日前，有媒体报道，受电子业全球第一的CM厂商鸿海下调笔记本连接器价格影响，全球笔记本连接器市场引发一轮价格战。据悉，鸿海此举是想夺回去年因进入笔记本装配市场而失去的连接器市场份额。

Many notebook-computer makers have turned to other connector suppliers away from Hon Hai for the components although the company is among the world’s top-five connector suppliers. Many of the computer makers have vowed that they would not buy the components from Hon Hai unless the company would undersell its products by at least 20%.

Some connector suppliers pointed out that Hon Hai has begun cutting prices of its connectors since beginning of this month.

Some notebook-computer makers said it does not make sense for them to continue refusing to accept Hon Hai’s connectors once its pricing has become attractively low.

Industry watchers note that Hon Hai’s connectors have been recognized unmatched from viewpoint of the company’s quality, lead time, capacity, and service, making them convincingly acceptable.

Last year alone, connector contributed NT$10 billion (US$303 million at US$1:NT$33) to Hon Hai’s NT$55.1 billion (US$1.6 billion) in earnings.

Although Hon Hai’s underpricing move will undoubtedly erode business of some connector suppliers, some of them have pledged they would not compete on price with Hon Hai. Among them are Alltop Technology Co., Ltd. and ACES.