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Tuesday 19 July 2011
Lenovo pushes oversea acquisition to expand PC market share
With China-based PC vendor Lenovo successfully surpassed Acer and became the third largest PC vendor worldwide in the second quarter, Lenovo CFO Wong Wai Ming pointed out that the...
Tuesday 19 July 2011
Acer, HP undergoing management reshuffle
Acer, on July 18, announced it has recruited Dave Chan, former Hewlett-Packard (HP) China vice president, as general manager of its Touch Business Group in China. Also, while company...
Thursday 14 July 2011
Notebook vendors bracing for Europe bad debts, say sources
Retail channels in Southern Europe including Italy, Greece and Portugal are reportedly facing a crisis paying off their debts to upstream brand vendors, which may affect several first-tier...
Wednesday 13 July 2011
Acer weak performance in June affecting Compal shipments
Acer announced non-consolidated revenues of NT$31.94 billion (US$1.11 billion) for June, down 10.63% on month and 28.09% on year, and the company's weak performance also affected...
Tuesday 5 July 2011
Taiwan notebook ODMs see slight sequential shipment growth in 2Q11
Taiwan-based notebook makers, facing an impact from Japan's earthquake, competition from tablet vendors and the fact brand vendor significantly cleared inventory, saw their notebook...
Thursday 30 June 2011
HP, Acer, Asustek to raise supply proportion from Chongqing in 2H11
Global notebook brand vendors Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Acer are set to significantly increase their notebook supply proportions from Chongqing, China in the second half of 2011 with...
Thursday 30 June 2011
Acer reportedly planning to launch slide tablet PC in 4Q11
Acer reportedly plans to launch a slide tablet PC in the fourth quarter of 2011, targeting the year-end holiday season, according to sources from the upstream supply chain.
Tuesday 28 June 2011
Altek aiming for DSC orders from Japan brand vendors with new China plants
Taiwan-based digital still camera (DSC) maker Altek is expected to resolve its tight capacity issue with the new plants in Kunshan, China, which will start operating in the third...
Monday 27 June 2011
Qisda to make lighting products for sale under BenQ brand
Qisda, a Taiwan-based EMS provider, will use LED chips produced by Lextar Electronics, also a BenQ affiliate, to make LED lighting products for sale under the brand BenQ, according...
Thursday 23 June 2011
Hard drive supply gap estimated to widen to 15-20 million units in 3Q11
Global hard drive demand in the third quarter is estimated to reach as high as 180 million units with the five major hard drive makers only capable of supplying 160-165 million units,...
Thursday 23 June 2011
PC industry should be re-evaluated, says Wistron chairman
Wistron chairman Simon Lin, on June 22, commenting on the impact of tablet PCs, described Apple's launch of iPad as a never-seen move, and it will take some time to figure out how...
Thursday 23 June 2011
Asustek takes shipment lead in non-Apple tablet PCs
Asustek Computer has become the largest tablet PC brand in the non-Apple tablet PC group with shipments of 400,000 units in the first half of 2011, according to sources from notebook...
Thursday 23 June 2011
Notebook industry may not see peak season effects in 2H11
The notebook industry is unlikely to return to its usual seasonal pattern of having shipment proportions of 4:6 for the first and the second halves in 2011 as the US and Europe are...
Tuesday 21 June 2011
Taiwan market: HP to push WebOS-based tablet PC and smartphone in 2H11
First-tier PC brand vendor Hewlett-Packard (HP) is set to add its TouchPad tablet PC and smartphone as new products line in the IT market, to help fill in the gap of its cloud computing...
Tuesday 21 June 2011
Optical drive shipments expected to grow 5-10% sequentially in 3Q11
Taiwan-based optical drive maker Lite-On IT and Quanta Storage expect their shipments in the third quarter will only grow as high as 5-10% due to the unclear order visibility despite...