Samsung expects to see 30% on-year growth in 2012 notebook shipments

Apr 2, 16:16

Samsung Electronics has internally set a goal of achieving 30% on-year growth in its notebook shipments in 2012 with 30% of the total volume being ultrabooks and the ultrabook proportion...

Pegatron undertaking exclusive ODM production of 15-inch Acer ultrabook, say Taiwan makers

Mar 28, 01:30

Pegatron has undertaken exclusive ODM production of a 15-inch ultrabook for Acer since mid-March, with monthly shipments of 100,000 units, according to Taiwan-based supply chain ma...

Component makers concern for the possible impact from ultrabook

Mar 27, 01:15

Component makers, seeing their downstream brand partners are aggressively entering the ultrabook market, are concerned that if demand for ultrabook is not as good as expected, their...

Intel assists notebook makers to land ultrabook orders from regional vendors

Mar 26, 15:32

Intel has recently assisted notebook makers including Elitegroup Computer System (ECS), Clevo and Pegatron Technology land white-box ultrabook orders from regional vendors in emerging...

Orders for ultrabooks pour in, say Taiwan IC designers

Mar 23, 11:39

Taiwan-based notebook-related IC designers including Alcor Micro, Anpec Electronics, Elan Microelectronics, Ene Technology, Global Mixed-mode Technology (GMT), Integrated Technology...

Chassis maker Ju Teng enters Samsung notebook supply chain, says paper

Newswatch - Mar 22, 14:20

First-tier chassis maker Ju Teng International, in addition to ultrabook chassis orders from 5-6 PC brand vendors, has entered into Samsung Electronics' notebook supply chain and...

PC shipments expected to have strong 2H12, says IDC

Mar 20, 16:20

Worldwide PC shipment growth for 2011 ended on a slightly positive note, growing to 1.8% on the year, according to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker. While the first half of...

Acer adopts Nvidia Kepler GPUs for ultrabooks

Mar 14, 14:34

Acer has adopted Nvidia's 28nm Kepler-architecture GPU, GeForce GT 640M, for its Aspire Timeline M3 Ultra, a 15-inch Ivy Bridge-platform ultrabook.

Taiwan market: Dell to launch XPS ultrabook

Mar 14, 13:40

Dell on March 13 unveiled the 13.3-inch XPS 13, its first ultrabook made by Quanta Computer, for launch in the Taiwan market soon. The model features a chassis made of carbon-fiber-reinforced...

Taiwan-based vendors to offer ultrabook-like PCs in 2Q12

Mar 7, 01:20

Viewing that Intel will delay the launch of Ivy Bridge processors until June and existing Sandy Bridge-based ultrabooks are too expensive, Taiwan-based vendors plan to offer ultrabook-like,...

Getac chairman expects 10-15 million ultrabook shipments in 2012, 50-60 million for 2013

Mar 1, 01:15

As ultrabooks fall to mainstream prices as well as the launch of Windows 8, Getac Technology chairman James Hwang expects total ultrabook shipments will reach 10-15 million units...

Taiwan-based connector makers expect ultrabooks to increase orders beginning 3Q12

Feb 29, 15:07

Taiwan-based makers of electronic connectors hold the opinion that global demand for ultrabooks will significantly grow following Intel's launch of Ivy Bridge, and therefore expect...

Catcher to see revenue contribution from notebooks surpass 50% in 2012

Feb 23, 01:00

Chassis maker Catcher Technology expects revenue contributions from its notebook business reach over 50%, surpassing its smartphone business, which was the major revenue contributor...

Taiwan IC designers seeing orders pick up

Feb 22, 14:52

Customer orders have been perking up recently, according to Taiwan-based IC design houses, adding that the upcoming international IT fairs are also expected to see new orders flow.

Most vendors expected to adopt hybrid HDDs for Ivy Bridge ultrabooks

Feb 22, 01:45

As Intel will launch Ivy Bridge processors for use in second-generation ultrabooks in May and demands that data read/write speeds attain a certain level through adopting SSDs or hybrid...

IC designer Asix to see sales rise over 20% in 1Q12

Feb 21, 13:55

Network IC design house Asix Electronics is expected to see its first-quarter revenues increase more than 20% sequentially, driven by a ramp-up in orders from the ultrabook sector,...

Ultrabooks less desirable in Europe, say Taiwan makers

Feb 15, 01:10

The proportion of global sales of notebooks for ultrabooks in 2012 is estimated at only 20%, lower than a target of 30% or even 40% as expected by Intel, and this is mainly because...

Pegatron to give up Asustek ultrabook orders, says paper

Newswatch - Feb 13, 12:40

Pegatron Technology will give up OEM ultrabook orders from Asustek Computer due to pressure from Apple, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times report.

Thinking Electronic positive about ultrabook demand

Feb 10, 11:56

Protective component maker Thinking Electronic Industrial expects orders coming from the ultrabook sector to become strong later in 2012, which will drive company revenues.

Pegatron lands notebook orders from HP

Feb 9, 01:10

Pegatron Technology has recently landed notebook orders from Hewlett-Packard (HP). With its existing orders from Toshiba and Acer for 2012, the company's shipments are expected to...

Vendors dropping ultrabook prices in preparation of second-generation models

Feb 7, 01:15

As ultrabooks from brand vendors such as Acer, Lenovo and Hewlett-Packard (HP) are all recently seeing price drops in the North America, sources from retail channel believe that the...

Pegatron, ECS land ultrabook orders from regional brands worldwide, says paper

Newswatch - Feb 6, 16:30

Pegatron Technology and Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) have recently landed orders from regional brand vendors worldwide including Epson, Onkyo, ViewSonic, Mustek, Motion Computing,...

Shin Zu Shing to further expand capacity of hinges used in ultrabooks, says paper

Newswatch - Feb 6, 10:33

Taiwan-based Shin Zu Shing expanded its monthly production capacity of hinges used in ultrabooks from 800,000-900,000 units to 1.4-1.5 million units at the end of 2011 and will add...