Combined shipments of the global top-5 notebook brand vendors dipped 5% on month and went down over 30% on year for the second consecutive month in August due to the ongoing demand shrinkage caused by the weak global economy, slower-than-expected digestion of the vendors' channel and raw material inventory, the vendors' pessimistic outlook of the notebook market, and the influence of the power curb in China's Sichuan Province.

Combined shipments of the global top 5 notebook brand vendors dipped 5% on month and went down over 30% on year for the second consecutive month in August due to ongoing demand shrinkage as a result of the weak global economy, slower-than-expected digestion of the vendors' channel and raw material inventory, the vendors having pessimistic outlook of the notebook market, and the influence of the power curb in China's Sichuan Province, according to DIGITIMES Research's latest Notebook Tracker figures.

India's tablet shipments went up nearly 70% on year in the first quarter of 2022 with Samsung Electronics being the largest tablet brand, followed by Lenovo. The two vendors together contribute over 50% of India's overall tablet shipments, according to DIGITIMES Research's latest figures. India-based Lava was the third largest tablet brand in the quarter.

As enterprises accelerate their pace of digital transformation and increase the use of cloud services, server brand vendors are keen on expanding their cloud services subscription business in 2022, according to DIGITIMES Research.

Global automotive display shipments are expected to reach 197 million units in 2022, up 7.2% on year, and will continue to grow to 288 million units by 2027 with a CAGR of 7.9% over the five-year period, according to DIGITIMES Research's figures.

PC monitor shipments from Taiwan makers reached 23 million units in second-quarter 2022, flat sequentially and up 3.9% on year. But shipments will drop in the third quarter, and global PC monitor shipments will see an on-year decline of 2.9% to reach 141 million units in whole-year 2022, according to DIGITIMES Research.

Global notebook shipments, not including models with a detachable keyboard, dropped 16% sequentially and 24% on year in the second quarter of 2022, but the volumes will see sequential growths in the third and fourth quarters, according to DIGITIMES Research's figures from the Notebook Tracker.

Global server shipments are estimated to grow only 3.3% sequentially in the second quarter of 2022, much lower than the nearly 9% increase that DIGITIMES Research initially anticipated in April, but will continue to rise in the third quarter before dropping in the fourth quarter, according to the latest figures from DIGITIMES Research's Server Tracker.

The global top-5 notebook brands (not including Apple) saw their combined shipments slip 28% on month and over 30% on year in July as the worsening global economy has continued undermining market demand and dimming the industry's outlook.

The global top-5 notebook brands (not including Apple) saw their combined shipments slip 28% on month and over 30% on year in July as the worsening global economy continues undermining market demand and dimming the industry's outlook, according to DIGITIMES Research's latest Notebook Tracker figures.

China-based smartphone brands saw their combined shipments slip 5.2% sequentially and 4.6% on year to come to around 150 million units in the second quarter of 2022, according to figures from DIGITIMES Research's Smartphone Tracker.

Apple is expected to diversify its MacBook production in China to avoid placing all the eggs in one basket, according to DIGITIMES Research senior analyst Jim Hsiao for the Notebook Tracker.