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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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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As some competitors have withdrawn from the market or seen decreasing business operations, Asustek Computer expects its global notebook market share to continually rise to the third...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...
Monday 27 January 2014
Asustek to see shipments of 20 million notebooks in 2014
Asustek Computer's notebook shipments are expected to reach 20 million units in 2014, up from 18.5 million units in 2013, while its tablet shipments are expected to remain at 12 million...
Monday 27 January 2014
Samsung cuts target notebook shipments to 7 million units for 2014
Samsung Electronics has set a goal of shipping seven million notebooks globally in 2014, a reduction of 41.67% from the 12 million units shipped in 2013, and will no longer launch...
Monday 27 January 2014
IC design house EETI looks to ship 50 million notebook touchscreen controller ICs in 2014
IC design house Eglax-empia Technology (EETI) is expected to ship 50 million touchscreen controller ICs for notebook applications in 2014, according to an industry estimate.
Friday 24 January 2014
January LCD TV panel prices decline, some notebook panel prices surge, says WitsView
LCD TV panel prices declined in January 2014, with 21.5-inch monitor panels rising US$0.50 while 20-, 23.6-, and 24-inch prices remained flat and other sizes dropped US$0.30-0.50....
Thursday 23 January 2014
PCB maker GBM expects return to profitability in 2014
PCB maker Global Brands Manufacture (GBM), which also provides PCB assembly services, expects to return to profitability in 2014. Brisk demand coming from the automotive electronics...
Thursday 23 January 2014
Intel unveils latest Education Tablet and Classmate PC
Intel has unveiled its new education-focused reference devices at Bett 2014, a learning technology event in London, the UK. The new Intel Education Tablet and the Intel classmate PC...
Monday 20 January 2014
US weather and China labor shortages to cause 20% decline in notebook shipments
Global notebook shipments in the first quarter may drop 10-20% sequentially because of weather hazards in the US and labor shortages in China, according to sources from the upstream...
Monday 20 January 2014
Quanta Computer aims at 5-10% growth in 2014 notebook shipments
Quanta Computer shipped 43.1 million notebooks in 2013, 2% short of its target, and decreasing 19.9% on year, and aims at a 5-10% increase in 2014 shipments to reach 45-47.4 million,...