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Tuesday 15 September 2009
Asustek aims to ship 1 million ultra-thin notebooks by end of 2009
Asustek Computer expects to ship 600,000 ultra-thin notebooks by the end of 2009, and the volume has a chance to hit one million units according to president Jerry Shen. Ultra-thin...
Tuesday 15 September 2009
Compal expects Toshiba orders to boost netbook shipments to over 1 million units per month
Compal Electronics expects netbook orders from Toshiba to boost its monthly notebook shipments to over one million units, according to market sources. Toshiba's orders are estimated...
Monday 14 September 2009
Players hold different views on netbook shipments in 2010
Global netbook shipments are expected to reach 25-30 million units in 2009, but opinions are divided over the outlook for 2010 with some netbook players forecasting volumes to grow,...
Thursday 10 September 2009
PC vendors turning optimistic toward touchscreen notebooks, touch panel makers say
PC vendors are turning positive about the potential of touchscreen notebooks for 2009 as they prepare to launch touchscreen notebooks next month, along with the aggressive entrance...
Monday 7 September 2009
LCD component makers Wah Hong, Radiant report record revenues for August
Taiwan-based LCD optical film maker Wah Hong Industrial and backlight unit (BLU) maker Radiant Opto-Electronics (ROEC) have reported record consolidated revenues for August.
Friday 4 September 2009
Acer likely to see notebook shipments top 30 million units in 2009
Acer is expected to see its notebook shipments for 2009 top 30 million units, surpassing its original target of 28 million units, according to sources at Taiwan OEM makers, who cited...
Thursday 3 September 2009
Compal lands 100,000 Nokia Booklet 3G orders for 2009
Taiwan-based notebook maker Compal Electronics has landed orders for 100,000 Booklet 3G mini notebooks (netbooks) from Nokia with shipments to be fulfilled before the end of 2009,...
Wednesday 2 September 2009
GMT shipping LED backlight ICs for netbooks
Global Mixed-mode Technology (GMT) began shipping LED driver ICs for 8- and 9-inch netbook backlighting in the second quarter and fulfilling orders for 10-inch models in the third,...
Tuesday 1 September 2009
Taiwan market: Sony launches W series netbook
Sony recently launched its Vaio W series netbook in the Taiwan market and is cooperating with Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) to bundle the netbook with 3G services.
Tuesday 1 September 2009
Netbook shipments grow at twice the rate of notebooks in 2Q09, says DisplaySearch
The total notebook market posted strong on-quarter and on-year growth as shipments surged past the 38 million mark in the second quarter of 2009, according to figures from DisplayS...
Tuesday 1 September 2009
Taiwan market: Lenovo to launch VIA-based IdeaPad S12
Lenovo recently launched is IdeaPad S12 U2250 netbook featuring VIA Technologies' Nano processor, a 12.1-inch LED-backlit screen, 2GB memory and a built-in 1.3-megapixel web camera...
Monday 31 August 2009
DTS-equipped notebooks and netbooks will be ready for 2010, says CEO
DTS has recently announced that its audio solutions will be adopted by Asustek Computer on its motherboards, while company president and CEO Jon Kirchner has further noted that DTS-equipped...
Friday 28 August 2009
July large-size LCD panel shipments up almost 40% on year, says DisplaySearch
Large-size TFT-LCD panel shipments in July reached 49.2 million units, up 5% sequentially and 39% on year, which set a new record for monthly large-size LCD panel shipments, according...
Friday 28 August 2009
LCD TVs will continue to grow with increasing demand and penetration, says Corning CEO
LCD TVs still have big growth potential because their current penetration rate remains low at 13% of the total two billion units of installed TVs worldwide, according to Corning CEO...
Friday 28 August 2009
ECS sees drop in 1H09 revenues
Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) has posted consolidated revenues of NT$36.72 billion (US$1.12 billion) for the first half of 2009, a drop of 7% on year, while net profits grew 88%...