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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 16 September 2013
Samsung halves September notebook component orders
Samsung Electronics has cut its notebook component orders for September to about half of its original forecast and the company reportedly may also reduce its shipment forecast for...
Friday 13 September 2013
Russia PC shipments continue to slow in 2Q13, says IDC
According to IDC, PC shipments in Russia in the second quarter of 2013 continued their steep decline, with volume slipping by 37.3% on year to a total of 2.47 million units. The notebook...
Thursday 12 September 2013
Compal, Quanta share 90% of Acer notebook ODM orders
Compal Electronics has landed orders for 15-inch notebooks to be shipped in 2014 from Acer while fellow ODM Quanta Computer has obtained orders for 14- and 17-inch notebooks and an...
Wednesday 11 September 2013
Notebook brand vendors may reduce 3Q13 shipment forecasts
Despite having placed increased orders for August, notebook vendors are still under pressure to reduce their shipment forecasts for the third quarter as consumer demand remains weak,...
Tuesday 10 September 2013
Wistron out of Acer 2014 main notebook ODM list, say Taiwan makers
Acer has not released orders for mainstream notebook models to be shipped in 2014 to Wistron, currently one of its main ODMs, which indicates it will not use Wistron as one of its...
Tuesday 10 September 2013
Notebook display panel shipments fall 23% in July as most vendors cut orders, says IHS
In another troubling sign for the notebook market, eight of the nine leading vendors reduced their LCD panel purchases in July 2013, causing global market shipments to decline by 23%...
Monday 9 September 2013
Notebook ODMs see growing revenue performance in August
Notebook ODMs Wistron, Compal Electronics and Inventec have announced their revenues for August with all enjoying growth for both on-month and on-year comparisons.
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 need...
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 widely,...
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...