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NEWS & VIEWS |
Taipei,
Sunday, November 8, 2009
06:53 (GMT+8)
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Subject: Mobos > Mobo, chipset |
ECS expects to ship 7-8 million own-brand motherboards in 2009; 20% growth in 2010 Nov 5, 16:42 First-tier motherboard maker Elitegroup Computer System (ECS) expects its own-brand motherboard shipments for 2009 to remain flat at 7-8 million units and will see growth of 20% to 8.4-9.6 million units in 2010 as the company will expand its mid-range and high-end product lines, according to David Chien, vice president of ECS' channel business. Read more |
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AMD readies 2 desktop platforms for May 2010 Nov 4, 16:52 AMD plans to announce a new high-end desktop platform (Leo) and mainstream platform (Dorado) in May of 2010, according to sources at motherboard makers. Read more |
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VIA introduces next generation Nano 3000 series processors Nov 4, 16:48 VIA Technologies has introduced its new VIA Nano 3000 series processors, bringing digital media performance and low power consumption to Windows 7-based ultra-thin notebook and all-in-one desktop PC markets. Based on the 64-bit superscalar Isaiah architecture, VIA Nano 3000 series processors support playback of high bit-rate 1080p HD video, while delivering low power consumption resulting in longer battery life. Read more |
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Taiwan equipment makers post mixed 1Q-3Q09 earnings Nov 4, 14:26 Taiwan-based Usun Technology has reported on-year profit growth of 89% for the first three quarters of 2009, whereas fellow equipment maker Csun Manufacturing saw a 54% decline. Both Gallant Precision Machining (GPM) and Kenmec Mechanical Engineering swung to losses in the nine-month period, compared to profits a year ago. Read more |
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ECS reportedly looking for talent to help depleted notebook team Nov 2, 16:43 Although Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) has seen an exodus of talent from its notebook division, the company has responded by aggressively seeking out R&D talent from Taiwan-based second-tier notebook players including First International Computer (FIC), Clevo and Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry), as well as executives from Compal Electronics, according to industry sources. Read more |
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AMD updates CPU schedules Nov 2, 16:41 AMD has updated schedule to phase out several Phenom II X4 900 series CPUs, while launch a new model in 2010, according to sources at motherboard makers. Read more |
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Advantech partners with XJ Group for China smart grids market Nov 2, 11:30 Taiwan-based industrial PC (IPC) maker Advantech has become a partner of XJ Group, a supplier of power generation, transmission and distribution equipment in China, for tapping China's smart grids market, according to Advantech. Read more |
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Taiwan-based ICP Electronics to move production lines to China Nov 2, 10:34 Taiwan-based industrial PC (IPC) maker ICP Electronics has completed expansion of production capacity at Armorlink SH Corporation, its subsidiary in Shanghai, China, and will move all production lines at its Taiwan headquarters to the subsidiary by the end of 2009, according to the company. Read more |
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Asustek aims to increase revenues by about 30% in 2010 Oct 30, 16:57 Asustek Computer expects that its 2010 revenues will have a chance to approach NT$300 billion (US$9.23 billion), which would represent on-year growth of about 30%. The company is also aiming to rake in profits of NT$18-20 billion in 2010 as it goes about improving its organizational structure, according to company CEO and president Jerry Shen. Read more |
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IPC maker Advantech looks to 20% revenue growth in 2010 Oct 30, 16:17 Taiwan-based industrial PC (IPC) maker Advantech expects its 2010 consolidated revenues to grow 20% on year for a 20% share of the global IPC market, according to chairman KC Liu speaking at a global partner conference in Suzhou, eastern China, on October 29. Read more |
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Synnex reports strong revenues and profits for 3Q09 Oct 30, 10:08 Taiwan-based electronics products distributor Synnex Technology International has posted record consolidated revenues and pre-tax profit for the third quarter, at NT$64.398 billion (US$1.96 billion) and NT$1.896 billion respectively. Read more |
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Asustek announces profits for 3Q09 Oct 27, 15:30 Asustek Computer has posted revenues of NT$67.06 billion (US$2.06 billion) for the third quarter of 2009 with net profits of NT$6.5 billion, higher than the NT$4 billion profits expected by the market. Read more |
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IPC maker Advantech sees 3Q09 gross margin up on quarter Oct 27, 11:59 Taiwan-based industrial PC (IPC) maker Advantech maker has reported gross margin of 41.4% for third-quarter 2009, higher than the 39.8% for the second quarter but lower than the 42.6% for third-quarter 2008. For the fourth quarter, Advantech is looking to maintain profits rather than revenue growth. Read more |
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Taiwan export orders hit 11-month high in September Oct 26, 10:49 Taiwan received export orders worth US$30.837 billion in September 2009, the highest since November 2008. The value represents a 9.01% sequential increase but a 3% on-year decrease, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) on October 23. Read more |
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Asustek to hire more workers Oct 22, 17:10 With high tech companies beginning to report their third quarter results, it appears that the global economy is warming slightly from its previously gloomy conditions, and recent stirrings within Asustek Computer indicate that the local PC giant is also partaking in the positive market momentum, which in turn, can mean more jobs for Taiwan locals. Read more |
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Taiwan jobless rate edges down in September Oct 22, 16:51 Taiwan's unemployment rate slid from the record high of 6.13% in August 2009 to 6.04% in September, ending a four-month streak of consecutive increases in the jobless rate, according to statistics published by the government's Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS). The jobless rate still remained high at 6.04%, compared to 4.27% a year ago. Read more |
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Synnex Technology to invest NT$5-6 billion to add logistics centers in China Oct 21, 15:33 Taiwan-based Synnex Technology International, a distributor of IT and consumer electronics products, will invest NT$5-6 billion (US$155-186 million) to build 20 logistics centers in China over the next three years, according to company president Evans Tu. Read more |
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Taiwan IPC maker WinMate sees Jan-Sep 2009 profits fall short of expectations Oct 21, 15:20 Taiwan-based industrial PC (IPC) maker WinMate Communication has published its financial report for January-September 2009, with its pre-tax profit of 149.1 million (US$4.5 million) falling short of projections and dropping by 37.51% on year. Read more |
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AMD announces new Athlon II processors Oct 20, 17:07 AMD has announced several new AMD Athlon II processors, with AMD including dual-, triple- and quad-core processors to meet a range of computing needs. The company noted that the newly launched processors deliver variety and value to OEMs and system builders as the market shifts to power-efficient PC designs optimized for Windows 7.1. Read more |
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Taiwan-based Astro expects significant shipments of AWP machines to Italy in 4Q09 Oct 20, 11:56 Taiwan-based Astro, which develops arcade/casino gaming machines, expects to ship a considerable volume of AWP (amusement with prize) gaming machines to the Italy market during the fourth quarter, according to the company. Read more |
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Trading of SiS stocks to be suspended for two weeks, as company reduces capital Stockwatch - Oct 19, 16:37 The trading of stock in Taiwan-based chipset maker Silicon Integrated System (SiS) will be suspend from October 20 to November 5, as the company completes the process of reducing its capital, according to a company filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE). Read more |
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Acer rated as most valuable Taiwan brand in 2009 Oct 19, 11:39 Acer has been given the highest appraised brand value, at US$1.241 billion, of Taiwan-based global brands in 2009, according to a top-20 list announced by the government-sponsored Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) on October 16. Read more |
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Motherboard shipments of Taiwan players from 2006-2009 Oct 17, 15:14 Taiwan's motherboard industry remains dominated by four main players – Asustek Computer, Micro-Star International (MSI), Gigabyte Technology and Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) – who hold the majority share of own-brand and channel market shipments. Read more |
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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 due to demand for ultra-thin notebooks was not being as strong as expected, according to sources at notebook players. Read more |
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Pegatron reportedly preparing for listing on TSE Oct 12, 17:12 Pegatron Technology reportedly has quoted several security firms and is in preparation to be listed on Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE), according to sources from security firms. Read more |
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Sales up for motherboard players for September 2009 Oct 12, 16:58 First-tier motherboard players Asustek Computer, Pegatron Technology, Micro-Star International (MSI), Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) and Gigabyte Technology have all announced on-month revenue increases for September. However, looking at their sales totals for the first nine months of this year, most motherboard players' totals are down about 20% from the same period last year, with Gigabyte and Pegatron being the only two makers whose revenues are within 10% of last year's totals. Read more |
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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 2009 to NT$35.58 billion, down 2.77% on year. The company's third-quarter revenues grew 45.3% sequentially to NT$13.47 billion. Read more |
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Nvidia announces freeze in future Intel chipset development Oct 9, 12:25 Nvidia has announced that it officially plans stop developing chipsets for Intel CPUs moving forward, citing its ongoing licensing litigation with Intel as the main reason for the decision. Read more |
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SiS sees growth in September revenues Oct 8, 17:15 Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) has posted revenues of NT$462 million (US$14.4 million) for September, a monthly high for the company in 2009 and an increase of 4.74% on month and 4.84% on year. The company's revenues reached NT$1.34 billion in the third quarter, representing sequential growth of 23.75%, while combined revenues for the first three quarters reached NT$2.91 billion, down 39.34% on year. Read more |
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USI sees September revenues up on month, down on year Oct 8, 16:41 Taiwan-based Universal Scientific Industrial (USI) has reported consolidated revenues of NT$5.13 billion (US$158 million) for September, an increase of 15% on month but a drop of 19% on year. A breakdown of the revenues shows that 27% came from USI's EMS division, 24% from its computers/peripherals and communication products, 18% from industrial/automotive products, and 7% from its network storage products. Read more |
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China procurement value in Taiwan short of expectations Oct 7, 14:14 While Taiwan-based enterprises have rested large hopes on procurements in Taiwan made by business groups from China, such procurements made so far in 2009 were worth US$7.2 billion in total, falling far short of expectations, according to industry sources in Taiwan. Read more |
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ICP posts strong sales for September Oct 7, 11:14 Taiwan-based industrial PC maker ICP Electronics has reported unaudited record revenues of NT$503.6 million (US$16 million) for September. ICP said components shortages had eased and its clients in China had advanced their shipments to September. Read more |
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Taiwan-based IGS to export Sega arcade gaming machines to China, says paper Newswatch - Oct 6, 13:45 International Games System (IGS), a Taiwan-based developer of arcade gaming hardware and software and an operator of online games, will start shipments of Chinese-language arcade gaming machines developed in cooperation with Japan-based Sega to clients in China later in October 2009, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) report. Read more |
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VIA September revenues increase on month Oct 5, 16:57 VIA Technologies has announced revenues of NT$453 million (US$14.04 million) for September, an increase of 24.01% on month, but a drop of 19.41% on year. The company's combined revenues for the first nine months in 2009 reached NT$3.67 billion, a drop of 43.01% on year. Read more |
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Asustek and MSI launch new motherboard and notebook Oct 2, 17:11 Asustek Computer has unveiled the first motherboard under its new TUF series (The Ultimate Force), the Sabertooth 55i. The series is developed to meet the heavy computing demands of power users. Read more |
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Future IDF Taiwan events unlikely Oct 2, 16:36 Intel is unlikely to host another Intel Developer Forum (IDF) show in Taiwan, and will instead focus its efforts on events in San Francisco and China, according to industry sources. The chip giant is also expected to put more resources into Computex as its main opportunity to provide support to local players, as well as leveraging the Internet as a platform to distribute information on a global scale. Read more |
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AMD Fusion Partner Program may help improve profitability, says channel Oct 1, 16:30 Channel retailers are optimistic about AMD's Fusion Partner Program and believe the strategy could improve their profits as both AMD and Intel will start providing more bundling choices in order to compete for market share. Read more |
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Acer, Lenovo and Zotac launching more Ion-based products Oct 1, 16:19 PC and motherboard makers Acer, Lenovo and Zotac have recently launched Nvidia Ion-based products including motherboards and nettops. Read more |
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Intel to offer dual-core CPUs for ultra-thin notebook platform Sep 29, 14:28 Intel plans to upgrade its ultra-thin notebook platform to include dual-core CPUs in the fourth quarter of 2009, according to sources at notebook makers. Read more |
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TSMC to ramp capacity at Fab 14 for Intel Atom opportunity Sep 25, 17:09 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has scheduled a ramp up of monthly capacity at its 300mm (12-inch) wafer fab (Fab 14) located in southern Taiwan at the Tainan Science Park to 6,000 wafers by the end of 2009, and to about 35,000 wafers in 2010, according to sources at chip equipment suppliers. Read more |
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IDF San Francisco: Intel unveils 45nm SoC for Internet TV Sep 25, 17:02 Intel has unveiled the Atom processor CE4100, the latest system-on-chip (SoC) in a family of media processors designed to bring Internet content and services to digital TVs, DVD players and set-top boxes (STBs). Read more |
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IDF San Francisco: Vendors debut Calpella-based notebooks Sep 25, 16:44 The first batch of Intel Calpella platform-based notebooks coming from Asustek Computer, Dell, Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Toshiba made their debuts at IDF San Francisco 2009. However, sales of Calpella notebooks are not expected to gain momentum until the first quarter of 2010, according to market sources. Read more |
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VIA announces motherboard for digital signage Sep 24, 16:37 VIA Technologies has announced VB8003 mini-ITX motherboard featuring a dedicated on-board graphics processor that it says is ideal for a range of digital media applications. Read more |
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IDF San Francisco: Intel unveils new mobile chips and technologies Sep 24, 16:02 David Perlmutter, executive vice president and general manager, Architecture Group of Intel has debuted three new Intel Core i7 processors for notebooks based on Intel's Nehalem microarchitecture at IDF San Francisco 2009. Read more |
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IDF San Francisco: Moore's Law marches on at Intel Sep 23, 17:08 Intel president and CEO Paul Otellini has displayed a silicon wafer containing its first working chips built on 22nm process technology. The 22nm test circuits include both SRAM memory as well as logic circuits to be used in future Intel processors, according to Intel. Read more |
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AMD delivers new platform solution for enterprise-class embedded systems Sep 22, 17:08 AMD has announced immediate availability of a new enterprise-class embedded platform based on the quad-core AMD Opteron processor and new AMD SR5690/SP5100 server chipset. Read more |
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Taiwan maker ICP to invest in US-based PokerTek Sep 21, 16:49 Taiwan-based industrial PC maker ICP Electronics has agreed to invest NT$15 million (US$462,000) to take a 5% stake of PokerTek, a US-based provider of automated poker tables, to strengthen existing business cooperation, according to ICP. Read more |
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VIA hopes to create NetNote segment between netbooks and notebooks Sep 21, 10:45 VIA Technologies has announced a new mobile computing device category, NetNote, that combines the company's Surfboard motherboard along with turnkey system design. Read more |
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Nvidia CEO to visit Taiwan in October, to discuss 40nm contract prices with TSMC Sep 18, 16:18 Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang will travel to Taiwan in the second half of October to meet with its motherboard and graphics card partners. Huang is also expected to hold talks with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) chairman Morris Chang to discuss contract prices for 40nm production, according to sources at graphics card makers. Read more |
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White-box netbook alliance may not help revenues in 2009, says VIA exec Sep 17, 17:09 Timothy Chen, special assistant to the president of VIA Technologies, has admitted that the company's Global Mobility Bazaar (GMB) alliance for white-box netbooks in China may not contribute to revenues in 2009. However, he is optimistic about performance in regards to vertical integration in the first quarter of 2010. Read more |
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Notes and corrections |
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A November 2 report incorrectly stated Transcend Information reported net profits of NT$114 million for the third quarter of 2009. The correct figure is NT$1.14 billion. |
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