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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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Friday 13 January 2017
BYD wins price negotiation priority for 2017 Asustek notebooks
Asustek Computer for the first time adopted online bidding for requests for quotations (RFQ) for notebooks to be launched in 2017, and China-based OEM BYD has won the first right for...
Wednesday 11 January 2017
Quanta sees growth in December revenues; Acer suffers drops
Quanta Computer has announced consolidated revenues of NT$104.97 billion (US$3.28 billion) for December, the company's second highest record with on-month growth of 13.42% and on-year...
Friday 23 December 2016
Huawei Technologies chooses Pegatron, Quanta as notebook ODMs in 2017
Huawei Technologies will launch a 13.3-inch and 15.6-inch clamshell notebook in 2017 and has selected Taiwan-based Pegatron and Quanta Computer as ODMs, according to industry sourc...
Monday 19 December 2016
Worldwide notebook shipment update - November 2016
The worldwide top-5 notebook brand vendors' combined shipments grew 8% on-month in November, while the top-3 ODMs had 10% growth thanks to rising sales from North America during Black...
Friday 9 December 2016
Wistron reports record monthly sales in November due to new smartphone orders
Wistron saw its November consolidated revenues rise 12.94% on month and 25.81% on year to reach NT$74.13 billion (US$2.32 billion) in November, a new historical record, while the company's...
Friday 9 December 2016
Inventec revenues increase in November
Inventec has announced consolidated revenues of NT$37.64 billion (US$1.18 billion) for November, up by 1.59% on month and 3.59% on year. The company's consolidated revenues for the...
Thursday 8 December 2016
Worldwide notebook shipment update - October 2016
The top-5 notebook brand vendors worldwide and top-3 ODMs saw their combined shipments drop 22% and 12% on month in October, respectively as the brand vendors started adjusting their...
Monday 5 December 2016
Catcher sees November revenues down from a year ago
Taiwan-based notebook chassis maker Catcher Technology has announced consolidated revenues of NT$8.21 billion (US$257.37 million) for November, up 0.29% on month, but down 1.63% on...
Friday 2 December 2016
PC market outlook improves mildly with faster shift to slim and convertible models, says IDC
Worldwide PC shipments are forecast to decline by 6.4% on year in 2016, according to an updated forecast from the IDC Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker. This is an improvement over August's...
Tuesday 22 November 2016
Digitimes Research: Top-5 vendors, top-3 Taiwan ODMs October notebook shipments down 22%, 12% on month
The five largest notebook vendors together shipped 10.19 million Windows units equipped with Intel processors in October, decreasing 22% on month, while the three largest Taiwan-based...
Tuesday 22 November 2016
Acer places 2017 main notebook orders with Quanta, Compal
Based on Acer's RFQ (request for quotation) for the majority of its notebook orders in 2017, Quanta Computer and Compal Electronics are two major ODMs, according to industry source...
Monday 21 November 2016
Digitimes Research: Global notebook shipments up on year after two years of decline
Worldwide notebook shipments are estimated to reach 41.65 million units in the fourth quarter, up 6.4% sequentially as demand from the year-end holidays is expected to pick up strongly,...
Monday 21 November 2016
Booming notebook orders to last until 1Q17, say Taiwan makers
Shipments of notebooks from Taiwan-based ODMs will remain strong in the first quarter of 2017 as some brand vendors have been pulling in more orders on short supply of some key components,...
Monday 21 November 2016
Huawei to ramp up its share in global smartphone, notebook and tablet markets in 2017
China-based Huawei Technologies is expected to step up its cooperation with Taiwan-based ODMs to ramp up its share in the global smartphone, notebook and tablet markets, according...
Wednesday 16 November 2016
Proportion of notebooks for single-spindle models to rise significantly in 2017, say Taiwan makers
Based on notebook vendors' RFQ (request for quotation) for models to be launched in 2017, the proportion of 15-inch and above notebooks for single-spindle models without built-in optical...