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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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Monday 19 October 2015
Digitimes Research: Worldwide notebook shipments grow 6% sequentially in 3Q15
Worldwide notebook shipments started seeing growth in September after over six months of inventory digestion. The growth was stimulated by Microsoft Windows 10 released at the end...
Tuesday 13 October 2015
Acer positive about Microsoft Surface Book release
Commenting on market watchers' concerns that Microsoft's Surface Book could potentially hurt its PC brand partners, Acer's president of corporate business planning and operations Tiffany...
Tuesday 13 October 2015
Acer, Toshiba finishes RFQ for 2016 notebook orders
Acer and Toshiba have recently finished their request for the quotation (RFQ) process for notebook orders for 2016 and Acer's orders for 15-inch notebooks, which account for the largest...
Monday 12 October 2015
Acer pushing new business operation to achieve growth
Acer is aggressively trying to find a new path within the PC market and has launched products such as gaming tablets and PCs, looking to stay away from price competition. In addition,...
Thursday 8 October 2015
Microsoft Surface Book may bring more pressure to notebook vendors
Microsoft has unveiled its latest Surface Pro 4 2-in-1 device and the Surface Book, also a 2-in-1 device, but featuring notebook-class performance. Some market watchers are concerned...
Wednesday 7 October 2015
Inventec enjoys revenue growth in September
Inventec has announced consolidated revenues of NT$40.5 billion (US$1.25 billion) for September, up 23.85% on month and 10.15% on year, thanks to growths in all three major product...
Wednesday 7 October 2015
Asustek, Acer see large sequential growth in September notebook shipments
Asustek Computer shipped two million notebooks globally in September, hiking 127.3% from 88,000 units in August, while Acer shipped 1.7 million units, increasing 41.7% from 1.2 million,...
Tuesday 6 October 2015
Notebook vendors see growing demand
Notebook brand vendors have recently started turning aggressive in placing orders and are expected to see strong shipment performances in October and further growth in November as...
Wednesday 30 September 2015
Pegatron lands OEM orders for Asustek gaming notebook
Pegatron Technology has obtained orders for Asustek Computer's gaming notebooks including the GX700 flagship model featuring GTX980 graphics card, a 17-inch Ultra HD panel and water-cooling,...
Tuesday 29 September 2015
Notebook vendors interested in using more common components, say Taiwan makers
Notebook vendors are interested in adopting more common components including motherboards, heat-sinks, hinges and chassis in an attempt to minimize production costs, according to Taiwan-based...
Tuesday 29 September 2015
Notebook vendors gearing up to push new 2-in-1s in 4Q15
Notebook brand vendors including Asustek Computer, Acer, Lenovo, Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Dell are preparing to launch their new Skylake-based 2-in-1 devices starting October and expect...
Friday 25 September 2015
Asustek takes 40% share in global gaming notebook shipments in 1H15
Asustek Computer was the largest gaming notebook vendor in the first half of 2015 and acquired a share of around 40% in shipments of gaming notebooks featuring Nvidia GeForce GTX 950M,...
Wednesday 23 September 2015
Inventec Appliances helping Xiaomi develop notebook
Inventec's affiliated smartphone ODM Inventec Appliances is helping China-based Xiaomi Technology develop a notebook featuring a new mobile Internet concept, with the development to...
Wednesday 23 September 2015
Panel makers turn to high-value products as notebook panel shipments fall short of expectations, says WitsView
Notebook display panels grew 21% over the prior month to 14.43 million units in August, according to WitsView. Though the August result was impressive, inventory pressure continues...
Tuesday 22 September 2015
Acer expects 80% growth in 2-in-1 device shipments in 2015
With Apple's iPad Pro and Microsoft's upcoming Surface Pro 4 2-in-1 device expected to stimulate demand, Acer's Notebook Business Group president Jerry Kao expects the company's 2-in-1...