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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 6 July 2015
Windows 10 expected to benefit notebook market more than smartphone market
Windows 10 is expected to release at the end of July, but mobile device players have held different view about the operating system's benefit to the notebook, smartphone and tablet...
Thursday 2 July 2015
Vendors seeking alternate solutions for metal notebook chassis
Notebook brand vendors such as Dell and Hewlett-Packard (HP) have recently been inquiring about carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic and magnesium-lithium alloy chassis for their new metal...
Monday 29 June 2015
Notebook demand not strong as expected in 2H15, overall shipments to drop on year in 2015
Notebook demand may not see as strong growth in the second half as originally expected and overall shipments are expected to decline to 160 million units in 2015, down 5% on year with...
Monday 29 June 2015
Windows 10 not prompting new notebook panel surge, say makers
Despite the busy season in the notebook segment approaching coupled with the upcoming release of Windows 10, notebook panel makers are currently not seeing demand increase despite...
Monday 29 June 2015
Wistron conservative about 2H15 notebook shipments, says chairman
Wistron's first-half 2015 notebook shipments fell far short of expectation and the second-half volume will not grow more than 10% sequentially, according to company chairman and CEO...
Wednesday 24 June 2015
Acer focusing on steady profitability, says CEO
Acer's operations are moving toward steady profitability and it will focus on maintaining the trend before looking to expand business scale, company CEO Jason Chen said at a shareholders...
Wednesday 24 June 2015
Commentary: Taiwan notebook vendors, ODMs cautious about 2H15 outlook
Taiwan-based notebook vendors and ODMs are guardedly optimistic about the prospects of the notebook market for the second half of 2015 and are pinning their hopes on the release of...
Tuesday 23 June 2015
Commentary: The gaming notebook industry heats up
Competition in the gaming notebook segment is surely to become keener in the second half of 2015 as notebook brands including Acer, Asustek Computer, Dell, Gigabyte Technology and...
Tuesday 23 June 2015
No clear business prospects for PC component suppliers until July, say sources
Orders received this coming July will be crucial for the second half 2015 business prospects for Taiwan-based component makers in the notebook and PC industry supply chain, according...
Monday 22 June 2015
Microsoft looking to charge extra licensing fees for high-end notebooks
Microsoft has been talking to notebook brand vendors about the licensing of Windows 10 recently and is planning to charge extra fees for notebook models with high-end hardware such...
Wednesday 10 June 2015
Quanta sees rising notebook shipments in May
Quanta Computer's notebook shipments reached 3.4 million units in May, up 6.25% on month from 3.2 million units in April. Since Quanta's notebook shipments are estimated to grow 10%...
Wednesday 10 June 2015
Compal ships 3.1 million notebooks, Inventec 1.3 million in May
Notebook ODM Compal Electronics has announced consolidated revenues of NT$64.55 billion (US$2.09 billion) for May, up 4.72% on month, but down 5.08% on year and its notebook shipments...
Tuesday 9 June 2015
Digitimes Research: Global top-5 notebook vendors and top-3 ODMs perform weaker than expected in May
The global top-five notebook brand vendors together achieved an on-month shipment growth of 14%, but an on-year drop of 15%, while the top-three ODMs together had 5% on-month growth,...
Tuesday 9 June 2015
Gaming notebook market to see over 10 new models in 2H15
Competition in the gaming notebook market is expected to grow fiercer in the second half as vendors including Acer, Asustek Computer, Dell and Micro-Star International (MSI) are all...
Monday 8 June 2015
Wistron sees notebook shipments decline in May; expects sequential drop in 2Q15 shipments
Wistron shipped 1.3 million notebooks in May, down 7.14% from 1.4 million units in April and the company currently expects the volume in the second quarter to suffer a sequential decline,...