Last update: Wednesday 15 May 2013 [359 news items]
Quanta adopts low profile about cloud computing business
May 15, 20:09
Quanta Computer Chairman Barry Lam, at the company's recent inventors meeting, has stopped talking about the company's cloud computing business lineup and only said that the business...
Quanta Computer expects 2H13 notebook shipments to rise 50% from 1H13
May 14, 21:49
Quanta Computer expects its notebook shipments in the second half of 2013 to increase by 50% from the first half, company vice chairman CC Leung said at an investors conference on...
Inventec acquires orders from new server clients for 2H13
May 13, 21:36
Inventec at its investor meeting on May 13 revealed that the company has acquired server orders from a new client for the second half and though Inventec refused to name the client,...
Quanta Computer sees significant decrease in April notebook shipments
May 13, 10:39
Taiwan-based ODM Quanta Computer shipped 2.9 million notebooks in April, slipping 17.1% on month, according to the company.
Taiwan ODM factories in western China unaffected by earthquake
Apr 22, 10:39
Four Taiwan-based notebook ODMs, Quanta Computer, Compal Electronics, Wistron and Inventec, have indicated that their factories in Chongqing and Chengdu, western China, were not affected...
Quanta Computer lands orders for own-brand servers from Alibaba, Sina
Apr 11, 20:27
Quanta Computer has secured orders for own-brand servers for use in cloud computing data centers from Alibaba, the largest China-based e-commerce operator, and Sina, a large China-based...
Quanta Computer ships 3.5 million notebooks in March
Apr 11, 13:52
Quanta Computer shipped 3.5 million notebooks in March 2013, increasing 21% on month, and 9.7 million units in the first quarter, decreasing on quarter by 27%, according to the com...
Quanta Computer posts 2012 net EPS of NT$6.01
Apr 1, 10:48
Notebook ODM Quanta Computer has reported its 2012 financial report, recording net EPS of NT$6.01 (US$0.20).
Taiwan server firms shift into spotlight
Mar 25, 12:16
Demand growth in the global PC market continues to slow down but the server market has been maintaining steady growth. International chipmakers have noted that the server market will...
Quanta, Compal, Wistron expected to see sequential growth in March notebook shipments
Mar 21, 18:48
Quanta Computer, Compal Electronics and Wistron saw their notebook shipments in February significantly decrease on month due to fewer working days arising from the Lunar New Year...
Amazon said to be considering taking back Kindle Fire purchasing rights
Mar 13, 22:30
Amazon reportedly plans to change its component purchasing strategy for Kindle Fire and will make all the decisions itself instead of relying on ODMs, according to sources from the...

Quanta Computer expects own-brand server sales to account for 85% of server revenues in 2013
Mar 12, 21:00
Quanta Computer has extended server production from an OEM basis to own-brand sales and expects the proportion of total revenues from servers from own-brand sales to increase from...
Quanta February notebook shipments down 12.1% sequentially
Mar 12, 10:40
Quanta Computer shipped 2.9 million notebooks in February, decreasing 12.1% sequentially, according to the company. Notebook shipments for the first two months of 2013 reached 6.2...
Acer to shift 90% notebook production to Chongqing, China
Mar 1, 15:09
Acer recently decided to increase the percentage of notebook production in Chongqing, China to 90%, beginning in the second quarter of 2013, according to industry sources. Due to...
Quanta Computer to recruit software engineers
Feb 27, 14:00
Quanta Computer will recruit software engineers specializing in BIOS, firmware and management software for data center servers, according to industry sources.
Quanta ships 3.3 million notebooks in January
Feb 19, 15:36
Quanta Computer has announced consolidated revenues of NT$70.24 billion (US$2.38 billion) for January with notebook shipments reaching 3.3 million units, down from 3.8 million in...
Taiwan makers expected to ship over 10 million LTE devices in 2013
Feb 5, 12:24
Taiwan-based ODMs are expected to ship more than 10 million LTE (Long Term Evolution) data-communication terminal devices in 2013, according to these makers.
Competition between ODMs over server-related products heats up
Jan 28, 16:03
Competition over server-related products between Taiwan-based ODMs has started heating up as Quanta Computer and Wistron continue to land server orders directly from large web players...
Quanta expects better than industry average growth in 2013, says chairman
Jan 28, 13:10
The largest Taiwan-based notebook ODM Quanta Computer expects its business operations in 2013 to grow by a larger percentage than the industry average from 2012, according to company...
Notebook component makers striving for orders from Samsung
Jan 23, 20:57
Several notebook component makers have recently started trying to land orders from Samsung Electronics, and are making the entrance to Samsung's supply chain their priority for 2013,...
Quanta, Compal, Inventec December revenues down sequentially
Jan 9, 22:00
Notebook ODMs Quanta Computer, Compal Electronics and Inventec on January 9 reported consolidated revenues for December, decreasing on month by 12.25%, 4.07% and 2.40% respectively...
ODMs reportedly to receive storage product orders from Facebook
Jan 2, 20:36
Facebook reportedly plans to outsource new storage product orders to Taiwan-based ODMs with both Quanta Computer and Wistron having a chance to land the orders, according to sources...
Compal to aim for all-in-one PC orders from HP
Dec 26, 21:36
Compal Electronics reportedly plans to expand its all-in-one PC business and is targeting to land 30% of Lenovo's total orders, as well as orders from Hewlett-Packard (HP), according...
Acer to host supply chain conference in January 2013
Dec 24, 22:34
Acer is set to host a supply chain conference on January 17, 2013 with its upstream partners including Quanta Computer, Compal Electronics, Wistron and Pegatron Technology, to all...

Quanta Computer expects to ship 15 million tablets in 2012, says paper
Newswatch - Dec 24, 09:43
Quanta Computer has upward adjusted its forecast tablet shipments for 2012 from 13-14 million units originally to 15 million units mainly due to increased ODM orders for Kindle Fire...
Compal to enter server ODM business in 2013
Dec 17, 21:41
Compal Electronics reportedly plans to enter server the ODM business in 2013 and will establish a new department to handle all related services and sales, according to sources from...
Quanta, Wistron become white-box server suppliers for Baidu, says paper
Newswatch - Dec 17, 11:57
Tawian-based notebook ODMs Quanta Computer and Wistron have won white-box server orders from Baidu, the largest search engine in China, through cooperation with China-based partners,...
Quanta Computer lands sever orders from Goldman Sachs, say Taiwan makers
Dec 13, 20:26
Quanta Computer has obtained white-box server orders from Goldman Sachs to establish data centers, with shipments to begin soon, according to Taiwan-based supply chain makers. Quanta...
Over 1 million Nexus 7s expected to be sold in December, say Taiwan makers
Dec 11, 19:59
Global sales of the Nexus 7 are on the rise from 500,000-600,000 units a month initially to 800,000-900,000 units in November, and are expected to exceed one million units in December,...
Notebook ODMs saw mixed revenue results in November
Dec 10, 22:24
Notebook ODMs saw mixed performances in their November consolidated revenues with Quanta Computer suffering an on-month drop of 13.29% and an on-year drop of 11.16%, while Compal...
Upstream supply chain to push iMac shipments in December
Nov 28, 20:58
As Apple's iMac shipments were reportedly being delayed due to weak yield rates, sources from the upstream supply chain have said that yield issues have improved and related component...
Notebook ODMs compete aggressively for sporadic orders
Nov 26, 22:00
Although notebook brand vendors have finished most of their order placements for 2013, they are currently still releasing some sporadic orders, accounting for 5-8% of their total...
Notebook ODMs offer extra services to attract tablet orders
Nov 19, 22:55
With notebook shipments estimated to only have a single-digit percentage growth on year in 2013, notebook ODMs including Quanta Computer, Compal Electronics and Wistron, are aggressively...
Foxconn sees more MacBook orders from Apple
Nov 14, 21:30
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has reportedly seen an increase in 15-inch MacBook Pro orders in the second half and is currently supplying 10-15% of Apple's total...
Notebook ODMs post mixed sequential growth in October revenues
Nov 12, 11:31
Quanta Computer, Compal Electronics, Wistron and Inventec, the largest Taiwan-based notebook ODMs, saw revenues for October increase 18.86%, decrease 6.71%, slip 5.12% and rise 6.84%...
Taiwan market: LG launches waterproof smartphone
Mobile + telecom | May 22, 22:13
Hermes to see revenues grow higher than 10% sequentially in 2Q13
Bits + chips | May 22, 22:01
Foxconn able to produce carbon nanotube touch panel sizes up to 10-inch
Displays | May 22, 21:46
Buynow expects EPS of at least NT$4.50 for 2013
IT + CE | May 22, 21:44
Elan shipping touchscreen controller ICs for new Nexus 7
Bits + chips | May 22, 21:42
Samsung showcases new displays at SID 2013
Displays | May 22, 21:00
E Ink unveils low temperature matrix electronic paper display for freezers
Displays | May 22, 20:49
UMC Singapore unit expands and puts focus on R&D
Bits + chips | May 22, 20:43
E Ink launches 3 pigment electronic paper display
Displays | May 22, 20:41
HannStar to reach 95% utilization in 2Q13
Displays | May 22, 20:39
Windows 8 expected to take up 5-8% of global tablet shipments in 2013, say Taiwan makers
IT + CE | May 22, 20:36
Supplies of NAND flash to be tight in July-August, says Phison
Before Going to Press | May 22, 20:16
TPK to see orders bump up in 3Q13
Before Going to Press | May 22, 20:03
Wintek expects to see positive turnaround in July 2013, says chairman
Before Going to Press | May 22, 19:59
- China-based ARM-architecture IC designers to attend 2013 Computex Taipei
- Digitimes Research: Global LED tube light shipments to reach 220 million units in 2013
- Lextar expected to see 2Q13 gross margin rise to 13-14%
- Samsung to launch complete line up of notebooks in 2H13
- Taiwan panel industry output value worth US$7.86 billion in 1Q13, says IEK
- China market: B2C transaction value over CNY133 billion in 1Q13, says Analysys
- Taiwan market: Sony to launch Xperia Tablet Z
- Asustek, Chunghwa Telecom cooperate to provide cloud computing services
- Nanjing Z-Com developing 4G small cells for China market
- China market: Smartphone sales over 75 million units in 1Q13, says Analysys
- Imec, Globalfoundries team up for STT-MRAM
- Solar industry capex hits 7-year low in 2013, says IHS
- ACX sees earnings up over 60% sequentially in 1Q13
- Ilitek to post revenues of over NT$900 million in May
- Sharp to produce 3 types of IGZO LCD panels for notebooks
- 3M announces new development of quantum dot enhancement film
- NLT demonstrates latest display technologies, including projective capacitive touch panel technology
- New Vision Display exhibits PMVA color display based on Corning Willow Glass
- AMD falls to 4th rank MPU supplier in 2012, says IC Insights
- Touch screen IC, LED driver IC suppliers to post strong performance in May
- LED maker Epistar expects more revenues from lighting applications in 3Q13
- CSOT successfully produces 32-inch Oxide TFT LCD module
- Can Ultra HD TVs avoid the fate of 3D sets? asks IHS
- After a year of decline, global flat panel TV market sees marginal growth in 1Q13, says IHS
- Sharp announces new Ultra HD TVs
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- Carry Technology Highlights Thunderbolt and Wi-Fi Card Reader Series
- Imagination says third party IP becoming a key driving force for silicon vendors
- EverFocus launches ECOR960 X1 16CH with better image quality and more affordable price
- Leadtek to Show Total Cloud Solutions at Computex Taipei 2013
- Clientron to exhibit its latest Zero/Thin Client and POS solutions along with the full product line at Computex Taipei 2013
- Embracing the New Generation Intel Atom Family with DDR3 Memory Support
- Got The Message? Ensuring efficient and reliable delivery of content across a mission critical digital signage network
- Emb' Store On-Demand Software Service for Embedded Computing
- Efficient Network Management for Digital Signage
- Design Benefits of the MI/O Extension Solution
- ATO Solution Co., Ltd. to launch 1Gb SLC NAND Flash after 256Mb/512Mb mass production for the first time in Fab-less industry
- Chilisin's miniature power inductor in 0603/0805 sizes
- Chilisin introduces Thin-film chip inductor 0201 size
- Chilisin at 2012 electronics Munich A5/159 & 260
- Chilisin sunken-type molded power inductor for MXM Graphic application
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- Apple 'among largest tax avoiders in US' - Senate committee (May 21) - BBC News
- Weak eurozone growth hits euro (May 15) - The Financial Times
- German factory orders rise for second month (May 7) - Bloomberg
- Eurozone retail sales fall for second consecutive month (May 6) - BBC News
- China economy to stay commodity-oriented, says JPMorgan (April 16) - Bloomberg
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Complete mobile platform solutions: Q&A with Broadcom executive VP Robert Rango
In a relentless competition against rivals including Qualcomm, Nvidia and Media in the smartphone chipset...
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Taiwan-based companies have a long and successful history of involvement in the supply chain for mobile devices, which for the purposes of this article consist...
- Taiwan motherboard industry overview - May 2012
The year 2011 saw the motherboard industry reverse its trend of declining shipments year-on-year, to post a slight 0.2% growth. This upturn in fortunes was expected...
- Notebook market overview - Jun 2011
The notebook industry in 2010 experienced several major events that significantly changed the industry's ecosystem for the year and the industry is also believed...
- LCD TV overview - Jun 2011
Growth of the global LCD TV market was not as strong as expected in 2010 as the market continued to feel the aftershocks of the economic recession that had hit...
- 2H 2012 global TFT panel market forecast
Digitimes Research predicts there will be a total of 389 million large-sized TFT LCD panels shipped in 2H12, with 195 million in the third quarter and 194 million in the fourth quarter - with the total representing a 7.6% increase over the first half of this year.
- Trends and shipment forecast for 2H 2012 smartphone market
Smartphone shipments in 2010 and 2011 both enjoyed growth of more than 60%. Growth will decelerate in 2012 due to the high base, as well as a slowdown in consumer spending in Western Europe.
- Trends in Asia LED chip manufacturing industry
Asia is playing an ever more important role in upstream LED chip manufacturing. The region accounted for 80% of MOCVD demand in 2011 and will account for 90% in 2012, largely because Taiwan, Japan, South Korea and China are the major global centers for LED chip production.






















