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Taiwan notebook ODMs
Taiwan notebook Original Design Manufacturers (ODMs) account for more than 90% of global notebook production and Digitimes is there to provide daily updates on shipments, supplier contracts and financial data on the more than 10 Taiwan makers involved in notebook manufacturing.
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Wednesday 28 March 2018
Inventec striving to cut costs
Inventec expects its first-half 2018 revenues to grow by a single-digit percentage on year and is planning to cut its overall manufacturing costs by 20% from a year ago in 2018 mainly...
Tuesday 27 March 2018
Quanta profits decrease in 2017
Quanta Computer has announced consolidated revenues of NT$1.02 trillion (US$34.83 billion) for 2017, up 14.2% on year, but its gross margin was only 4.47%, down 0.74pp on year. Its...
Tuesday 20 March 2018
ODMs mulling price hike, says Compal president
Computing device ODMs are in talks with their customers about raising their contract quotes to reflect rising materials costs, according to Compal Electronics president Ray Chen.
Monday 19 March 2018
Phison posts record profit for 2017
NAND flash device controller IC supplier Phison Electronics has reported net profits of NT$5.82 billion (US$199.2 million) for 2017 hitting a record high. EPS for the year reached...
Friday 16 March 2018
LG intros notebooks in Taiwan
LG has introduced its Gram-series notebooks in Taiwan eyeing a 5% share of Taiwan's ultra-thin notebook market in 2018.
Thursday 15 March 2018
Top-5 notebook vendors see slight shipment growth in February, says Digitimes Research
The worldwide top-5 notebook brands saw their combined shipments in February increase slightly on a sequential basis, reaching 8.08 million units, led mainly by US-based vendors. As...
Thursday 15 March 2018
Digitimes Research worldwide notebook shipment update – February 2018
Worldwide top-5 notebook brands saw their combined shipments increase slightly from a month ago in February, led mainly by US-based vendors. As for the first two months of 2018 combined,...
Tuesday 13 March 2018
Falling prices to accelerate SSD adoption in notebooks
SSD suppliers have recently cut prices to promote their 64- and 72-layer 3D devices, which is expected to accelerate the adoption of SSDs in notebooks, according to DRAMeXchange.
Monday 12 March 2018
Wistron reports on-year growth in February revenues
Wistron has announced consolidated revenues of NT$67.36 billion (US$2.29 billion) for February, down 15.16% on month, but up 36.31% on year, and NT$146.76 billion for the first two...
Monday 12 March 2018
Apple new entry-level MacBook to reach 4 million in unit shipments in 2018, says Digitimes Research
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...
Friday 9 March 2018
Acer sees strong gaming demand in Middle East
Acer is seeing strong gaming notebook demand in Dubai since local consumers have high acceptance of innovative products, while the price is not a major concern, according to Paul Collins,...
Friday 9 March 2018
Acer looking to expand presence in enterprise notebook market in Middle East, Africa
Acer is looking to grow its share of the enterprise notebook market in the Middle East and Africa to 15% in 2018 from only 2% in 2017, according to country manager Paul Collins.
Tuesday 6 March 2018
Catcher posts on-year revenues growth for February
Metal-alloy chassis maker Catcher Technology has announced consolidated revenues of NT$5.7 billion (US$193.63 million) for February, down 30.3% on month, but up 20.2% on year.
Monday 5 March 2018
Acer launches new mobile workstation
Acer has announced a mobile workstation, the TravelMate P8 in Taiwan and expects the product to help raise its revenue proportion from Taiwan's enterprise sector to 50% in 2018, according...
Monday 5 March 2018
Digitimes Research worldwide notebook shipment update – January 2018
With the notebook market entering the traditional slow season, the worldwide top-5 notebook brands saw their combined shipments drop for the second consecutive month in January 2018...