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| Symbol | Name | Time | Trade | Change | % Chg | Volume | P/E Ratio | EPS | Mkt Cap |
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| 2324.TW | Compal | 06:30 GMT | 31.40 | 0.00 | 0.00% | 4030076 | N/A | 0.00 | N/A |
Latest Compal news
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Microsoft's hold over Android grows
Redmond told ZDnet that it is the latest in a long string of such agreements, and covers smartphones, e-readers and tablets. It has signed deals with Quanta, Wistron and Compal already. -
Nokia tipped to release Windows on ARM tablet
According to Digitimes' sources, Nokia is planning to release a Windows on ARM tablet running on a Qualcomm dual-core platform. It could be out as early as Q4, this year. The device is expected to ship with a 10 inch screen, but further than that details are sparce. -
Nokia sacks 4,000 of its factory workers
Lumia 700 and 800 series smartphones are currently sourced from Compal Communications, we are told. However, previous rumours that Nokia will keep Lumia 900 devices manufactured in-house seem to lose relevance, as the Finnish phone designer must lop off its factories as fast as it can to regain inve -
Taiwanese firms see dismal results as Thai floods take effect
Contract notebook manufacturers Quanta and Compal also announced that component shortages in Thailand would hurt shipments of devices in the fourth quarter. -
Vendors slash ODM orders 10 percent
A decent third quarter - where ODMs gained generally 20 percent growth over Q2 - is set for slowing in the fourth. Compal and Quanta have both reportedly lost momentum for orders in the channel. -
HP Ultrabook rumoured in the works
RumourThen Acer has brought in Wistron as the ODM for the 13.3 inch Aspire S3, they say, while Compal will work on the 15 inch model. Compal will also look after Lenovo's IdeaPad U300s, and Pegatron will be drafted in for Asustek's UX21 and UX31. -
Samsung tipped to buy HP PC arm
Digitimes has heard that Samsung executives have been wining and dining HP notebook contractors Quanta Computer, Compal Electronics and Pegatron Technology. -
Hon Hai loses notebook orders to smaller ODMs
Taiwanese notebook manufacturers Compal and Wistron have snatched big orders from giant Hon Hai because the ODM giant wants to make tablets and smartphones, not notebooks. -
Toshiba sells Mexican LCD plant for peanuts
Just as Hitachi, Toshiba and Sony merge to create a monster in LCD, Toshiba is selling off one of its Central American plants in Mexico - to a bidder and friend in Taiwan's Compal. -
Flextronics ponders the future of notebooks
If the reports are true, Taiwanese ODMs (original design manufacturers) such as Wistron and Compal will make hay while the sun shines. And, of course, then there is Hon Hai (Foxconn), which no doubt will also benefit from the move if Flextronics truly has had enough pain. -
Component shortage leads to secret stockpiling
While both component suppliers and device manufacturers are apparently claiming that they have not seen any shortages and won’t do so until the end of the month, a Digitimes source has said that Asustek, Acer, Motorola, Apple, HTC, Quanta and Compal have all started to make aggressive moves - to ens -
Tablet cannibalisation devours Compal profits
Compal Electronics has posted a massive 58.96 percentage decline in profits after being hit by the shift towards tablets at the expense of notebooks. -
PC market is fine claims Compal
Hardware maker Compal is insisting that things are fine in the PC market despite predictions of doom. -
ODMs back AMD Fusion for high definition PCs
Fusion whitebooks can be bought now from ODMs like Compal, ECS and MSI. As well as Clevo, Coby, Hasee and Shuttle. -
Smartphones, tablets sink notebook battleship
Panels will be like gold dust. Chunghwa Picture Tubes is teaming up with Compal, one of the biggest manufacturers of laptops for the multinationals, to piece together a business in touch panel glass. -
Netbooks will fend off tablet challenge in 2011
Furthermore, the president of Compal Electronics, a major netbook manufacturer with Acer, has said that netbook shipments up until the fourth quarter of 2010 have performed well. -
Linaro completes first engineering cycle with Cortex-A9 demo
“Linaro can help change the embedded open source world for the better by reducing non-value-add fragmentation and creating a place where the ARM partnership can collaborate to advance open source,” said Leonard Tsai, vice president of Compal Innovation Design & Technology. -
Notebook makers retrieve mojo from Intel platforms
For the final quarter of 2010, Taiwanese makers of notebooks Compal and Quanta are both expecting five percent sequential growth. Wistron is expecting between, er zero and five percent growth and Inventec is hovering around the five percent mark too.
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