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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 16 October 2013
Intel Broadwell CPU delay to help PC vendors regain pace
Intel's decision to delay the mass shipment schedule of its 14nm Broadwell-based processors by one quarter from the end of 2013 is expected to buy brand vendors some time to finish...
Tuesday 15 October 2013
Digitimes Research: Taiwan notebook shipments to drop to only 35 million units in 4Q13
Global notebook shipments are expected to drop 3.2% sequentially and 13.4% on year in the fourth quarter as brand vendors' new notebook models featuring entry-level/mid-range Haswell...
Monday 14 October 2013
Catcher becomes largest chassis supplier of Dell enterprise notebooks
Taiwan-based metal chassis maker Catcher Technology is said to have landed 80% of Dell's enterprise notebook chassis orders for 2014 as the US-based vendor has decided to adopt metal...
Monday 14 October 2013
Digitimes Research: Global notebook shipments to grow less than 3% in 3Q13
Taiwan's notebook shipments grew only 2.5% sequentially, and dropped 8.6% on year in the third quarter despite the fact that notebook ODMs have seen better-than-expected orders in...
Monday 14 October 2013
Worldwide PC shipments decline 8.6% in 3Q13, says Gartner
Worldwide PC shipments totaled 80.3 million units in the third quarter of 2013, an 8.6% decline from the same period in 2012, according to preliminary results by Gartner. This marks...
Wednesday 9 October 2013
Quanta Computer leads in September notebook shipments among Taiwan ODMs
Quanta Computer shipped four million notebooks in September, the largest among Taiwan-based ODMs, followed by Compal Electronics with 3.2 million units, Inventec with 2.35 million...
Wednesday 9 October 2013
Brand vendors seek profits from gaming notebooks
As demand for gaming notebooks continues to rise, notebook brand vendors such as Dell, Micro-Star International (MSI), Gigabyte Technology and Asustek Computer, have been developing...
Monday 7 October 2013
October notebook shipments to be impacted by labor shortage
China is currently suffering from a labor shortage and the issue has caused many notebook-related players to only be able to deliver 85% of their orders for September. With the approach...
Friday 4 October 2013
Inventec achieves notebook shipment record in September, says paper
Inventec shipped 2.35 million notebooks in September, the highest monthly volume in the company's history mainly thanks to Hewlett-Packard's (HP) increased orders, according to a...
Friday 4 October 2013
Notebook ODMs ramping shipments of Windows 8.1 models
Having enjoyed strong shipments in September, notebook ODMs have seen their shipments remain robust in October as notebook vendors prepare to roll out new Windows 8.1-based models,...
Thursday 3 October 2013
Digitimes Research: Notebook brand vendors and ODMs enjoy around 10% growth in September
Global top-five notebook brand vendors and top-three ODMs enjoyed on-month shipment growths of 13% and 9% in September, respectively. Among first-tier vendors, Hewlett-Packard (HP),...
Thursday 3 October 2013
Taiwan notebook vendors cut touch notebook orders by 50% in 2H13
Some Taiwan-based notebook vendors are planning to cut orders for touch notebooks by as much as 50% in the second half of 2013 due to lower-than-expected sales, which is expected...
Wednesday 2 October 2013
Toshiba to distribute notebook orders for 2014 more evenly among ODMs
Toshiba reportedly will finish the request for quotation (RFQ) process for its 2014 notebook orders soon with Quanta Computer and Compal Electronics each landing about 30% of orders,...
Wednesday 2 October 2013
Some of touchscreen notebook and AIO supply chain makers may quit in 2014, say Taiwan makers
Since demand for touchscreen notebooks and all-in-one (AIO) PCs has been far short of original expectations, some supply chain makers, mainly touch IC module developers and touch...
Wednesday 2 October 2013
Demand for business notebook metal-alloy chassis expected to rise
Replacement demand from the business notebook segment is expected to take off due to Microsoft's plans to end Windows XP technical support, which will in turn boost demand for metal-alloy...