Monday, October 13, 2003
The officials at Intel's Taiwan business unit predicted that by 2006, half of the desktop PC will replace by notebook PCs. The statement came as sales of laptops supporting Intel's new Centrino technology have been rising since the platform was launched half a year ago.
Intel Taiwan's manager, Kelly Wu said: "Centrino laptops accounted for 50 percent of all notebook PC shipments in Q3, and Intel expects the number to increase to 70 percent by the end of the year." Hotspots in Taipei are progressing steadily as number of cafes, hotels, restaurants and other public space equipped with wireless Internet connections, which attracted many consumers.
While Intel has certified over 16,000 hotspots around the world, more than the 15,000 the company had expected for the year, Wu said. The company expects the number of Intel-certified hotspots to be over 20,000 worldwide by the end of this year and over 9,000 in Asia alone, of which over half will be in South Korea, she said.
Beside the notebook PCs, Taiwan's largest internet service provider (ISP), Chunghwa Telecom has signed an agreement with Yaw Jenq Technology to establish Intel-certified Wi-Fi points at cafes, restaurants and airports. The Wi-Fi in Taiwan will speedup than any countries in Asia region. Presently Taiwan has 550 hotspots. According to IDC statistic, the desktop-to-notebook ratio worldwide is about three to one, and with notebook sales growing at two-digit percentage points each year. The total notebook PC shipments will increase to 56.333 million by 2006 from 37.121 million expected for this year, up 51.17 percent.
Taiwan becomes the number one supplier of notebook where top international brands such as IBM, HP, Dell and Apple are sending OEM orders to Taiwanese companies. Leading Taiwanese notebooks makers are Quanta, Asustek, Compal, Hon Hai Precision and others are now concentrating in Centrino notebook PCs.
By: DocMemory
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