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Thursday 1 September 2011
Gross margins for PC ODMs expected to turn healthy in 2012
Gross margins of PC ODM players are expected to return healthy in 2012 as the notebook supply chain has already reached a mutual consensus to refuse low-margin orders in the future,...
Tuesday 30 August 2011
HP upstream suppliers suffered from piled up TouchPad components
As first-tier PC brand vendor Hewlett-Packard (HP) has recently halted all its TouchPad projects, upstream suppliers are currently suffering from the component inventory, which is...
Thursday 25 August 2011
Tablet PC fever is already cooling down, says Acer chairman
Acer chairman JT Wang, commenting on tablet PC's impact on the notebook industry, pointed out that tablet PC fever is already starting to cool down and consumers are also being attracted...
Monday 22 August 2011
Ultrabooks and Windows 8 to drive sales momentum for notebooks in 2012, says Wistron chairman
The launch of ultrabooks and Microsoft's Windows 8 OS will serve as growth drivers for the notebook industry in 2012, according to Simon Lin, chairman of Taiwan-based notebook ODM...
Thursday 18 August 2011
Intel to ship new netbook platform in November
Intel recently adjusted the launch schedule of its next-generation netbook platform, Cedar Trail-M, from September to November because the platform has encountered some graphics driver...
Thursday 11 August 2011
Compal sees drop in July revenues and notebook shipments
Compal Electronics has announced consolidated revenues of NT$55.95 billion (US$1.93 billion) for July, down 6% on month, with combined consolidated revenues from January to July also...
Wednesday 3 August 2011
Growth of DRAM content in PC to slow after 2012, says IHS
The growth rate of DRAM content in personal computers (PCs) is set for a historic decline, with the average annual increase in DRAM amount for each new PC not expected to exceed 35%...
Tuesday 26 July 2011
Asustek may have difficulties achieving 2011 notebook shipment goal
Taiwan-based notebook vendor Asustek has achieved a strong performance in the tablet PC market, but may not be able to achieve its shipment goal of 20 million notebooks and netbooks...
Wednesday 20 July 2011
Google, Intel set to upgrade Chromebook performance
Google plans to upgrade the Chromebook design from originally adopting Atom N570 processors to mainstream Core i series processors to significantly boost system performance, while...
Thursday 30 June 2011
Asustek optimistic about performance in China
Asustek Computer, at a product launch conference in China, pointed out that notebook demand in the China market was weak in the second quarter, but as the IT market will enter the...
Wednesday 29 June 2011
Insyde brings UEFI BIOS to TI OMAP platform supporting next-version Windows
Insyde Software has announced the delivery of UEFI BIOS and engineering services to customers designing ultra-thin laptops, tablets and mobile internet devices based on the ARM-based...
Thursday 9 June 2011
Acer places orders for 80,000 Z series APUs from AMD for tablet PCs
Acer has recently placed orders for 80,000 Z series APUs from AMD for use in tablet PCs, targeting the enterprise market, according to sources from upstream component makers. However,...
Wednesday 8 June 2011
Windows 8 Preview to bring 4 major factors to mobile device industry, says Digitimes Research
Microsoft's display, at Computex 2011, of the touch controls of Windows 8 using the company's technologies from Windows Phone 7's Metro UI. Digitimes Research believes Microsoft using...
Tuesday 7 June 2011
ARM to own 40% share in 2015 notebook market with help from Windows 8, says ARM president
ARM CEO Tudor Brown, during an exclusive interview with Digitimes, pointed out that he estimates that ARM will be able to take a 40% share of the global notebook market in 2015, helping...
Friday 3 June 2011
Microsoft says companies are welcome to join new OS development
Despite adjustments made in the development process of Windows 8, Microsoft claimed it has reserved space for new partners to join its Integrated Development Program (IDP).