Asustek Computer, which recently established a division to develop notebooks running on desktop CPUs, said that it would launch its notebook equipped with Intel’s desktop Pentium 4 (P4) processor in the second quarter. Johnny Shih, chairman of Asustek, will directly oversee the operations of the new division.
The Taiwan-based company is projected to ship 1.5 million notebooks this year and hopes to become one of Taiwan’s top five notebook manufacturers in 2003. Desktop CPU notebooks will play a major role in Asustek’s rise to first-tier status.
Quanta Computer and Compal Electronics, the top two notebook producers in Taiwan, will ship approximately 3.5 million units and five million units in 2002, respectively.
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