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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 13 August 2014
Notebook sales expected to rise in 2H14 as vendors price below US$300
With many vendors having been reducing their notebook prices to below US$300, sources from the upstream supply chain expect overall notebook sales to increase in the second half of...
Tuesday 12 August 2014
Pegatron sees growth in July revenues; announces profits for 2Q14
Pegatron Technology has announced consolidated revenues of NT$67.3 billion (US$2.24 billion) for July, down 6.69% on month and 1.67% on year, while the company also unveiled net profits...
Tuesday 12 August 2014
Quanta sees revenue growth despite notebook shipment decline in July
Quanta Computer has announced revenues of NT$77.93 billion (US$2.6 billion) for July, up 8.53% on month and 8.63% on year with combined revenues for the first seven months of 2014...
Friday 8 August 2014
USB peripheral maker Good Way sees potential in docking stations
Taiwan-based USB peripheral maker Good Way Technology will soon be listed on Taiwan's over-the-counter (OTC) stock market and expects the company's notebook docking station business...
Friday 8 August 2014
Acer to see 3Q14 shipments rise 25-30% sequentially; announces profits for 2Q14
Acer, based on its order placements, is expected to see total shipments in the third quarter of 2014 increase 25-30%, higher than the growth of worldwide shipments according to Taiwan-based...
Friday 8 August 2014
Digitimes Research: Top-5 vendors, top-3 ODMs see sequential drops in July notebook shipments
The five largest notebook vendors' combined shipments in July decreased 25% on month while the three largest ODMs' combined shipments also slipped 17%, according to Digitimes Resea...
Wednesday 6 August 2014
Channel retailers kick off back-to-school promotions
To satisfy back-to-school demand, channel retailers have been offering new promotions for notebooks, LCD TVs and PC accessories recently. The deals are expected to help notebook recover,...
Wednesday 6 August 2014
Pricing for LCD monitor, notebook panels expected to increase slightly in August
Supply for LCD monitor panels sized 19-, 21.5-inch is expected to be tight in the first part of August 2014 and therefore pricing is expected to rise approximately US$0.10, according...
Wednesday 6 August 2014
Panel shortages to increase LCD monitor pricing in 3Q14
Supply for LCD monitor panels is being pushed down by production of TV, notebook and small- to medium-size applications, which will lead to a 9.2% sequential decline in supply as well...
Tuesday 5 August 2014
Notebook decline eases as tablet shipments level out, says Canalys
PC shipments worldwide reached 123.9 million units in the second quarter of 2014, representing an on-year growth of 14%. But with effectively no sequential growth, it would appear...
Tuesday 5 August 2014
TCAS 2014: Lenovo sees strong sales
Lenovo saw strong demand for its traditional notebooks, tablets and gaming notebooks during the Taipei Computer Application Show (TCAS) 2014, hosted from July 31 to August 4 and expects...
Thursday 31 July 2014
Vendors cutting notebook shipments to Latin America
Notebook vendors have significantly reduced their orders for shipments to Latin America because sales have been impacted by recent strong demand for LCD TVs in the area, according...
Wednesday 30 July 2014
Taiwan notebook ODMs to benefit from HP, Dell sales in North America
As Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Dell have seen good sales in the North America notebook market in July, Taiwan ODMs Quanta Computer and Inventec for HP and Compal Electronics and Wistron...
Tuesday 29 July 2014
Asustek, Gigabyte releasing new gaming notebooks in 3Q14
Asustek Computer and Gigabyte Technology have turned aggressive about the gaming notebook industry and are planning to release new models in the third quarter to compete against Micro-Star...
Monday 28 July 2014
Competition for notebook panels may heat up due to South Korea makers increasing output, say Taiwan makers
While global supply of notebook panels has been tight or short because demand has been larger than originally expected, South Korea-based makers have adjusted capacity from making...