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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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Wednesday 26 November 2014
PC outlook remains cautious, despite modest 3Q14 gains, says IDC
Worldwide PC shipments are expected to fall by 2.7% in 2014, an improvement from the previous forecast of negative 3.7%, according to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker. Although...
Tuesday 25 November 2014
Acer, Asustek pushing Chromebooks and inexpensive notebooks
Acer is set to invest heavily in Chromebook development in 2015 with related shipments to grow over 50% on year to reach 4.8 million units. Meanwhile, Asustek Computer is also planning...
Thursday 20 November 2014
Notebook supply chain starts preparing 1Q15 orders to minimize impact of labor shortages
With the notebook supply chain's labor shortages in the first quarter of 2015 expected to be a lot more serious than in previous years, some notebook brand vendors such as Dell have...
Thursday 13 November 2014
Asustek aims at 3rd largest global notebook market share for 2015
Asustek Computer expects to ship 20.1 million notebooks (including notebook/tablet hybrid models) in 2014, increasing 6.9% on year, and aims to see 2015 shipments grow over 5% on...
Wednesday 12 November 2014
Order visibility highest for Apple, Lenovo notebook shipments for 2015, say Taiwan makers
Based on orders received, Taiwan-based notebook supply chain makers indicated that orders for notebooks to be shipped in 2015 from Apple and Lenovo have the highest visibility.
Monday 10 November 2014
Notebook ODMs announces shipment performance for October
Notebook ODMs Quanta Computer, Compal Electronics, Wistron and Inventec have unveiled their shipment performance for October with Quanta having shipped 3.9 million notebooks in the...
Monday 10 November 2014
Inventec targeting 2015 business growth from non-notebook product lines
Notebook ODM Inventec saw consolidated revenues for the third quarter of 2014 decrease on quarter and on year mainly due to shrinking shipments of notebooks, and hopes that non-notebook...
Friday 7 November 2014
Digitimes Research: Notebook shipments decline 15% in October
Global notebook shipments by top-five brand vendors and top-three ODMs declined 15% on average in October, affected by the roll-outs of new low-priced models in the previous month,...
Thursday 6 November 2014
Catcher 3Q14 revenues, net operating profit hit records
Metal-alloy chassis maker Catcher Technology had consolidated revenues of NT$14.529 billion (US$480 million) and net operating profit of NT$5.457 billion for the third quarter of...
Thursday 6 November 2014
Intel Core M platform to account for below 10% of notebook shipments in 2015, say sources
Intel's new low-power-consumption Core M-series platform, featuring a fanless design, is expected to account for only 5-10% of most notebook vendors' shipments in 2015, and cooling...
Wednesday 5 November 2014
Notebook hinge maker SZS announces 3Q14 results
Taiwan-based notebook hinge maker Shin Zu Shing (SZS) has announced results for the third quarter of 2014 with consolidated revenues reaching NT$2.06 billion (US$67.52 million), net...
Tuesday 4 November 2014
Digitimes Research: Quanta Computer is only Taiwan notebook ODM expected to see shipment growth in 2015
Quanta Computer will ship 49.1 million notebooks in 2015, increasing on year by 7.8% and the only one among the five largest Taiwan-based notebook ODMs that will see sequential growth...
Tuesday 4 November 2014
Digitimes Research: Global top-6 notebook vendors to share 81.7% global shipments in 2015
The world's top-six notebook vendors, Hewlett-Packard (HP), Lenovo, Dell, Apple, Acer and Asustek Computer, will together occupy 81.7% of global notebook shipments in 2015, increasing...
Friday 31 October 2014
More notebook brands shifting focus to gaming models, say sources
Notebook brands including Asustek Computer, Lenovo and Acer have been shifting focus to gaming notebook models as strong sales of comparable models rolled out by Micro-Star International...
Friday 31 October 2014
Digitimes Research: Skylake processor delay to weaken Windows 10 notebook demand
Intel's Skylake-based processors, originally expected to launch in early third-quarter 2015 to support the release of Windows 10-based notebooks, may not become available until the...