PC Vendors Hesitant Over Optical Drive Market. blue laser optical. International PC vendors, including Hewlett-Packard (HP), Sony and Taiwan-based Acer and Asustek Computer, have had Blu-ray Disc (BD) or HD DVD optical disc drives on their roadmaps to launch...

sources, some players in the US retail channels such as Circuit City and K-Mart have looked to extend their payment terms to LCD TV vendors from a two-month period to a 3-4 month period, resulting in some smaller vendors facing liquidity problems. More here...

Graphics Card and Workstation Vendors Saw Strong Q4'07 Sales. graphics workstation shipping. The fourth quarter of 2007 was the strongest of the year for graphics cards vendors, according to Jon Peddie Research (JPR).. The fourth quarter of 2007 was the...

Laptop Sales Slow Until July - Channel Vendors. laptop centrino vista. Affected by the US financial crisis plus the news that Intel will launch its new Centrino 2 (Montevina) platform by the end of May, most consumers are taking a wait and see attitude over...

Notebook Vendors To Take More Delivery Of Li-polymer Batteries. notebook battery. International branded PC vendors are likely to take delivery of more lithium-ion polymer (Li-polymer) batteries for their notebook PCs due to the ongoing shortage of lithium-ion...

Notebook Vendors Expect ODM Quotes To Drop. notebook ODM. With notebook makers increasing their ODM quotes to reflect increasing costs, sources at notebook PC vendors think unless the makers reach an agreement over price, pricing competition should soon appear...

Notebook Vendors To Cut Panel Orders In July. notebook LCD. Due to a slow second quarter this year, the worldwide top-three notebook vendors are reported to have not met their shipments goal, creating and overstock of components..   Due to a slow second quarter...

PC Vendors Pessimistic About MIDs. MID Centrino Atom. Although Intel is aggressively pushing MIDs (Mobile Internet Devices) and its Centrino Atom platform, PC vendors still feel pessimistic about the market's future..   Although Intel is aggressively pushing...

PC Vendors Asking For Reductions In ODM/OEM Quotes For Blu-ray Drives. OEM ODM Blu ray. PC vendors including Hewlett-Packard (HP), Dell, Acer and Asustek Computer want a considerably large reduction in ODM/OEM prices of Blu-ray Disc (BD) Combo and BD-ROM drives,...