Reported on Digitimes.com
Shuttle enjoyed record revenues of NT$1.29 billion in the fourth quarter of 2001. In addition to motherboards, the company?s new mini-barebone systems products have also turned in better-than-expected sales. This year, Shuttle will strengthen its barebone systems operation by launching two new, high-end products: Pentium 4-based mini PCs at the end of January and the Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Athlon-based line in early February. According to sources, both products will use six-layer PCBs. The P4 one will be equipped with the SiS650 chipset from Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS), and the Athlon line with the SiS740. The company estimated that it should be able to ship 20,000-25,000 units per month this year.
As for its motherboard business, Shuttle has outsourced its production to Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) in the past two years to reduce costs. As a result, the utilization rate at its Dayuan factory has been dropping. However, lately with tighter and tighter capacity, ECS has outsourced part of its notebook motherboard production back to Shuttle. According to Shuttle, all of its production lines are booked until April. At present, its Dayuan plant is able to produce 100,000 notebook motherboards per month.
Despite the new orders from ECS, Shuttle has not changed its plan to outsource its motherboard production to ECS. In fact, considering the overall costs, the second-tier maker has decided to ask ECS to manufacture all its desktop motherboards in China. Its Taiwan plant will concentrate on producing barebone systems only. Shuttle said that it has no plan to expand its capacity in Taiwan either.
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Shuttle enjoyed record revenues of NT$1.29 billion in the fourth quarter of 2001. In addition to motherboards, the company?s new mini-barebone systems products have also turned in better-than-expected sales. This year, Shuttle will strengthen its barebone systems operation by launching two new, high-end products: Pentium 4-based mini PCs at the end of January and the Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Athlon-based line in early February. According to sources, both products will use six-layer PCBs. The P4 one will be equipped with the SiS650 chipset from Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS), and the Athlon line with the SiS740. The company estimated that it should be able to ship 20,000-25,000 units per month this year.
As for its motherboard business, Shuttle has outsourced its production to Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) in the past two years to reduce costs. As a result, the utilization rate at its Dayuan factory has been dropping. However, lately with tighter and tighter capacity, ECS has outsourced part of its notebook motherboard production back to Shuttle. According to Shuttle, all of its production lines are booked until April. At present, its Dayuan plant is able to produce 100,000 notebook motherboards per month.
Despite the new orders from ECS, Shuttle has not changed its plan to outsource its motherboard production to ECS. In fact, considering the overall costs, the second-tier maker has decided to ask ECS to manufacture all its desktop motherboards in China. Its Taiwan plant will concentrate on producing barebone systems only. Shuttle said that it has no plan to expand its capacity in Taiwan either.
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