TAIPEI (AFX) - Asustek Computer Inc (2357.TW) has secured a contract from Apple Computer Inc for iBook notebook personal computers, estimated at about 1.2 mln units initially, the Commercial Times reported, without citing sources.
The laptops will be powered by Intel Corp microprocessors and equipped with 13.3-inch liquid crystal display panels.
Apple Computer will start selling the notebook PCs from June, while contract suppliers of panels to start deliveries from April.
The US firm will source the panels for the laptops from AU Optronics Corp (2409.TW) and Chi Mei Optoelectronics Corp (3009.TW) as well as South Korea's LG Philips LCD.
AU Optronics is expected to supply about 40,000-50,000 panels to Apple a month, it added.
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