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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 14 October 2014
Quanta ships 4.8 million notebooks in September; Compal 4.4 million
Quanta Computer shipped 4.8 million notebooks in September and a total of 13.7 million units in the third quarter, up from 11.5 million units in the second quarter. Meanwhile, Compal...
Monday 13 October 2014
Gaming notebook vendors start new competition in 4Q14
Despite weak sales of traditional notebooks, vendors are still aggressively releasing new gaming models and are expected to trigger a new wave of competition in the fourth quarter...
Wednesday 8 October 2014
Wistron, Inventec announce growth in September revenues
Wistron has reported consolidated revenues of NT$61.45 billion (US$2.01 billion) for September 2014, representing a 27.99% increase on month and 4.89% increase on year.
Wednesday 8 October 2014
Taiwan ODMs say little impact from HP split in short term
Hewlett-Packard (HP) will split into two companies, HP Enterprise and HP Inc., but this will not cause a substantial change to its ODM orders in the short term. But if this is the...
Wednesday 8 October 2014
Demand for non-Apple notebooks, tablets may remain weak until 2Q15, say Taiwan makers
Under large pressure due to booming sales of iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, and new iPad models possibly to be launched in the fourth quarter and Apple Watch expected to be launched in...
Tuesday 7 October 2014
Notebook component makers turn to niche markets for survival
Makers of internal notebook components are currently experiencing a wave of elimination as competition for orders has grown fierce and many small makers have reportedly quit the market,...
Tuesday 7 October 2014
AMD prepares to release next-generation notebook APUs
AMD is planning to announce next-generation Carrizo APUs in March 2015 to replace its existing Kaveri APUs for the mainstream performance notebook segment and will release Carrizo-L...
Tuesday 7 October 2014
Digitimes Research: Top-5 notebook vendors see growth in September shipments, but top-3 ODMs suffer drop
The combined notebook shipments (not including detachable models) of the global top-5 brand vendors enjoyed on-month growth of 19% in September and were at a level similar to a year...
Monday 6 October 2014
Intel to push Broadwell in 3 major notebook segments
Intel is planning to push its 14nm Broadwell processors, which will be released by the end of 2014, into three major notebook segments: entry-level non-touchscreen traditional notebooks...
Monday 6 October 2014
Global notebook shipments in 2015 to reach 185 million units, says Topology Research Institute
Global notebook shipments in 2015 will grow 3% to 185 million units, of which 88.69 million units will be of business-use models, increasing 9%, according to Taiwan-based Topology...
Friday 3 October 2014
Tablet shipments continue to drop due to pressure from notebooks, large-size smartphones
Tablet shipments are continuing to be pushed down by low-priced notebooks and large-size smartphones, and are expected to continue to decline into 2015, according to market watcher...
Thursday 2 October 2014
Windows 10 expected to have limited effect on boosting notebook demand
Commenting on Microsoft's latest operating system, some notebook component makers are taking a pessimistic attitude about Windows 10 helping to boost notebook demand and expect overall...
Monday 29 September 2014
Vendors stop developing touchscreen notebooks
As demand for touchscreen notebooks has been far weaker than expected, notebook vendors have stopped developing touch-enabled notebooks for the fourth quarter, according to sources...
Monday 29 September 2014
Digitimes Research: Microsoft to release new inexpensive notebook solution; unlikely to receive full support from vendors
Microsoft has provided brand vendors its Windows 8.1 with Bing solution, offering low Windows licensing fees enabling them to sell notebooks at US$249 or lower. Following the initial...
Friday 26 September 2014
Asustek sees over 50% share in Taiwan notebook market in August, says paper
Asustek Computer saw its share in Taiwan's notebook market break 50% to reach 52.9% in August, leading the second-largest vendor by over 34pp, according to a Chinese-language Economic...