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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 9 September 2013
Taiwan market: Back-to-school notebook sales may drop 20-30% on year
Taiwan's notebook sales during the back-to-school season in 2013 may drop 20-30% compared to those in 2012 despite the fact that channel retailers and brand vendors have been aggressively...
Monday 9 September 2013
HP internally estimates shipping only 21 million notebooks in 2014
Hewlett-Packard (HP) internally estimates its notebook shipments to reach only 21 million units for 2014, and the volume in 2013 is estimated to be less than 30 million, down from...
Friday 6 September 2013
Why Apple should make a 2-in-1 notebook
As competition in the tablet segment continues to increase and as notebook vendors are either seeing stagnant or in some cases declining sales of notebooks, vendors such as Apple...
Thursday 5 September 2013
Digitimes Research: Notebook brands and ODMs ramp up shipments in August
Notebook shipments of the world's top-five brands and top-three ODMs grew 22% and 11%, respectively, on month in August 2013, but performance of individual brands and ODMs varied...
Wednesday 4 September 2013
Touch panel supply chain expects increased orders from notebook vendors
Touch panel supply chains expect to see increased orders throughout September 2013 as notebook vendors plan to bump up their orders.
Tuesday 3 September 2013
Acer to show new innovations at IFA 2013
At IFA 2013, Acer will unveil the new 10.1-inch Iconia A3 Android-based tablet, the new Liquid S2 smartphone, Acer's first smartphone with Ultra HD recording; and the refreshed Ezel...
Tuesday 3 September 2013
Quanta, Compal to dominate Acer 2014 notebook orders, says paper
Quanta Computer and Compal Electronics have each landed about 40% of Acer's notebook orders for 2014, relegating Wistron, the second-largest supplier to Acer in 2013, to third place,...
Monday 2 September 2013
HP may cooperate with Flextronics in the Brazil notebook market
Hewlett-Packard (HP) is reportedly considering cooperating with Flextronics for product manufacturing for the Brazil market, as the US-based vendor is said to be adopting a new business...
Thursday 29 August 2013
Inventec merger may trigger consolidation among notebook and handset ODMs
Taiwan-based notebook and handset ODMs are likely heading for a new wave of industry consolidation taking cues from the successful merger between notebook maker Inventec and its associated...
Thursday 29 August 2013
Taiwan market: Acer offers sub-NT$20,000 Haswell notebook
Acer has recently cut the price of a notebook featuring a Haswell-based Core i5 processor to below NT$20,000 (US$667) in Taiwan and is aiming to compete for the back-to-school demand...
Tuesday 27 August 2013
Digitimes Research: Japan notebook vendors shift focus back to domestic market
After Lenovo bought NEC's PC business and renamed it as NEC Lenovo, there are only four major Japan-based vendors that are still active in the PC industry: Fujitsu, Toshiba, Sony...
Monday 26 August 2013
Notebook ODMs integrating R&D resources to cut costs
Notebook ODMs have recently started integrating their R&D resources from different departments and are using their idle capacity to develop tablets, smartphones or wearable devices,...
Friday 23 August 2013
Chassis makers prefer thermoplastic curing process for carbon fiber products
As carbon fiber-reinforced plastic chassis are expected to enjoy strong growth in 2014, chassis makers are placing most of their resources on developing the thermoplastic curing process...
Friday 23 August 2013
Notebook shipments slow in July and August; expected to affect supply chain 3Q13 performance
Notebook shipments have been slow throughout July and August 2013 and are not likely to pick up until September, according to supply chain sources.
Friday 23 August 2013
Global second-tier notebook market declining
The ratio of second-tier notebooks (notebooks offered by non-top-10 vendors) to global notebook shipments has dropped to below 10% recently as most makers have shifted to the development...