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Monday 6 December 2010
Panel price rise may cause netbook vendors to see profits drop
In addition to the impact from tablet PCs, rising netbook panel prices are expected to further impact brand vendors' profitability from their netbook products, according to sources...
Monday 6 December 2010
Most important fab for LCD TV panel production is 8G, says DisplaySearch
As panel makers expand, they are increasingly utilizing 8G fabs for LCD TV panel production, and the production of LCD TV panels at 8G increased to 41% in the third quarter of 2010,...
Friday 3 December 2010
Asustek set to see netbook shipments decline in 2011
Affected by the growing popularity of table PCs, global shipments of netbooks are set to decline in 2011. Consequently, Asustek Computer is expected to see its shipments of netbooks...
Wednesday 24 November 2010
Notebook HDD capacities to reach 500GB in 2011, netbooks 320GB
The mainstream capacity of notebook internal hard disk drives (HDDs) will increase from 320GB in 2010 to 500GB in 2011, while netbook drives will be 320GB, according to Taiwan-based...
Tuesday 23 November 2010
Taiwan market: Vendors cut notebook prices
Notebook brand vendors in Taiwan have recently started reducing their notebook prices in a bid to digest their inventory and enable a smooth transition to the new Huron River platform...
Thursday 18 November 2010
Asustek hopes AMD can help it achieve netbook shipment target
Because the netbook industry is seeing almost no shipment growth, Asustek Computer expects its recently released AMD-based Eee PC 1015T netbook, which has a lower price point than...
Monday 15 November 2010
Taiwan market: Dual-core netbooks drop to around NT$10,000
As growth of netbook shipments is still being impacted by sales of tablet PC products, vendors have already dropped the price of their Intel Atom N400 series netbooks to around NT$9,000-10,000...
Friday 12 November 2010
Taiwan notebooks – 3Q 2010

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Friday 12 November 2010
Large-size TFT shipments and revenues fell as supply chain sought inventory reductions in 3Q10, says DisplaySearch
Shipments of large-size TFT-LCDs over 9.1-inch fell to 163 million units in the third quarter of 2010, with 4% sequential decline, but 7% on year growth. Revenues reached US$21.3...
Wednesday 10 November 2010
Mini notebook market to be down, but not out, says IDC
One year ago, mini notebook PCs, or netbooks, were seen by many as the device that would fundamentally reshape the PC industry. Today, that expectation is being laid upon the media...
Monday 1 November 2010
Intel reveals Chief River platform for notebooks
Intel recently notified its partner about its latest platform Chief River that adopts 22nm Ivy Bridge processors with native support of USB 3.0, according to sources from motherboard...
Sunday 31 October 2010
Netbook shipments of Taiwan-based vendors from 2007-2010
Netbooks are low-cost notebooks with screen sizes below 10-inch mainly designed for Internet usage. Devices adopt either a solid state drive (SSD) or traditional hard drive and typically...
Friday 29 October 2010
Acer first tablet PC aimed at fulfilling telecom carrier demand
As Acer CEO Gianfranco Lanci recently pointed out that the company is set to launch its first tablet PC on November 23 at a price range of US$299-699, market watchers pointed out...
Friday 8 October 2010
Dell likely to be first vendor to launch Ubuntu Light netbooks, say notebook makers
Canonical on October 7 announced its latest Ubuntu 10.10 operating system and Ubuntu Light for netbooks, and noted that consumers should be able to see Ubuntu Light-featured netbooks...
Thursday 7 October 2010
Dual-OS to become a standard for Acer dual-core netbooks
Acer, at its new netbook launch press conference, noted that the company plans to adopt dual-operating systems (Windows 7 and Android) as one of the standard specifications for its...