Taiwan's notebook shipments grew 4.3% sequentially but decreased 4.7% on year in the third quarter of 2018, as Intel's CPU shortages affected vendors' overall order placements.

Worldwide notebook shipments are forecast to increase 2.8% sequentially to their highest levels for 2018 in the fourth quarter thanks to strong seasonal demand and improving Intel...

Despite Apple's recent launch of an all-new MacBook Air, supply chain partners are conservative about order momentum for the new device and they do not expect to benefit significantly...

Apple has introduced a new MacBook Air, bringing a 13-inch Retina display, Touch ID, and the latest processors to the vendor's notebook product line.

The notebook market will face unfavorable conditions in 2019 on both the supply side and demand side. Total shipments may dip further below the level seen in 2018.

The shortages of Intel's new 14nm processors are undermining Taiwan-based notebook ODMs' performances with Compal Electronics' August PC shipments staying flat from a month ago, while...

The supply of Intel's new-generation 14nm processors has already fallen short of demand, posing a major variable to the PC market in the second half of 2018, as shipments may be significantly...

China-based Shenzhen Everwin Precision Technology and AAC Technologies have reportedly become suppliers of metal-alloy chassis for use in MacBook notebooks, according to industry...

Apple has kept expanding the presence of China partners in the supply chains for iPhone, iPad and MacBook devices seeking to effectively reduce production cost, prompting Taiwan supply...

Apple is scheduled to roll out its entry-level MacBook series featuring Intel's 14nm Kaby Lake processor in September's product launch conference. The model is expected to be priced...

Taiwan's notebook shipments performed better than expected in the second quarter of 2018, increasing 11.4% sequentially and down only 3.3% on year.

Taiwan PCB makers are poised to embrace brisk orders expected in the second half of 2018, traditional high season for consumer devices, and most of them have readied sufficient materials...

Apple has updated its MacBook Pro series with new hardware. The new MacBook Pro models with Touch Bar feature eighth-generation Intel Core processors, with 6-core on the 15-inch model...

Apple is reportedly to tighten its grip on the supply chains of new MacBook models through direct pricing negotiations with third-party suppliers of non-key parts such as screws,...

Pegatron is likely to land orders from Apple to produce an ARM-based MacBook model, codenamed Star with a series number N84, according to industry sources.

Flexible PCB specialist Career Technology swung to net profit of NT$33.95 million (US$1.14 million) in the first quarter of 2018 from loss of NT$85.29 million a year earlier. EPS...

Quanta Computer has announced its first-quarter 2018 financial results with its profits, gross margin and operating profit margin all slipping from the same quarter a year ago, with...

Global notebook shipments for the second quarter of 2018 are likely to see a lower sequential growth than recorded in the same period of 2017, and may fall by over 5% on year, Digitimes...

Apple will defer the volume production of its new budget-type MacBook Air for 2018 to the second half of the year from the originally-scheduled second quarter, supply chain sources...

Taiwan-based flexible PCB maker Flexium Interconnect has disclosed its gross margin fell 8.3pp on year and 5.2pp sequentially to 14.7% in the first quarter of 2018, the lowest level...

Quanta Computer has reported consolidated revenues of NT$71.85 billion (US$2.45 billion) for March, up 11.75% on month, but down 2.65% on year with consolidated revenues for the first...

With the growing demand for high-speed data transmission interface solutions including PCIe, Type C, DP, and SerDes fueled by rampant AI, cloud service, big data and IoT applications,...

Apple is preparing to release a new entry-level MacBook at the end of the second quarter with a price tag expected to be about the same level as that of the existing MacBook Air or...

Touch panel maker General Interface Solution (GIS) is expected to land more LCM (LCD module) orders from Apple, which reportedly plans to release an entry-level 13-inch MacBook in...

Apple is expected to shift a major portion of its MacBook orders to Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) in 2018 instead of its old practice of giving most of the orders...