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NEWS & VIEWS |
Taipei,
Saturday, August 30, 2008
07:08 (GMT+8)
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MSI announces three new notebooks Aug 29, 16:51 Micro-Star International (MSI) has announced three new notebooks – VR440, GX720 and GX400, all featuring MSI's exclusive ECO Engine, a power management function to extend the battery life when performing different tasks. Read more |
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Netbooks will not affect traditional notebook sales in the near term, says Wistron chairman Aug 28, 01:40 Wistron chairman Simon Lin has reiterated his conservative outlook for netbook growth, saying that the position of traditional notebooks will not be affected by the rising role of netbooks over the next two years. Read more |
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Lite-On still optimistic about LED penetration in notebooks Aug 28, 01:25 Lite-On Technology is confident that about 15% of new notebooks will feature LED backlights, according to company CEO KC Terng, despite that some industry players believe the penetration rate of LED-backlit notebooks will be lower than previously expected in the short term. Read more |
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Flexium doubtful about penetration of LED-backlit notebooks Aug 28, 01:10 Flexible PCB (FPCB) maker Flexium Interconnect has expressed its doubts about the penetration of LED-backlit notebooks as it is seeing poor yields, according to company sources. Flexium has also revised down its sales contribution forecast for the segment. Read more |
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Inventec to ship 1.5 million notebooks monthly in 2H08 Aug 27, 13:27 Inventec announced revenues of NT$137.33 billion (US$4.36 billion) in the first half of this year, an increase of 31% on year, with earning per share (EPS) of NT$0.77. The company expects both its shipments and revenues in the second half will grow over 50% compared to the first half, with the opportunity of surpassing revenues of NT$100 billion in both the third and fourth quarters, according to Alexander Hsu, president of Inventec finance division. Read more |
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Simplo reports strong 1H08 profits, expects robust notebook battery market in 2H08 Aug 27, 01:20 Notebook battery module maker Simplo Technology has reported strong profit growth the first half of 2008, with the company expecting demand to remain robust in the second half. Read more |
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HannStar Board expects 3Q08 PCB shipments to rise at least 10% Aug 27, 01:05 HannStar Board expects its PCB shipments to grow at least 10% sequentially in the third quarter as a result of a seasonal upturn in the notebook market. Read more |
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HP and Dell notebook demand to benefit GTM, ITE and Ene in 3Q08 Aug 26, 15:30 Taiwan-based notebook related IC design houses Global Mixed-mode Technology (GMT), Integrated Technology Express (ITE), and Ene Technology are expected to see stronger sales growth in the third quarter as Hewlett-Packard (HP) has increased its sales growth target and Dell has announced new ultra-portable notebooks, according to market watchers. Read more |
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Foxconn reportedly lands notebook orders from HP Newswatch - Aug 25, 11:21 Foxconn Electronics was reported to be expected to soon land orders for a 13-inch consumer notebook from Hewlett-Packard (HP) and once the order is confirmed, Foxconn's notebook clients will increase to four – Sony, Apple, Dell and HP, according to a Chinese-language Apply Daily report. Read more |
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Notebook connector maker Alltop predicts 30% sequential revenues growth in 3Q08 Aug 22, 14:34 Notebook connector maker Alltop Technology expects its revenues to grow 30% sequentially in the third quarter of this year amid increasing shipments in the traditional peak season, according to company sources. Read more |
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Intel shifts future Core processors into turbo mode Aug 21, 11:43 Pat Gelsinger, senior vice president and general manager of Intel's Digital Enterprise Group discussed new features of the company's next-generation processor family including a new turbo mode that shifts the processor into a higher gear for increased performance without a heat penalty. Read more |
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Asustek prepares launch of 10.2-inch notebook, say distributors Aug 21, 01:00 Sources at Taiwan IT distributors have indicated that Asustek Computer will unveil a 10.2-inch N-series notebook powered by Intel's Atom processor in September. The speculated launch is expected to shake up netbook market, as well as providing a potential catalyst for medium-size panel demand, some industry watchers commented. Read more |
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Taiwan market: External slim DVD burners selling due to fast growing sales of low-cost notebooks Aug 20, 12:37 External slim-type DVD burners offered by Sony, Pioneer, LG, Asustek, BenQ and other international brands have been selling in the Taiwan market since the second quarter of 2008 due to hot sales of low-cost notebooks, especially Asustek Computer's Eee PC, according to sources in the retail channel. Read more |
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Notebooks with 12- to 14-inch 16:9 aspect ratio panels will not mature until 2Q09, according to ODMs Aug 19, 16:49 Although notebook vendors have started to adopt 16:9 aspect ratio panels for upcoming notebooks, sources at notebook ODMs pointed out that notebooks with 12- to 14-inch 16:9 aspect ratio panels will not enter mass production until the second quarter of 2009. Read more |
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Chicony to maintain annual capacity of 20 million notebook camera modules until 2010 Aug 19, 11:52 Chicony Electronics, the largest Taiwan-based maker of USB 2.0 camera modules for being built in notebook PCs, will maintain its annual production capacity of such product at a minimum level of 20 million units from 2008 to 2010, according to industry sources in Taiwan. Read more |
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Taiwan notebook OEMs to increase in-house CMOS image sensor investment Aug 15, 16:04 Driven by attempts to enhance competitiveness, leading notebook OEMs in Taiwan, including Quanta Computer, are said to be growing their in-house CMOS image sensor development, according to sources at CMOS image sensor vendors. Read more |
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First-tier motherboard makers announce July performance Aug 11, 16:03 Asustek Computer has announced consolidated revenues of NT$22.1 billion (US$708.55 million) for July 2008, increases of 15% on month and 36% on year due to recovering demand in Europe and China. Total consolidated revenues for the first seven months were NT$143.1 billion, a growth of 27% compared to the same period last year. Read more |
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First-tier notebook makers see on-month revenue growth in July Aug 11, 10:50 First-tier notebook makers Quanta Computer, Compal Electronics, Wistron and Inventec all saw on-month revenues growth in July 2008. Read more |
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Quanta sees revenue growth in July, says paper Newswatch - Aug 8, 12:13 Quanta Computer has announced consolidated revenues of NT$65.12 billion (US$2.1 billion) for July this year, an increase of 5% on month, while accumulated consolidated revenues for the first seven months of 2008 reached NT$467.79 billion, an increase of 27.8% compared to the same period last year, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) report. Read more |
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Asustek notebook shipments fail target in 1H08; preps outsourcing in 4Q Aug 7, 01:15 Since shipments of notebooks failed to meet expectations in the first half of 2008, Asustek Computer has said meeting its annual shipments target will be hard. In order to shrink production costs, the company plans to bring forward outsourcing of notebooks, including Eee PCs, to the fourth quarter of 2008. Read more |
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Netbooks and handsets to drive up PPT sales in 3Q08 Aug 6, 14:59 Seeing its July sales sustain an upward trend, Phoenix Precision Technology (PPT) has delivered an optimistic outlook for the third quarter, with flip-chip (FC) and chip-scale packaging (CSP) substrate demand to be spurred by strong sales of low-cost notebooks (netbooks) and handsets, according to company president Chu-Ching Hu. Read more |
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Micron introduces next-generation SSD for enterprise servers and notebooks Aug 5, 14:54 Micron Technology has announced the introduction of its next-generation RealSSD solid-state drives (SSDs) for enterprise computing (P200) and notebook applications (C200). Read more |
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Intel to launch Calpella notebook platform in 3Q09 Aug 5, 14:26 Intel's next-generation notebook platform (Calpella) is scheduled to launch in the third quarter of 2009. As with other Nehalem generation products, Capella will abandon the current northbridge and southbridge chipset arrangement and transfer many typical northbridge components to the CPU package. A single integrated chipset codenamed Ibex Peak-M will coordinate other features on the motherboard, according to sources at notebook makers. Read more |
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Growth will vary in Taiwan's IC design sector in 3Q Aug 5, 13:42 While the third quarter is the peak season for the Taiwan IC design market, this year expectations are not high, with players in the PC related field being more optimistic than those in the telecom segment, followed by the handset, consumers electronics and TFT-LCD displays segments, in that order, according to market sources. Read more |
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Notebook hinge maker sees net profits down over 6% sequentially in 2Q08 Aug 4, 13:44 Taiwan-based notebook hinge maker Shin Zu Shing (SZS) posted after-tax profits of NT$210 million (US$6.84 million) for the second quarter of 2008, down 6.2% from the previous quarter. The second-quarter net earnings translate to an EPS (earnings per share) of NT$1.7 for the quarter. Read more |
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Acer expects a sequential notebook shipment increase of 30% in 3Q08, says paper Newswatch - Aug 1, 12:05 Acer expects notebook shipments in the third quarter to see sequential growth of between 25-30%, which will increase revenues during the time by 20-25% on quarter, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times report citing Gianfranco Lanci, president of Acer. Read more |
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Asustek expects to ship up to 200,000 Eee Boxes worldwide in 2008 Jul 31, 16:29 Asustek Computer launched its Eee Box nettop in Taiwan priced NT$7,988 (US$260.85) on July 30. The company expects the nettop's worldwide shipments to reach 100,000-200,000 units in 2008 and break one million units in 2009, according to Jerry Shen, president of the company. Read more |
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Korean LCD panel makers said to be more price competitive in notebook segment Newswatch - Jul 31, 11:54 Samsung Electronics and LG Display (LGD) are more price competitive in the notebook panel market than their Taiwan-based counterparts, as the Korean makers have already recognized all the depreciation expenses for their 5G plants where notebook applications are produced, according to HP Chang, head of WitsView's TFT-LCD research team, as cited by the Economic Daily News (EDN). Read more |
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Nvidia brings new GPUs to notebooks Jul 30, 17:14 Nvidia has unveiled its newest GeForce 9800M and 9700M GPUs for notebooks. Read more |
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IC distributors may still be facing inventory issues Jul 30, 16:55 A succession of investor conferences for IC distributors are going to be held this week, and the focus will be on their inventory levels, as shipments have note been meeting expectations, according to market sources. Read more |
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US$100 notebook is at least three years away, says Gartner Jul 29, 15:56 The US$100 laptop will not be a realistic target for the next three years, according to Gartner. Analysts said that while education was the initial target audience for low-cost mini-notebooks, all current versions cost notably more than US$100 and prices are unlikely to fall significantly during the next two to three years. Read more |
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Compal expects to ship 1 million netbooks in 2H08 Jul 29, 15:52 Compal Electronics expects to ship around one million netbooks in the second half this year, according to company president Ray Chen. Compal will start mass production of Dell's E-series netbooks in August. Read more |
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Taiwan market: Asustek expects to ship up to 240,000 Eee PCs in 2008 Jul 29, 14:25 Asustek Computer expects to ship 220,000-240,000 Eee PCs in the Taiwan market in 2008, according to sources at the company. Read more |
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Channel vendors demand card makers recall faulty Nvidia products Jul 25, 17:03 Due to Nvidia not clearly explaining the details of the faults reported in its notebook GPUs, some channel vendors have demanded graphics card makers issue a recall for desktop-based discrete graphics cards using the same GPU core, according to sources at graphics card makers. Read more |
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Notebook demand to help drive sales for IC design houses in 3Q Jul 24, 11:50 With Intel introducing its new Centrino 2 platform and expecting strong growth in the notebook market this quarter, Taiwan notebook makers are stocking up on notebook-use ICs amid expectations that their shipments will increase by more than 20% this quarter, market sources noted, while adding that design houses including Ene Technology, Global Mixed-mode Technology (GMT), and Integrated Technology Express (ITE) are expected to benefit. Read more |
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Fujitsu introduces Centrino 2-based tablet-convertible PCs Jul 22, 17:03 Fujitsu PC Asia Pacific has introduced its latest enhanced LifeBook tablet-convertible PCs, the LifeBook T5010 and LifeBook T1010. Both notebooks include a 13.3-inch WXGA 1280×800 widescreen on an extended glass cover pivoting on a bi-directional hinge. Read more |
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Foxconn maybe to manufacture low-cost notebook for Sony, says paper Newswatch - Jul 22, 12:19 With the low-cost notebook market starting to pick up, Japan-based PC vendors including Sony, Toshiba, Fujitsu and NEC are all planning to launch their own low-cost notebooks, and Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) is reportedly set to manufacture the notebook for Sony, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) report. Read more |
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Wistron to benefit from increased Acer orders in 3Q Jul 22, 01:00 With Acer planning to increase its mainstream notebook shipments in the third quarter to better compete with Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Dell, Wistron is expected to benefit the most from the plan, according to sources at notebook ODMs. Read more |
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Notebook platform transition to be faster this year Jul 18, 12:17 Intel's delay of its Centrino 2 (Montevina) platform has given notebook vendors extra time to clear inventory, and since most vendors were cautious over supply in the second quarter, the transition to the new platform will be much faster than in previous years. Read more |
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New Apple notebook orders to buoy up Taiwan PCB makers sales and profit Newswatch - Jul 18, 10:15 As Apple is said to have increased its procurement of notebook-use printed circuit boards (PCB) by 20% on quarter in the third quarter, with most of the ordered PCBs being high-interconnect density (HDI) boards, fellow PCB makers in Taiwan are expected to see big boost in corresponding sales and profit, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times report. Read more |
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Worldwide PC market growth sustained in 2Q08 despite economic pressures, says IDC Jul 17, 16:43 Worldwide PC shipments continued to grow at a healthy pace in the second quarter of 2008. Shipments were up 15.3% from a year ago – slightly more than second-quarter projections and first-quarter growth of 14.9%. Solid growth in the EMEA region helped offset slower growth in Asia/Pacific excluding Japan, according to IDC. Read more |
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Taiwan market: HP to push Centrino 2 notebooks in high-end market Jul 17, 15:35 Hewlett-Packard (HP) is pushing two Centrino 2 notebooks in Taiwan's high-end market, the HP Pavilion DV4 and DV5, both manufactured by Compal Electronics. Read more |
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Netbooks to help boost shipments for notebook makers in 2H08 Jul 17, 15:27 Taiwan notebook makers' shipments in the second quarter this year were 29.47 million units, an increase of 4% on quarter. Shipments for traditional notebooks alone (not including netbooks) were 28 million, a sequential increase of 3%, according to data to be released in an upcoming Digitimes Research report. Read more |
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MSI launches Centrino 2-based notebook Jul 16, 16:45 MSI has launched the GX620 a Centrino 2-based notebook with the company's exclusive Turbo Drive Engine technology to enhance the speed of CPU. Read more |
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Clevo borrows US$48 million to expand notebook production in China, says paper Newswatch - Jul 15, 15:19 Clevo has accumulated a five-year fund worth US$48 million from five Taiwan-based banks to expand notebook production capacity at its plant in Kunshan, China, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) report. Read more |
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Notebook battery makers set for positive growth in 2H of year Jul 14, 11:13 Most Taiwan-based notebook battery makers are positive about their business outlook for the second half of 2008, powered by the launch of new models as well as more netbooks by leading branded vendors, according to sources at the makers. Read more |
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Clevo ships 130,000 notebooks in June, says paper Newswatch - Jul 11, 15:13 With increasing demand from vendors in Brazil, Clevo's notebook shipments in June reached 130,000 units, bringing total shipments in the second quarter to 350,000 units. Shipments in the first quarter reached 300,000 units implying the company's annual shipments have a chance to break 1.5 million units in 2008, surpassing original forecasts of 1.31 million units, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) report. Read more |
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MSI sees increase while ECS sees drop in June revenues Jul 11, 01:10 Micro-Star International's (MSI's) June revenues increased to NT$7.42 billion (US$243.9 million), rises of 21.79% on month and 14.9% on year on the back of increasing notebook shipments. Read more |
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Pixel Qi eyes Taiwan Jul 10, 16:32 Mary Lou Jepsen, the former chief technology officer for One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) recently visited Taiwan looking to raise money for her new company Pixel Qi, while also laying the groundwork for setting up a subsidiary for the company in Taiwan. Read more |
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Asustek and Gigabyte announce June performance figures Jul 10, 16:21 Asustek Computer has announced consolidated revenues of NT$19.3 billion (US$634.78 million) for June 2008, an slight increase of 6% on month and a large increase of 40% on year. However, revenues in the second quarter were NT$58.1 billion, dropping a little more than the company originally expected. Read more |
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