Despite the general grim perspective of the personal computer market for the upcoming year, Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) is estimated to have an annual notebook shipment growth of 30% to 4.2 million units, in 2009. The news comes as the company is expected to receive more orders from smaller vendors in China, for low-cost systems.

 

According to a recent news-article on Digitimes, citing a Chinese-language Apply Daily report, ECS is expected to boost its shipments of notebook computers by an impressive 30 percent. The growth is alleged to be due specifically to an increase in demand for low-cost systems, coming from vendors in China. These new orders are expected to come from the company's clients in the Asian country, such as Hajer, Tsinghua Tongfang, Founder Technology and Hasee, which are to account for 20% of the company's notebook shipments this year.

 

The cited newspaper reports that ECS is expected to record notebook shipments of 3.1-3.2 million units, this year, up from the 2.5 million recorded in 2007. That notebook shipment figure is expected to grow to approximately 4.2 million in 2009, despite the grim outlook on the computer market, mainly due to the current global financial situation.

 

In other news, ECS, one of the global leading motherboard makers, recently announced the introduction of the first AM3 Phenom II-ready motherboard, the A790GXM-AD3. With the new product, the company basically provides support for all of the upcoming 45nm-based AMD processors, which are expected to boost the levels of performance currently achieved by the company's range of Phenom processors. The motherboard also provides support for the newest DDR3 memory, a feature that will be enabled by the arrival of the new AMD desktop CPUs.

 

The company is heading for an interesting 2009, ready to provide its customers with support for the latest hardware technologies available on the market.