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Taiwan notebook ODMs
Taiwan notebook Original Design Manufacturers (ODMs) account for more than 90% of global notebook production and Digitimes is there to provide daily updates on shipments, supplier contracts and financial data on the more than 10 Taiwan makers involved in notebook manufacturing.
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Thursday 22 March 2012
Chassis maker Ju Teng enters Samsung notebook supply chain, says paper
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 will...
Wednesday 21 March 2012
Notebook-related players to see growth in 2Q12
After hitting bottom in the first quarter, notebook players and their upstream component suppliers are expected to see shipment growth of 10% sequentially in the second quarter as...
Tuesday 20 March 2012
PC shipments expected to have strong 2H12, says IDC
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 2012...
Tuesday 20 March 2012
Pegatron achieves net profit in 2011
The Board of Pegatron Technology has passed the company's financial report for 2011 with net profit reaching NT$110 million (US$3.72 million) and earning per share (EPS) of NT$0.05,...
Tuesday 20 March 2012
Acer chairman reportedly to visit Chongqing for a cloud computing event
Acer chairman JT Wang reportedly will visit Chongqing, China for a cloud computing-related event to promote its AcerCloud, which is set to launch in April and since Chongqing's Committee...
Tuesday 20 March 2012
Intel expected to reveal details of its cooperation with China players at IDF Beijing
Intel is set to host its Intel Developer Forum (IDF) for China on April 11 in Beijing, China with the market expecting the company will reveal details about its cooperation with China-based...
Friday 16 March 2012
Notebook ODMs to post higher-than-expected shipments in 1Q12
Major notebook ODMs, which all saw their February shipments register double-digit sequential increases, are expected to post higher-than-expected shipments for the first quarter of...
Thursday 15 March 2012
DSLR camera lenses become major shipment force for Kinko Optical
With camera brand vendors including Canon, Nikon, Panasonic and Sony aggressively pushing into the DSLR camera and mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera (MILC) industries, upstream...
Thursday 15 March 2012
Asustek, Inventec push into cloud computing business
Asustek Computer has been aggressive about cloud computing and is set to launch its private cloud service for the National Taiwan University (NTU) in March, while Inventec, seeing...
Tuesday 13 March 2012
Acer looks to regain lost market share
Acer is on pace to recover some of its lost market share, eyeing a return to the world's number three notebook brand by the end of 2012, according to company corporate president Jim...
Tuesday 13 March 2012
Compal notebook shipments up 38% in February
Notebook ODM Compal Electronics enjoyed shipment growth of more than 30% sequentially in February 2012, outperforming fellow firms including Quanta Computer, Wistron and Inventec which...
Tuesday 13 March 2012
Notebook component makers slow down pace of relocating China facilities
Some component makers in the ODM notebook supply chains have apparently slowed down their moves for relocation of their production bases to Chongqing or Chengdu in western China on...
Friday 9 March 2012
Quanta Computer sees sequential growth in notebook shipments, drop in February revenues
Quanta Computer shipped 4.5 million notebooks in February, increasing 18.4% sequentially, but consolidated revenues slipped 10.59% on month, according to the company.
Thursday 8 March 2012
Notebook connector maker ANT Precision to debut on OTC market in March
Taiwan-based notebook connector maker ANT Precision Industry plans to debut on the Taiwan's over-the-counter (OTC) securities market with an initial price of NT$22-24 (US$0.74-0.81)...
Thursday 8 March 2012
Apple launches new iPad
Apple has introduced its third generation iPad, which features a Retina display, Apple's new A5X chip with quad-core graphics and a 5-megapixel camera with advanced optics. The new...