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Taiwan notebook ODMs
Taiwan notebook Original Design Manufacturers (ODMs) account for more than 90% of global notebook production and Digitimes is there to provide daily updates on shipments, supplier contracts and financial data on the more than 10 Taiwan makers involved in notebook manufacturing.
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Tuesday 30 June 2009
Over 90% of Radiant notebook BLUs to be LED by end of 2009
Taiwan-based Radiant Opto-Electronics expects LED backlight units (BLUs) to account for over 90% of its total notebook BLU shipments by the end of 2009, according to the company.
Tuesday 30 June 2009
Netbooks to make head start in adopting touch panels, suppliers say
Touch panel makers believe that netbooks will make a head start in adopting touch panels to utilize the Windows 7 operating system (OS), compared to regular notebooks and LCD monitors,...
Monday 29 June 2009
First-tier notebook makers to transfer connector orders away from Foxconn, says paper
First-tier notebook makers are starting to transfer their connector orders from Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) to other Taiwan-based connector makers to counter...
Monday 29 June 2009
Quanta and Inventec to benefit from expanding HP orders, says paper
Taiwan-based notebook makers Quanta Computer and Inventec are expected to benefit from Hewlett-Packard's (HP's) recent increase in notebook orders, according to a Chinese-language...
Monday 29 June 2009
FPCB shipments for LED light bars rising
Flexium Interconnect and Career Technology have indicated that demand for flexible PCBs (FPCBs) used in LED light bars is increasing as almost all new notebook models launched in...
Monday 29 June 2009
Shuttle rumored to be looking at notebook market
Shuttle is rumored to be considering entering notebook market following the recruitment of Elitegroup Computer Systems' (ECS') ex-president of notebook business as its new president,...
Monday 29 June 2009
ECS drops notebook shipment guidance to four million units for 2009
Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) shipped around 1.6 million notebooks in the first half of 2009 and expects annual shipments to reach four million units, down from its previous forecast...
Friday 26 June 2009
Gateway debuts new notebooks and a netbook
Gateway has debuted its new NV series entertainment notebooks that pair the latest notebook technologies and one-touch buttons at an affordable price as well as its new AMD-based...
Friday 26 June 2009
Foxconn lands AMD-based notebook orders from HP, says paper
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has recently landed AMD-based 15-inch notebook orders from Hewlett-Packard (HP) and will ship around two million units over five quarters...
Friday 26 June 2009
Quanta notebook shipments picking up
Notebook shipments from Quanta Computer in June 2009 are picking up momentum due to increasing orders from Apple, according to market sources in Taiwan.
Friday 26 June 2009
Shortage of 1.8-inch HDDs may hamper ultra-thin notebook and netbook shipments in 3Q09
Supplies of 1.8-inch hard disk drives (HDDs) have become increasing tight recently as Samsung Electronics has suspended development of such products, according to sources at notebook...
Thursday 25 June 2009
Epistar and Formosa Epitaxy expected to turn profitable in 2Q09
Taiwan-based LED chipmakers Epistar and Formosa Epitaxy are expected to turn profitable starting in the second quarter of 2009 due to increasing demand for backlighting and general...
Thursday 25 June 2009
Cando to convert 4.5G CF production line to touch panels
Taiwan-based Cando will convert its 4.5G color filter (CF) line to a capacitive touch panel line amid surging demand for notebook touch panels, according to the company. The company...
Thursday 25 June 2009
Quanta clarifies rumor of Foxconn headhunting from the company, reports paper
Quanta Computer has clarified rumors that Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has recruited a 30-person notebook R&D team from Quanta, according to a Chinese-language...
Thursday 25 June 2009
AMD aims to gain back 15% share of notebook market
AMD has set an internal guidance to gain back a 15% share of the global notebook market, according to sources at notebook vendors.