Intel expects 45nm notebook CPUs to account for 50% of shipments in the second quarter of 2008. Mosel gets rid of ChipMOS shares. Lite-On may land OEM orders for the Xbox 360 HD-DVD ROM drives.

While Toshiba is currently the only OEM maker of Xbox 360 external HD DVD-ROM drives, Microsoft is expected to seek one or two more OEM makers to minimize production costs, the sources noted. Lite-On IT, with strong competitiveness in lowering costs, may become an additional OEM maker, the sources pointed out. Lite-On IT is currently an OEM maker of Xbox 360 internal DVD-ROM drives, the sources said.