Brisk sales of Chromebooks and commercial notebooks in March led to higher-than-expected shipments by Taiwan-based ODMs including Quanta Computer, Compal Electronics, Wistron, and...

Notebook ODMs including Compal Electronics, Inventec, and Wistron are expected to see their shipments hit bottom for 2023 in the first quarter, according to industry sources.

Taiwan-based notebook ODMs have no plans for layoffs but have already instituted hiring freezes, according to industry sources.