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Wednesday 4 February 2009
VIA suffers revenue drop in January
VIA Technologies recently announced revenues of NT$367 million (US$11 million) for January this year, drops of 16.78% on month and 61.33% on year.
Wednesday 4 February 2009
Top-four makers shipped around six million notebooks in January
Although Taiwan's top-four notebook makers saw their shipments drop by around 30% on month in January this year, total shipments for the four makers (notebooks and netbooks combined)...
Tuesday 3 February 2009
Taiwan notebook industry pessimistic about US$20 notebook from India
With India planning to produce a notebook priced at US$20, sources from Taiwan's notebook industry are pessimistic about the future of the project.
Tuesday 3 February 2009
Wistron chairman discusses trends for 2009
Wistron chairman Simon Lin has said that the company will not compete for netbook orders in 2009 since netbook products do not provide much toward overall profitability, however,...
Tuesday 3 February 2009
Handset maker BYD to move into netbook production, reports say
BYD Electronics, the Hong Kong-listed OEM handset subsidiary of China-based BYD Company, plans to venture into the production of OEM netbooks, according to media reports in China.
Friday 23 January 2009
Ion-based PCs to hit the market by 2Q or 3Q this year, says Nvidia
Although no PC vendor has yet officially confirmed it is planning to produce products based on Nvidia's Ion platform, according to Nvidia, some PC vendors have adopted the chipset...
Friday 23 January 2009
Demand from traditional notebooks is recovering, say CMOS image sensor makers
CMOS image sensor makers have seen a warming up of image sensor orders for low-end traditional notebooks mostly from Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Dell. Order visibility extends until...
Friday 23 January 2009
PCB makers optimistic about smartphone and netbook segment in 2009
Despite an expected decline in PCB production value, PCB makers expect netbook and smartphone applications to be growth drivers in 2009, benefiting related PCB companies Unitech Printed...
Thursday 22 January 2009
Asustek is facing three major risks that could damage its profitability, says paper
Asustek Computer is currently facing three major risks that could damage its profitability in the future, according to a Goldman Sachs' report as cited by the Chinese-language Commercial...
Thursday 22 January 2009
Acer considering to stop shipping the 8.9-inch Aspire one in 2Q09
Acer is reportedly considering phasing out its consumer 8.9-inch Aspire one in the second quarter of 2009 to make way for the upcoming 10.1-inch model, according to notebook industry...
Wednesday 21 January 2009
MIPS sees opportunities in China netbook market
MIPS Technologies has successfully entered the market for Linux-based netbook platforms in China, according to Mark Pittman, vice president of Asia Pacific sales at MIPS.
Tuesday 20 January 2009
Next-generation netbook launches to benefit Taiwan IC designers in 1Q09
Taiwan IC design companies have seen stronger orders in January from netbook OEMs thanks to the upcoming launches of new generation Acer Aspire One netbooks as well as Asustek Computer's...
Tuesday 20 January 2009
Acer may not meet its netbook shipment guidance for 2008, say market watchers
In addition to Asustek Computer, which did not meet its shipment goal of five million netbooks for 2008, some market watchers believe that Acer has also missed out on its shipment...
Tuesday 20 January 2009
Intel to launch Pineview CPU for netbooks in 2H09
Intel plans to launch its next generation Atom CPU (codenamed Pineview) in the second half of 2009 with a single-core version targeting netbooks and a dual-core for nettops, according...
Monday 19 January 2009
Asustek details reorganization plans
Asustek Computer plans to announce a series of business reorganization plans after the Lunar New Year break, according to Jerry Shen, president of the company.