Notebook PCB Demand Remains Weak

[HardOCP News]

DigiTimes says that makers of notebook-use printed circuit boards are bracing for slow sales as clients remain “cautious” about building up their inventory amid persistent low demand. How low can demand be? Just last month there was supposedly “strong demand” for laptops and Intel even said it would double mobile processor shipments by 2011.

HannStar Board's February consolidated sales dropped 20% to NT$1.48 billion (US$47.88 million), but judging from its present lead time of three weeks, there is little indication that orders are picking up, the sources said, adding it remains to be seen whether the company's March revenues will grow.

 

[elektronisch]

Its just a bunch of wall street dickheads manipulating the market. Move along, nothing worth reading here.

 

[Fuzzy Logik]

probably recession fears, people are panic prone

 

[matrix563]

get the laptops now cheap while u can

 

[Kenworth]

Wasn't it only like a month ago we were reading articles like "LAPTOP SALES THROUGH THE ROOF, NOW OFFICIALLY FASTEST GROWING SECTOR OF COMPUTER MARKET!"? Then they sighted the thousands upon thousands of sales from HP, Dell, and Asus. Now this. Yeah, I love the media.