Taiwan notebook makers see shipments to Acer fluctuate in July

Aug 7, 11:01

Wistron increased its shipments of notebooks to Acer to over 900,000 units in July 2009 compared to 800,000 units shipped in June as the Taiwan-based PC vendor began pushing sales...

HP notebook outsourcing to Taiwan makers drops in July 2009

Aug 6, 12:13

Notebook outsourcing from Hewlett-Packard (HP) to Taiwan makers dropped from above three million units in June 2009 to around 2.7-2.9 million units in July despite that the third...

Foxconn to establish plant in China to make HP notebooks, says report

Newswatch - Aug 5, 16:42

Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has recently signed a contract with Hewlett-Packard (HP) and the Chongqing municipality agreeing to establish a notebook production...

Wistron expected to ship seven million notebooks in 3Q09

Aug 5, 16:01

Taiwan-based Wistron is expected to ship seven million notebooks during the third quarter of 2009 and reach its target of 25 million units for the year, according to market watcher...

Japan-based camera vendors may release more OEM orders to Taiwan

Aug 5, 15:26

Japan-based digital camera vendors Fujifilm, Casio and Sony suffered losses in the second quarter of 2009 (their first quarter of fiscal 2009) while Canon saw profits decrease by...

Wistron receives notebook orders from Sony

Aug 4, 13:58

Sony has added Wistron as a notebook manufacturing, accord to industry sources.

Staggered Windows 7 RTM schedule puts pressure on OEM production

Aug 3, 17:11

Despite having recently been handed the RTM version of Windows 7, Taiwan-based OEM PC makers have said they will not be able to start rolling out PCs with Windows 7 off their production...

Wistron lands Toshiba notebook orders for 2010

Jul 27, 12:02

Wistron has landed consumer notebook orders from Toshiba, according to industry sources. This is the first time Toshiba has used the Taiwan-based manufacturer.

LCD TV outsourcing falling short of expectations, says iSuppli

Jul 20, 16:14

Although sales of LCD TVs are continuing to grow during the current downturn, the recession is resulting in somewhat weakened demand, causing contract manufacturing of such sets to...

Apple, Sony reportedly to shift notebook orders form Foxconn to Quanta in 2010

Jul 15, 15:41

Apple and Sony will reportedly shift some notebook OEM orders from Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) to Quanta Computer in 2010, according to sources at component ma...

Globally 25% of LCD TVs shipped in 1Q09 were outsourced, says DisplaySearch

Jul 9, 15:54

In the first quarter of 2009, 25% of LCD TVs were made by external OEMs/EMS such as Amtran, Compal, Grundig, Jabil, TPV Technology and Wistron, up 1% sequentially, according to Dis...

Intel to release ODM motherboard orders to Foxconn, say Taiwan makers

Jun 23, 12:31

Intel will release ODM orders in place of OEM orders for the first time to Taiwan motherboard makers, with such orders initially being placed with Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision...

Inventec Appliances to focus on specialty netbook segment

Jun 17, 15:57

Inventec Appliances will focus on the specialty segment as it steps into the netbook market, according to company chairman Jackson Chang.

Acer to launch 11.6-inch ultra-thin notebook in July

Jun 9, 13:55

Acer will launch a Timeline series of ultra-thin notebooks with a screen size of 11.6 inches in July, with Quanta Computer to undertake OEM production, according to industry sources...

Computex promises to deliver on the mobile front

Jun 3, 12:30

While Intel appears to be stepping away from the netbook market for the moment, ARM-based competitors are stepping in.

Acer reduces 11.6-inch netbook orders on disappointing sales

Jun 1, 16:19

Acer has recently reduced order volumes of its 11.6-inch Aspire One AO751h netbook to Quanta Computer due to unsatisfactory sales, according to industry sources.

ARC and Realtek sign agreement to extend reach of ARC Sonic Focus audio technology into PCs and notebooks

May 27, 14:50

ARC International and Realtek Semiconductor have agreed to bundle the ARC Sonic Focus suite of audio enrichment software with Realtek codecs shipped to its OEM and ODM customers globally...

Wistron makes Lenovo ultra-thin notebook and 12.1-inch netbook, says paper

Newswatch - May 26, 12:22

Wistron is the manufacturer of Lenovo's new 13.3-inch CULV-based ultra-thin notebook and 12.1-inch Nvidia Ion-based netbook, according to a Chinese-language Apply Daily re...

Non-PC makers entering netbook market on mass in China

May 21, 14:08

Several non-PC makers including consumer electronics maker Malata, LCD monitor maker AOC, and motherboard vendor Colorful and its OEM partner J&W have all entered the netbook...

Network equipment maker DrayTek to promote niche OEM business in 2009

May 15, 14:28

Taiwan-based network equipment vendor DrayTek will continue to promote its OEM business in 2009, focusing on niche products such as remote DSLAM equipment, according to company president...

ViewSonic may partner Taiwan or China OEM makers for 3G smartphones, sources say

May 13, 12:29

ViewSonic is likely to partner with OEM handset makers in Taiwan or China for its thrust into the rapidly growing smartphone market, according to industry sources in Taiwan.

Compal expects notebook shipments to grow 15-20% sequentially in 2Q09, says company president

May 8, 15:51

Compal Electronics expects its second-quarter notebook shipments to grow 15-20% to 7.2-7.5 million units from 6.3 million units shipped in the first quarter, company president Ray...

Toshiba to outsource SSD production to Kingston, say sources

May 5, 17:02

Toshiba is looking to outsource OEM production of solid-state drives (SSDs) to Kingston Technology for 2009, with a portion of the products to be co-branded and sold through Kingston's...

Gigabyte, ECS and Flextronics roll out Intel white-box notebooks

Apr 30, 17:15

Taiwan-based motherboard and notebook makers Gigabyte Technology and Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) as well as Singapore-based EMS firm Flextronics International have launched...

Ultra-thin notebooks to drive Inventec shipment growth in 2009

Apr 29, 16:13

Taiwan-based Inventec has landed several CULV-based ultra-thin notebooks orders from Acer including 13.3-inch models, which will start shipping in May-June this year, 15.6-inch models,...

Taiwan OEM handset makers adapting to white-box handset production

Apr 24, 15:47

Taiwan OEM handset makers have begun overhauling their strategies, aiming to shorten time to market, and allowing the development of handsets in a wide variety of designs that can...

Compal Communications and Arima Communications vying for Android handset orders from Acer

Apr 23, 11:45

Taiwan's top-two OEM handset makers Compal Communications and Arima Communications are both vying for Android-powered handset orders set to be released by Acer, according to market...

China-based handset maker BYD to venture into PC OEM business, says paper

Newswatch - Apr 22, 11:18

BYD Electronics, the Hong Kong-listed OEM handset subsidiary of China-based BYD Company, is ready to venture into the PC OEM business, the Chinese-language Commercial Times...

Taiwan maker USI faring well in China OEM auto parts market

Apr 15, 12:02

Taiwan-based DMS (design and manufacturing service) provider, Universal Scientific Industrial (USI), has scored points in tapping China's OEM automotive parts market, with revenues...

FIH and BYD to see financial performance affected by Nokia pull-back from contract manufacturing, say sources

Newswatch - Mar 31, 14:28

Foxconn International Holdings (FIH) and BYD Electronics are expected to see their financial performance for 2009 affected significantly by Nokia's decision to stop using outside...

Foxlink forms join venture for notebook and netbook production in China, says paper

Newswatch - Mar 31, 14:20

Taiwan-based connector maker Foxlink (Cheng Uei Precision Industry) has formed a 50-50% joint venture with a China-based company for OEM production of notebooks and netbooks in China,...

Ability Enterprise forecasts decrease in 1H09 OEM digital camera shipments

Stockwatch - Mar 9, 11:44

Ability Enterprise, one of the top three Taiwan-based ODM/OEM digital camera makers, expects to ship two million and three million digital cameras in the first and second quarters...