Peripheral IC demand for Chromebooks and gaming notebooks have picked up since the first quarter of this year, according to sources at IC design houses.

There is a clear gap between upstream and downstream electronics and semiconductor players in terms of detectable market conditions, with the former slowing down capacity expansions...

The commercial PC market experienced a difficult first quarter in 2023, but demand is expected to pick up in the second half, according to Kevin Terwilliger, VP and GM of the Latitude...

Taiwan-based IC design house ITE Tech said its PC customers are starting to replenish inventory, especially inventory for Chromebook and gaming models.

Electronic connector specialist CviLux said its customers are making progress on inventory corrections and expects demand for notebooks to rebound between May and June.

Notebook ODMs continue to witness feeble orders from downstream clients for the second quarter, despite their original expectation of enjoying rising orders every quarter starting...

Gaming notebook sales in China have started picking up and are expected to strengthen later in the second quarter as the country's Labor Day holiday and 618 mid-year shopping festival...

The use of vapor chambers (VC) in notebooks is increasing, boosting the sales performance of heat dissipation solution providers.

Clevo, a Taiwan-based niche notebook manufacturer, expects at least 10% shipment growth in 2023, believing that demand from China's gaming market will recover, according to notebook...

Asustek Computer has warned that it may remain unprofitable in the first half of 2023, while Gigabyte Technology and Micro-Star International (MSI) both expect sales to pick up quarter...

ODM Inventec has expressed confidence in its business prospects for 2023, citing increased notebook, server, and smart device product line sales.

Brand PC vendors have yet to place significant orders with their assembly partners' new plants in Vietnam, indicating that moving production out of China is slow, according to industry...

Wistron has become wary of server shipment prospects this year but has expressed optimism about notebook shipments in the second half.

Notebook-related IC design houses have seen short lead-time orders emerge recently, which may indicate positive signs for end-market demand momentum.

Chromebook sales have started to stabilize in the first quarter of 2023, with demand for educational models expected to pick up in the second quarter, according to notebook industry...