TAIWAN COMPUTER HARDWARE OUTPUT SEEN RISING IN 2002.(Reuters) Taiwan's production of desktop computers is projected to rise 3.9 percent to US$6.9 billion in 2002, while notebook computers A laptop computer that weighs in a range from five to seven pounds. The term originated when laptops were routinely more than 10 pounds, and those that became lighter were placed in a special "notebook" category. In practice, notebook computer and laptop computer are synonymous. are seen remaining flat at US$12.69 billion, a research agency said on Wednesday. The gains will come on the back of a recovery in the battered bat·ter 1 v. bat·tered, bat·ter·ing, bat·ters v.tr. 1. To hit heavily and repeatedly with violent blows. 2. To subject to repeated beatings or physical abuse. 3. global PC industry that will begin in the second half of 2002, Abel Wang, research director at the hardware department of the Market Intelligence Center (MIC), told a technology seminar. MIC is the market research arm of the government-funded think tank, the Institute for Information Industry. Shipments of desktop PCs would amount to 27 million units in 2002, up 5.8 percent from 2001, and local notebook PC makers would ship 14.6 million units next year, up 5.2 percent from this year, Wang said. That would represent a modest rebound rebound (rē´bownd), n/v 1. a recovery from illness. n 2. an outbreak of fresh reflex activity after withdrawal of a stimulus rebound adjective from a very tough 2001. Total production of Taiwan's information technology hardware in 2001 is expected to fall 10.3 percent from a year ago to US$42.2 billion due to a global economic slowdown For articles with similar titles, see Slow Down (disambiguation). A slowdown is an industrial action in which employees perform their duties but seek to reduce productivity or efficiency in their performance of these duties. , Wang estimated. "After the events of September 11, shrinking corporate spending and weak consumption in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. have added pressure on the computer industry," he said, referring to the suicide hijacked airliner attacks on U.S. landmarks. In the consumer market, Wang said the this year's seasonal Christmas boom is unlikely to match market expectations even after Microsoft launched its new operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. , Windows XP The previous client version of Windows. XP was a major upgrade to the client version of Windows 2000 with numerous changes to the user interface. XP improved support for gaming, digital photography, instant messaging, wireless networking and sharing connections to the Internet. . Taiwan is the the world's third largest computer equipment maker and the fourth largest semiconductor maker, and most of its electronics firms are contract suppliers to their U.S. counterparts. This year, the production value of Taiwan's notebook computers will drop 6.3 percent from 2000 to US$12.7 billion, while that of desktop computers would slip 14.8 percent to US$6.64 billion, the MIC said in a report. In addition, the production value of computer motherboards would fall 2.9 percent from a year ago to US$5.51 billion in 2001, the MIC said. In 2001, about 47 percent of Taiwan's desktop PC production and some 53 percent of Taiwan's motherboard Also called the "system board," it is the main printed circuit board in an electronic device, which contains sockets that accept additional boards. In a desktop computer, the motherboard contains the CPU, chipset, PCI bus slots, AGP slot, memory sockets and controller circuits for the production will come from manufacturing plants in China. Although the government still bans companies from investing in semiconductor and notebook computer production in the mainland, notebook makers say they have made preparations to quickly begin mainland production when the green light is given. The government has recently proposed ending the ban on notebook production in China, but still awaits approval from the cabinet. |
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