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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 28 October 2013
Notebook ODMs see inland plants only able to deliver 60% of orders due to labor shortage
The labor shortage at Taiwan notebook ODMs' plants in Chongqing, China is reportedly becoming more serious recently and the plants are currently only able to deliver 60% of their orders,...
Friday 25 October 2013
Notebook shipments rise 10% in 3Q13, says firm
According to WitsView, global notebook shipments in the third quarter of 2013 reached 43.4 million units, rising 10.1% on quarter, making the period the only quarter that showed double-digit...
Friday 25 October 2013
Taiwan ODMs expect mild sequential growth in 4Q13 notebook shipments
Shipments of notebooks to be launched in the peak sales period prior to new year began in October, but shipments in the fourth quarter are expected to increase on quarter by less than...
Wednesday 23 October 2013
Vendors remain confident about touchscreen notebooks in 2014
Despite the failure to raise touchscreen notebook demand in 2013, several notebook brand vendors including Acer and Asustek Computer are still planning to release more products in...
Wednesday 23 October 2013
Apple updates MacBook Pro specifications; launches new Mac Pro
Apple has updated MacBook Pro with Retina display with fourth-generation Intel Core processors, the latest graphics, longer battery life, faster flash storage and next-generation Wi-Fi,...
Wednesday 23 October 2013
Apple announces iPad Air and Retina-featured iPad mini
Apple has announced the iPad Air featuring a 9.7-inch Retina display. Weighed one pound, iPad Air is 20% thinner and 28% lighter than the fourth-generation iPad, and with a narrower...
Friday 18 October 2013
Windows 8.1 models unlikely to ignite PC demand
The PC market is unlikely to reverse its decline in 2013 and 2014 despite the arrival of new Windows 8.1 devices, sources in the supply chain have commented.
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...