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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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Tuesday 16 February 2016
Notebook ODMs see over 20% on-month drop in January revenues
Notebook ODMs have announced revenues for January and all suffered over 20% on-month declines. The ODMs expect revenues to continue dropping in February due to fewer working hours,...
Friday 5 February 2016
Notebook PCB specialist GBM posts decreased January sales
Taiwan-based Global Brands Manufacture (GBM), which specializes in the manufacture of notebook-use PCBs, has reported revenues for January 2016 decreased 1% sequentially and 8% from...
Thursday 4 February 2016
Toshiba reportedly to close R&D center in Taiwan
Toshiba reportedly plans to close its R&D center in Taiwan and will lay off about 100 engineers working at the center, according to sources in Taiwan's notebook industry.
Tuesday 2 February 2016
Notebook vendors facing high channel inventory in 1Q16
Notebook brand vendors are facing high channel inventories for the first quarter of 2016 as they placed increased orders to restock in the fourth quarter of 2015, but demand from the...
Monday 1 February 2016
Digitimes Research: Worldwide notebook shipments grow slightly on quarter in 4Q15, but will drop over 16% in 1Q16
Worldwide notebook shipments enjoyed a slight growth of 0.6% sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2015 thanks to stable demand from the year-end holidays in Europe and North America...
Monday 1 February 2016
Fierce competition eliminating small gaming product players
With competition growing fierce in the gaming PC market, several gaming peripheral vendors have quit the market, unable to bear the increasing losses, and some channel retailers are...
Thursday 28 January 2016
Supply chain braces for possible merger of Vaio, Toshiba, Fujitsu PC units
Japan-based PC brand vendors Vaio (previously Sony), Toshiba and Fujitsu reportedly are ready to merge their notebook businesses into a company, a move which will affect Taiwan-based...
Monday 25 January 2016
ODMs eye gaming notebook orders
Seeing competition growing fierce in the gaming notebook market, notebook ODMs have been aggressively looking to land related orders from brand vendors. Compal Electronics is the manufacturer...
Friday 22 January 2016
Taiwan market: Dell launches XPS 13, XPS 15 notebooks
Dell has launched two Windows 10 notebooks, the 13-inch XPS 13 equipped with Intel Core i5 or Core i7 processor and 15-inch XPS 15 equipped with Core i7 processor in the Taiwan market...
Friday 22 January 2016
Huawei, Xiaomi to release sub-13-inch 2-in-1 devices
China-based Huawei Device is set to launch its first notebook in April using a 12.9-inch display and Windows 10, while Xiaomi Technology will launch a notebook with a sub-13-inch display...
Thursday 21 January 2016
Global notebook shipment forecast, 2016 and beyond
Global notebook shipments dropped 9% on year in 2015 and the volume in 2016 is expected to drop further by 2.6% to reach 154 million units. Although Windows 10's new functions will...
Thursday 21 January 2016
Asustek gives BYD orders for about 1.5 million notebooks in 2016
Asustek Computer reportedly has outsourced orders for about 1.5 million notebooks to China-based EMS provider BYD, equivalent to less than 10% of Asustek's total notebook shipments...
Tuesday 19 January 2016
Digitimes Research: Global notebook shipments in 2016 to fall 2.5% on year
There were 157.4 million notebooks shipped globally in 2015, decreasing 9% on year, and the shipments will further slip 2.5% to 153.5 million units in 2016, according to Digitimes...
Monday 18 January 2016
Second- and third-tier notebook ODMs to see weak shipment performance in 2016
Taiwan- and China-based second and third-tier notebook ODMs including Shuttle, Clevo, Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS), Uniwill, Malata and BYD are facing declining orders in 2016...
Monday 18 January 2016
Capacitive touch demand on the rise for most applications
The proportion of capacitive touch is growing in segments including smartphone, tablet, notebook and all-in-one PC applications, due to reduced pricing for the technology.