Compal Electronics reportedly will ship 4-4.5 million notebooks in March, benefiting from Acer starting to ship its new Intel-based notebooks, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) report.

Within Compal's March shipments, Acer is expected to contribute about 40% of the volume, compare to February, Acer's notebook orders to Compal in March will grow 30-50% on month, the paper added.