 notebook orders with Quanta Computer landing more than 50% of the orders, up from only 40%...

Asustek to release component purchasing authority to notebook ODMs

Aug 14, 01:20

Asustek Computer, which used to handle most component purchasing itself, is currently considering to release the authority to its upstream ODM partners such as Quanta Computer and...

Asustek, Pegatron see sequential drops in July revenues

Aug 10, 11:48

Asustek Computer has announced revenues of NT$30.207 billion (US$1.01 billion) for July 2012, declining 16.14% on month and 5.18% on year. For the January-July period, revenues amounted...

Surface is a must for Microsoft, say chip makers

Aug 9, 14:08

Commenting on recent complaints from PC brand vendors and ODMs about Microsoft's moves over its Surface tablet PC, sources from first-tier chip makers pointed out that the release...

Wistron, Inventec suffer on-month revenue drop in July

Aug 9, 01:40

Wistron has announced consolidated revenues of NT$48.84 billion (US$1.63 billion), down 16.32% on month and 5.28% on year, with combined consolidated revenues for the first seven...

Notebook ODMs shipments may stay weak in August

Aug 9, 01:05

Taiwan notebook ODMs may see their shipments in August stay flat on month and will not have a chance to recover until September, according to sources from notebook makers.

ICP Electronics to see growing revenues in 2H12

Aug 8, 16:07

Taiwan-based industrial PC (IPC) player ICP Electronics expects its revenues in the second half of 2012 to see growth compared to the first, while the company will also achieve sequential...

Samsung estimates ASP based on yield rates for Taiwan handset component makers

Aug 3, 14:40

Samsung Electronics is very familiar with manufacturing processes for handset components and thus for orders released to Taiwan-based makers, usually estimates ASPs based on its expected...