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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 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...
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,...
Friday 17 January 2014
Digitimes Research: Taiwan to ship over 34.6 million notebooks in 1Q14
Taiwan-based ODMs/OEMs will ship 34.623 million notebooks for a global market share of 85% during the first quarter of 2014, with shipments decreasing 11.2% on quarter and 4.3% on...
Friday 17 January 2014
Compal Electronics expects 5% growth in 2014 notebook shipments, says president
Compal Electronics shipped 39 million notebooks in 2013, increasing 5.4% on year, and expects shipments in 2014 to grow 5% sequentially, company president Ray Chen said on January...
Wednesday 15 January 2014
Digitimes Research: Worldwide notebook shipments to grow 4.1% sequentially in 4Q13
Because of Intel's low-price processor solutions and increased demand from both the consumer and enterprise markets, Global notebook shipments in the fourth quarter of 2013 rose 4.1%...
Monday 13 January 2014
Gigabyte ships 20 million motherboards, 3.5 million graphics cards in 2013
Gigabyte Technology shipped 20 million own-brand motherboards in 2013, of which most were entry-level and mid-range models and 40% were to the China market, as well as 3.5 million...
Friday 10 January 2014
Asustek achieves record revenues in 2013
Asustek Computer has announced consolidated revenues of NT$39.9 billion (US$1.33 billion) for December 2013, down 19.06% on month, but up 6.28% on year with consolidated revenues...
Friday 10 January 2014
Touch panel makers see increased orders from Sony for notebooks
Touch panel makers are seeing increased orders from Sony for notebook touch panels.
Friday 10 January 2014
Compal expects tablet shipments to double in 2014
Compal Electronics expects its tablet shipments to double in 2014 to 14 million units, while shipments of its notebooks will grow only slightly to 40 million units. The company shipped...