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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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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 and...
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...
Thursday 22 August 2013
Pegatron expects sequential drops in 3Q13 notebook, desktop, motherboard shipments
Taiwan-based ODM Pegatron expects a 5-10% sequential decrease in its third-quarter 2013 notebook shipments and a 10-15% decline for desktops and motherboards, according to the comp...
Wednesday 21 August 2013
HP surpasses Lenovo in 10-month notebook shipments in 2013
Hewlett-Packard (HP) is expected to return as the largest notebook brand vendor worldwide with shipments for the first 10 months of 2013 reaching 23.5 million units, higher than Lenovo's...
Monday 19 August 2013
Notebook players finding gaming PC business still a bright spot in dismal PC market
Notebook players such as second-tier ODMs Clevo and Shuttle, as well as brand vendors Gigabyte Technology and Micro-Star International (MSI), are seeing their gaming notebook businesses...
Monday 19 August 2013
Notebook ODMs seeking measures to stay competitive in 2014
Notebook ODMs are taking measures to handle the challenges they may face in 2014. In addition to seeking new business opportunities such as wearable devices and cloud computing datacenters,...
Monday 19 August 2013
Lenovo to produce 60% of its notebooks in-house in 2014
Lenovo reportedly will produce 60% of its notebooks in-house in 2014, while outsourcing to Compal Electronics will drop to only 30% of total shipments from the previous 50%, and Wistron's...
Monday 19 August 2013
Digitimes Research: China tablet and notebook touch panel shipments to register pronounced growth in 3Q13
While shipments of touch panels for handset applications will continue to dominate the touch panel industry in China in the second half of 2013, the ratio of tablet touch panels will...
Wednesday 14 August 2013
Asustek to enter the Chromebook market in 4Q13
Asustek Computer plans to enter the Chromebook market as soon as the fourth quarter, hoping to find new demand from the IT market to boost its notebook shipments, according to sources...
Wednesday 14 August 2013
Intel introduces Android-based education tablet reference design
Intel has introduced an education-focused tablet reference design, featuring an Intel Atom processor and the Android operating system. The Intel Education tablet is specifically for...