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.
Notebook ODMs Quanta Computer and Compal Electronics saw January notebook shipments tumble over 40% on year due to seasonal demand shifts and high base comparison periods.
Display driver IC (DDI) vendors have received orders requiring short delivery lead times for large-size display applications from the notebook and IT sectors in the first quarter of...
Year-end holiday demand in the fourth quarter of 2022 was seriously undermined by the economic downturn brought by rising global inflation and mature markets' interest rate hikes with...
Notebook ODMs including Compal Electronics, Inventec, and Wistron are expected to see their shipments hit bottom for 2023 in the first quarter, according to industry sources.
Inventory adjustments for notebooks have reached the last stage, meaning industry revival could happen sooner than expected, according to sources at IC design hous...
India is hoping that Samsung Electronics can manufacture notebooks as well as smartphones, but Samsung prefers to see sufficient volume before expanding its manufacturing portfolio...
US notebook maker Dell has been rumored to significantly reduce the percentage of Chinese chips used by 2024. Sources familiar with the notebook sector believe that some Taiwanese...
ODM Wistron expects flat shipment growth in 2023, while the global PC market braces for a possible single-digit decrease, according to company president and CEO Jeff Lin.
Despiting the rising popularity of OLED panels among notebook brands, miniLED-based displays have also been expanding their presence in the notebook market.
More panel makers, including BOE Technology and Sharp, have begun churning out OLED displays for notebook applications as notebook brands have added more OLED-based models to their...
ODM Compal Electronics has warned its notebook shipments may suffer a decline this year, but shipments for non-notebook applications such as servers, automotive electronics, and wearables...
Taiwan-based IC suppliers for OLED DDI chips are poised to land increasing orders from the notebook sector in addition to current mainstream applications for handsets, tablets and...
Shipments of the Apple MacBook will likely drop 40-50% sequentially in the first quarter of 2023, according to sources in the supply chain for the notebook series.
