Taiflex chairman predicts 10-15% growth for Asia FPCB market in 2010

Dec 18, 17:06

The FPCB market in Asia will grow 10-15% in 2010 thanks to increased demand coming from ultra-thin notebooks, smartphones and e-book readers, according to Sun Ta-Wen, chairman of...

IT Month 2009: Asustek, Acer and MSI see strong ultra-thin notebook sales

Dec 4, 15:03

Asustek Computer, Acer and Micro-Star International (MSI) all expect their ultra-thin notebook sales at the IT Month 2009 consumer trade show in Taiwan to be higher than in 2008,...

10- to 12-inch displays to become mainstream in netbook segment in 2010

Nov 27, 16:39

Netbooks with 10- to 12-inch displays are expected to become the mainstream in the segment in 2010 as market demand for larger-size netbooks is rising, according to industry source...

Ultra-thin notebooks to account for only 10% of Asustek notebook sales by the end of 2009

Nov 26, 15:25

Asustek Computer has forecast that the proportion of ultra-thin notebook's in its total notebook sales for the end of 2009 will only reach about 10%, according to Tony Chen, Asustek...

Notebook HDI board shipments expected to drop in 4Q09 due to weak sales of ultra-thin models

Nov 13, 12:38

PCB suppliers expect their fourth-quarter shipments of HDI boards used in ultra-thin notebooks to drop sequentially because sales of ultra-thin notebooks have been weaker than expected,...

Intel to launch three Arrandale CPUs for ultra-thin notebooks in 1H10

Nov 12, 15:08

Intel plans to launch three 32nm dual-core Arrandale CPUs (Calpella platform), the Core i7-640UM (1.2GHz), Core i7-620UM (1.06GHz) and Core i5-520UM (1.06GHz) with price in thousand-unit...

Acer to target shipments of 40 million notebooks in 2010, says chairman

Oct 29, 11:15

Acer looks set to comfortably achieve its notebook shipments goal of more than 30 million units for 2009, and is looking to mark two major milestones in 2010, shipping more than 40...

MSI developing Tegra-based e-book reader, still no plans for Gigabyte

Oct 27, 12:19

Micro-Star International (MSI) chairman Joseph Hsu revealed that the company is currently in development of an Nvidia Tegra-based e-book reader, but since the device still has some...

MSI and Gigabyte expect strong notebook shipment growth in 2010

Oct 27, 12:10

Micro-Star International (MSI) and Gigabyte Technology recently revealed that their notebook shipments picked up in the second half of the year and both companies are optimistic about...

Asustek aims to ship more than 16 million notebooks and netbooks combined in 2010

Oct 26, 17:15

Asustek Computer expects its notebook shipments (including netbook)s will increase from 12 million units in 2009 to over 16 million units in 2010, and global notebook shipments will...

Taiwan market: LG to ship ultra-thin frameless LED-backlit TVs in November

Oct 22, 15:55

LG Taiwan will ship its SL90 series frameless LED TVs with a thickness of 2.9cm to the local market in November, with the 47-inch model priced at NT$86,900 (US$2,682) and the 42-inch...

AMD Congo platform notebooks to be launched in early November 2009 timeframe

Oct 15, 17:15

AMD partners plan to launch Congo platform ultra-thin notebooks at the end of October or beginning of November, after postponing the launch from the end of July as originally planned...

Acer recall is production issue, not ultra-thin notebook issue, say sources

Oct 13, 15:08

In light of the recent Acer recall for certain ultra-thin notebook models, Taiwan notebook makers have been pointing out that the recall is a is a production issue involving specific...

Gigabyte September revenues up on year, but mobo shipments will drop in 4Q09

Oct 9, 17:20

Gigabyte Technology has reported revenues of NT$4.7 billion (US$146.42 million) for September, up 17.9% on month and 4% on year, bringing its revenues for the first nine months of...

Quanta and Wistron September revenues up more than 15% sequentially

Oct 9, 17:12

Quanta Computer saw its monthly revenues grow 21.2% sequentially to a year-high of NT$72.81 billion (US$2.27 billion) in September on shipments of 3.6 million notebooks, whereas rival...

Acer chairman says company on target for 10% sales growth for 4Q09

Oct 6, 16:16

Acer chairman JT Wang recently assured investors that the company will achieve its forecasted 10% growth in consolidated revenues for the fourth quarter of 2009 thanks to the launch...

Taiwan market: Acer, Asustek and MSI cut prices on ultra-thin notebooks

Oct 5, 17:11

Taiwan-based notebook vendors Acer, Asustek Computer and Micro-Star International (MSI) have recently cut their ultra-thin notebook prices in the Taiwan retail channel to reduce their...

Toshiba unveils new ultra-thin notebooks

Oct 2, 16:45

Toshiba has unveiled two ultra-thin notebooks, the 11.6-inch Satellite T115 and 13.3-inch Satellite T135. Both models are manufactured by Quanta Computer and are expected to hit shelves...

Demand for 11.6-inch panels dropping, say LCD makers

Oct 1, 14:30

Some second-tier panel makers originally expected 11.6-inch panels could become the mainstream standard for netbooks and ultra-thin notebooks, but their expectations may not be realized...

Taiwan market: HP launches new ultra-thin notebooks and netbooks

Sep 29, 17:11

Hewlett-Packard (HP) Taiwan has launched a new ultra-thin notebook, the Probook 5310m, in the Taiwan market, featuring Intel's Core 2 Duo SP9300 processor and made by Compal Electronics...

Netbooks salvage PC volumes, but take a toll on shipment value, says IDC

Sep 18, 14:59

Worldwide PC shipments fell 2.4% on year in the second quarter of 2009, while shipment value was down 19.1% over the same period, according to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker.