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Wednesday 6 May 2009
Commentary: Is someone in Taiwan sitting on a pile of Atom CPUs?
The reports that Intel is cracking down on notebook makers and IC distributors in Taiwan to stop Atom CPUs and chipsets...
Wednesday 6 May 2009
Large-size panel revenues down 17% sequentially in 1Q09, but 47% growth likely for 2Q09, says DisplaySearch
Large-size TFT-LCD panel (10-inch and larger) shipments reached 91.5 million units in the first quarter of 2009, a decline of 3% sequentially and 18% on year, according to DisplaySearch...
Tuesday 5 May 2009
Taiwan market: Lenovo to reduce netbook prices
PC vendor Lenovo plans to reduce the price for its netbook IdeaPad S10 by up to NT$2,000 (US$60.58) in the Taiwan market in order to stimulate shipments, according to market source...
Tuesday 5 May 2009
Samsung announces new netbooks
Samsung Electronics America has announced the N110 and N120, new additions to the company's netbook lineup.
Tuesday 5 May 2009
Atom-based netbooks a bit too popular in China for Intel's liking, say sources
Starting from the beginning of May, Intel has been carefully monitoring Atom supply in the China market and controlling availability through rejecting orders from some China-based...
Monday 4 May 2009
Asustek to launch 11.6-inch Eee PC later this month
Asustek Computer plans to launch an 11.6-inch Eee PC later this month, but will still consider 10-inch the mainstream specification for 2009, accounting for 50% of total shipments,...
Monday 4 May 2009
Pegatron turns to second-tier brand and local channel vendors for notebook orders
Pegatron Technology has turned its focus from targeting first-tier brand notebook vendors to second-tier and local channel vendors in each region, according to sources at channel...
Monday 4 May 2009
Netbook growth might end when economy recovers, says iSuppli
As consumers' disposable incomes dwindle, they are flocking to buy low-cost netbook PCs, driving global shipments up by 68.5% in 2009 and by a 2,424% in 2008, according to iSuppli.
Thursday 30 April 2009
Atom market on track, says Intel
While recent market reports have some makers claiming that demand for the Intel Atom processor is slowing while other players, notably in the China market, are saying that supply...
Thursday 30 April 2009
Gigabyte, ECS and Flextronics roll out Intel white-box notebooks
Taiwan-based motherboard and notebook makers Gigabyte Technology and Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) as well as Singapore-based EMS firm Flextronics International have launched...
Thursday 30 April 2009
China white-box market seeing no Atom shortages, says local netbook maker
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...
Thursday 30 April 2009
Netbooks to see the fastest growth among all other notebooks, says Quanta chairman
Barry Lam, Chairman of Quanta has commented that netbooks will continue to see the fastest growth among all types of notebooks in 2009 and beyond.
Thursday 30 April 2009
Mobile computing and CE devices to drive next wave of rapid GPS growth, reports In-Stat
Although cellular handsets will continue to dominate shipments of devices with integrated GPS, the next growth spurt will come from mobile consumer electronics (CE) and mobile computing...
Thursday 30 April 2009
ISS Asia Pacific: Foxconn showcases netbooks and nettops
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has unveiled its Qbook netbook and Qbox nettop at the Intel Solutions Summit (ISS) being held in Australia, marking the EMS giant's...
Thursday 30 April 2009
Asia-Pacific market to see netbook shipment growth of 82% in 2009, says Gartner
Shipments of mini-notebooks (netbooks) in Asia-Pacific will reach four million units in 2009, growing by a robust 82% over 2008, according to Gartner. Growth will stabilize at 20%...