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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 5 March 2014
Notebook vendors to raise component supply from 2nd-tier players
With Intel starting to push low-price processors and Microsoft offering Windows licensing discounts of up to 70% for sub-US$299 notebooks, sources from the upstream supply chain are...
Monday 3 March 2014
China suppliers to compete for notebook cooling module orders in 2014
The China supply chain has reportedly entered the notebook cooling module industry recently and is set to expand their supply to notebook brand vendors in 2014, according to sources...
Monday 24 February 2014
Insyde sees large drop in 2013 pre-tax profit due to shrinking global notebook demand
Taiwan-based UEFI BIOS solution developer Insyde Software posted pre-tax profit of NT$40.3 million (US$1.35 million) for 2013, slipping on year by 75.64% due to decreased global notebook...
Friday 21 February 2014
AUO sees steady demand for notebook panels; reaches nearly 90% yields for LTPS production, says company president
AU Optronics (AUO) is currently running at full capacity on its lines ranging from 3.5G-8.5G. The company is seeing increased demand for products that have larger-size panels, bezel-free...
Friday 21 February 2014
Asustek to suspend dual-OS notebook project, says paper
Asustek Computer is likely to be forced to give up plans to launch its dual-OS notebook, the Transformer Book Duet TD300, due to resistance from Google, according to a Chinese-language...
Wednesday 19 February 2014
Digitimes Research: AUO to be forerunner in notebook panel shipments in 2014
As Samsung Display continues to shift its focus away from notebook panel production to AMOLED production, Taiwan panel makers such as AU Optronics (AUO) are expected to see increased...
Monday 17 February 2014
Notebook panel supply may run short of demand by as many as 20 million panels in 2014
Notebook panels may run short of demand by as many as 20 million units in 2014, according to industry sources.
Monday 17 February 2014
Asustek expects to ship four million desktops in 2014, says company president
With the notebook industry no longer seeing as strong demand as seen previously, Asustek Computer is taking a more aggressive stance in the desktop market and expects to ship four...
Monday 17 February 2014
Asustek Computer expects 3rd-largest global notebook market share in 4Q14
As some competitors have withdrawn from the market or seen decreasing business operations, Asustek Computer expects its global notebook market share to continually rise to the third...
Monday 17 February 2014
Notebook production in Chongqing suffers labor shortage
Notebook production in Chongqing City, western China, has been impacted by labor shortages, with shipments below order volumes by as much as 40%, according to Taiwan-based ODMs.
Thursday 6 February 2014
Digitimes Research: Notebook shipments from brand vendors and ODMs better than expected in January
Notebook shipments from the top-5 brand vendors were better than expected in January 2014, showing an increase of 9% from a year earlier despite a 15% decline from the previous month,...
Wednesday 5 February 2014
Toshiba shifting notebook R&D center to Taiwan
Toshiba has started shifting its notebook R&D center in Japan to Taiwan and will expand its Taiwan R&D staff of over 100 engineers, according to Taiwan-based notebook supply...
Wednesday 29 January 2014
Ultra-portable PCs top 12% of notebook market in 2013, says ABI Research
An estimated 12.3% (22.5 million) of the notebook shipments in 2013 (182.7 million) fit into the ultra-portable segment, according to market intelligence firm ABI Research. The on-year...
Tuesday 28 January 2014
Leading notebook vendors reducing 2014 shipment targets, says DisplaySearch
Scheduling delays and weakened consumer demand for replacement notebooks are forcing leading notebook vendors – including Apple, Asustek Computer, Hewlett-Packard (HP), Lenovo,...
Tuesday 28 January 2014
Digitimes Research: Taiwan ODMs see notebook demand recovery in 4Q13
Although top vendor Lenovo continued to reduce its notebook outsourcing to Taiwan makers in line with its policy of increasing in-house production, recovering demand in the market...