Samsung aims at 20% notebook CIS market share in 2009, say IC distributors

Newswatch - Aug 25, 11:48

Samsung Electronics has set an internal goal of attaining a 20% share in the global notebook CMOS image sensor (CIS) market in 2009 and an over 30% share in 2010, according to Taiwan-based...

Taiwan inductor makers see increasing demand for 4Q09

Aug 20, 14:46

Taiwan niche inductor makers Cyntec and Mag.Layers Scientific-Technics are likely to enjoy strong sales through December driven by increasing demand for new notebook and smartphone...

Cyntec to expand power choke capacity to 150 million units in 2010

Aug 18, 12:21

Taiwan passive component maker Cyntec will invest NT$400 million (US$12.2 million) to expand its monthly capacity of power chokes from 70 million units in the first quarter to 100...

Notebook PCB makers more optimistic about 3Q09

Aug 17, 11:44

Taiwan notebook PCB makers HannStar Board and Gold Circuit Electronics (GCE) have lifted their third-quarter notebook PCB shipment goals to 15% growth due to the launch of ultra-thin...

First-tier makers to ship around 14 million notebooks in September

Aug 14, 17:18

Quanta Computer, Compal Electronics, Wistron, Inventec and Pegatron Computer are expected to ship around 13-14 million notebooks in September 2009, according to industry sources.

HP notebook outsourcing to Taiwan makers drops in July 2009

Aug 6, 12:13

Notebook outsourcing from Hewlett-Packard (HP) to Taiwan makers dropped from above three million units in June 2009 to around 2.7-2.9 million units in July despite that the third...

Foxconn cuts connector pricing in attempt to win back notebook clients, says paper

Newswatch - Jul 20, 15:55

Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) is reportedly offering price cuts on its connectors to gain back orders that were lost from first-tier notebook makers due to the...

Dell to procure US$18-20 billion worth of Taiwan-made components in 2009

Jul 15, 15:53

Dell will procure IT components produced by Taiwan-based makers with a projected total value of US$18-20 billion in 2009, growing from US$13 billion in 2006, US$15 billion in 2007...

Notebook component makers see growth in June revenues

Jul 13, 12:06

Notebook component makers Chicony Electronics, Sunrex Technology and Darfon Electronics have all seen growth in their June 2009 revenues.

Short supply of notebook HDDs may continue in 3Q09

Jul 3, 14:38

The tight supply of notebook hard drives is expected to continue throughout the third quarter, according to IC distributor GMI Technology and Weikeng Industrial, sales agents for...

Taiwan-based notebook vendors under pressure of falling prices while component costs rise

Jul 2, 15:10

Taiwan-based notebook vendors, despite a better-than-expected business outlook for the latter half of 2009, are still suffering drops in product pricing and increased costs for some...

Component makers optimistic ultra-thin notebooks will boost sales

Jul 2, 12:34

Notebook component makers are optimistic about the business potential of ultra-thin notebooks and expect the products to increase their revenues in the third quarter, according to...

First-tier notebook makers to transfer connector orders away from Foxconn, says paper

Newswatch - Jun 29, 16:13

First-tier notebook makers are starting to transfer their connector orders from Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) to other Taiwan-based connector makers to counter...

Semiconductor makers and system vendors to have tough 3Q09 due to component shortages

Jun 26, 15:41

Both upstream semiconductor makers and downstream system vendors are estimated to see limited sales growth during the peak season due to tight supply of key components, according...

Notebook connector maker Alltop to see revenues up 25% sequentially in 2Q09

Jun 22, 17:00

Alltop Technology expects its consolidated second-quarter 2009 revenues to sustain 25% sequential growth as projected, although its revenues for May were down 17.5% from the previous...

Notebook battery module makers report strong revenues for May

Jun 12, 12:41

Taiwan-based notebook battery module makers Simplo Technology, DynaPack International Technology and Celxpert Energy all saw their revenues expand in May 2009.

Taiwan keyboard and mouse players suffer on-month revenue drop in May

Jun 11, 17:16

Taiwan-based keyboard and mouse makers and vendors Chicony Electronics, Sunrex Technology, Darfon Electronics and KYE Systems all suffered on-month revenue drops in May 2009.

First-tier notebook makers see on-month revenue drop in May

Jun 10, 16:59

First-tier notebook makers Quanta Computer, Compal Electronics, Wistron and Inventec all saw on-month revenues decline in May 2009.

Wistron reports strong on-year sales growth for May

Jun 9, 15:29

Wistron has announced consolidated revenues of NT$38.73 billion (US$1.18 billion) for May 2009, down 4.89% from NT$40.72 billion for April, but up 31.37% from NT$29.48 billion for...

VIA expects to see profits driven by white-box netbooks in 4Q09

Jun 4, 12:19

VIA Technologies expects its white-box netbook alliance to start contributing profits in the fourth quarter of 2009, according to the company.

Notebook component shortages to persist throughout 2Q09

Jun 4, 11:13

The notebook industry will continue to suffer component shortages, especially of LCD panels and optical drives through the end of the second quarter, according to sources with notebook...

Notebook component shortage likely to get worse in 2H09, says Inventec

May 19, 14:27

The supply of key notebook components may continue to worsen in the second half of 2009 leading to increasing costs, according to Alexander Hsu, president of Inventec's finance division...

Over 50% of white-box netbook makers in Shenzhen may quit the market, says paper

Newswatch - May 18, 10:45

China-based white-box netbook makers are being affected by component shortages with some only able to fulfill 60% of orders. If the shortages do not improve soon, over 50% of makers...

Taiwan vendors slow down CULV notebook volume shipment schedules

May 15, 14:54

Taiwan-based notebook vendors including Acer, Asustek Computer and Micro-Star International (MSI), have all slowed down their volume shipment schedules for Intel CULV-based ultra-thin...

Holy Stone, Polytronics see slower revenue growth in April

May 8, 16:12

Passive component makers Holy Stone and Polytronics Technology saw April revenues increase 11.5% and 18.6% to NT$984 million (US$29.87 million) and NT$74.59 million, respectively,...

China white-box market seeing no Atom shortages, says local netbook maker

Apr 30, 17:05

Commenting on recent reports of shortages of IC components in the local China netbook market, president of China-based white-box netbook maker Jumper said that there is currently...

Netbook parts and components in short supply, says DRAMeXchange

Apr 27, 15:08

The supply of up-stream parts and components for netbooks has become increasingly tight recently as white-box netbook vendors in China are ramping up output to meet anticipated demand...

Gigabyte lands netbook motherboard orders from China-based vendor

Apr 27, 11:24

Gigabyte Technology has received orders for netbook-use motherboards from a China-based branded netbook vendor, and the company is approaching other white-box vendors for more orders,...

Notebook component maker Chicony to hand out NT$3 dividend for 2008

Stockwatch - Apr 20, 15:08

Taiwan-based notebook component supplier Chicony Electronics has decided to deal out a dividend of NT$3 (US$0.09) for its 2008 operations, including NT$2.50 in cash and NT$0.50 in...

GCE eyes 10-15% sequential notebook PCB shipment growth in 2Q09

Apr 16, 16:07

Taiwan-based PCB maker Gold Circuit Electronics (GCE) expects its notebook PCB shipments to grow 10-15% sequentially to 6.3 million units in the second quarter of 2009 with order...

Passive component utilization rates climbing on resumed orders for notebooks

Apr 15, 15:25

Chip resistor maker Ta-I Technology and power choke specialist Cyntec have enjoyed rising utilization rates since March, thanks to resumed orders from the notebook segment. Ta-I noted...

China market: Notebook shortage helps white-box notebook sales, says paper

Newswatch - Apr 14, 14:40

Local channel vendors in China are turning to white-box notebook makers for supply due to the continuing shortage of branded entry-level to mid-range notebooks, according to a Chinese-language...