TAIPEI -- Worldwide shipments of netbooks are expected snare a 17.2% share of
the overall notebook PC market in 2009, according to a new research report.
Netbook OEMs shipped 14.6 million
units in 2008, a number that's expected to climb to 26.3 million
units this year, research firm Displaybank asserts.
Asustek Computer
and Acer own the lion's share of the market, with more than 70% of shipments in 2008, the firm said. The top five makers of netbooks are Acer (37.2%), Asus (33.2%), HP (7.5%), MSI (4.8%) and Intel (2.2%).
NEW YORK – Cisco’s lower guidance suggests lower sales for its top EMS suppliers, including Jabil, Celestica, Flextronics and Sanmina-SCI, an industry analyst said yesterday.