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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 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...
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...
Friday 25 July 2014
Notebook cooling module makers eye business opportunities from electric vehicles
Notebook cooling module makers including Taiwan-based Chaun-Choung Technology and Japan-based Furukawa Electric, in view of the large potential demand for heat dissipation solutions...
Wednesday 23 July 2014
Vendors partner with Wintel to release US$199-249 notebooks for 2H14
Intel, Microsoft and notebook brand vendors are preparing to push entry-level notebooks priced at US$199-249 in the second half, according to sources from the upstream supply chain...
Tuesday 22 July 2014
Digitimes Research: Global notebook shipments to grow 4.3% sequentially in 3Q14
Buoyed by back-to-school demand, global notebook shipments are expected to grow 4.3% sequentially in the third quarter of 2014 before taking a dive of 1.1% in the fourth quarter,...
Monday 21 July 2014
Dell aims to ship 30 million notebooks in 2015
Based on requests for quotation (RFQ) received by Taiwan-based notebook ODMs, Dell aims to ramp up its notebook shipments by 40% to almost 30 million units in 2015, bringing it closer...
Monday 14 July 2014
Holitech eyes wearable device opportunities
China touch panel maker Jiangxi Holitech Technology is aiming at touch panel opportuniites in the 7- to 15.6-inch segment during the second half of 2014 into 2015, and expects demand...
Monday 14 July 2014
Digitimes Research: Global notebook shipments decline 4.9% in 2Q14
Global notebook shipments dropped 4.9% on year in the second quarter of 2014, according to Digitimes Research. Despite the end of Windows XP bringing about a surge of notebook orders,...
Friday 11 July 2014
Notebook ODMs expect 5-10% growth in 3Q14 shipments
Notebook ODMs expect their shipments to enjoy a sequential growth of 5-10% in the third quarter and have a chance to advance further in the fourth, helping their shipment ratio for...