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%).

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