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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 13 July 2016
Notebook chip order visibility extends
Taiwan-based IC design houses have landed an influx of orders for notebooks, and have seen better order visiility for the third quarter, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 12 July 2016
PC shipments beat expectations in 2Q16 as US market returns to growth, says IDC
Worldwide PC shipments totaled 62.4 million units in the second quarter of 2016, an on-year decline of 4.5%, beating the forecast of negative 7.4% by roughly 3%, according to the IDC...
Tuesday 12 July 2016
Notebook ODMs look to shipment growths in 2H16
Taiwan-based notebook ODMs Quanta Computer, Compal Electronics, Wistron and Inventec have announced their June shipments with Quanta shipping four million notebooks, up 300,000 units...
Tuesday 12 July 2016
Asustek sees growth in June revenues; conservative about 3Q16
Asustek Computer saw its June consolidated revenues grow 33% on month and 2% on year to reach NT$42.39 billion (US$1.32 billion), but its revenues in the second quarter were down 14.64%...
Monday 11 July 2016
Asustek new products expected to improve 2H16 operations
Asustek Computer had slow performance in the first half as demand for notebooks continues to weaken, and the company has been reducing its existing ZenFone shipments in preparation...
Thursday 30 June 2016
Taiwan market: Acer launches new notebook, to boost share to 24% in 4Q16
Acer has unveiled its new notebook, the Aspire S13, for sale in the Taiwan market in the second half of 2016. The Aspire S13 features a 13.3-inch display, an Intel Core i5 or i7 CPU...
Friday 24 June 2016
Acer achieves breakthroughs in non-PC businesses, says chairman
Acer chairman George Huang has said the company's new business development is heading to the right direction and has achieved breakthroughs in areas including virtual reality (VR),...
Tuesday 21 June 2016
IC suppliers landing short lead-time orders for Type-C solutions
Taiwan-based IC suppliers have been receiving more short lead-time orders for USB Type-C solutions from notebook vendors and ODMs recently, indicating that the Type-C interface is...
Tuesday 21 June 2016
Notebook ODMs eye medical electronics device opportunity
ODMs have been partnering with medical product players to push into the medical electronics device market. Compal Electronics recently cooperated with Portugal-based Alert Life Science...
Tuesday 21 June 2016
Inventec expects shipment growth in 2016 thanks to enterprise sector orders
Despite weakening worldwide notebook demand, Inventec still expects its notebook shipments to grow on year in 2016 thanks to stable shipments to the enterprise sector; however, revenues...
Monday 20 June 2016
Worldwide notebook shipment update - May 2016
Digitimes Research estimates that worldwide top-5 notebook brand vendors and top-3 ODMs both enjoyed 31% on-month shipment growth in May because of preparation for new notebook models...
Thursday 16 June 2016
Dell sees rising share in notebook market
In addition to the enterprise notebook sector, Dell has also been successfully expanding its presence in the consumer notebook sector recently and has seen increased market share in...
Thursday 16 June 2016
Asustek enhances gaming notebook marketing
Asustek Computer, viewing that gaming notebooks have become a main source of consolidated operating profit, has recently strengthened marketing strategies for the second half through...
Wednesday 15 June 2016
Digitimes Research: Major notebook vendors and ODMs see over 30% on-month growth in May
Digitimes Research estimates that worldwide top-5 notebook brand vendors and top-3 ODMs both enjoyed 31% on-month shipment growth in May because of preparations for new notebook models...
Wednesday 15 June 2016
Global PC shipments to decline 7.3% in 2016, says IDC
Worldwide PC shipments (excluding handhelds, tablets and portable PCs with detachable keyboards) are forecast to decline 7.3% on year to 255.6 million units in 2016, according to an...