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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 11 July 2013
Quanta sees revenue and shipment growth in June
Quanta Computer has disclosed that its consolidated revenues and notebook shipments for June grew sequentially. Quanta shipped 4.1 million notebooks in the month.
Wednesday 10 July 2013
Notebook brand vendors hesitant over orders in 2014
Notebook brand vendors are having trouble finishing their 2013 request for quotation (RFQ) processes as early as in previous years due to conservative attitudes about the notebook...
Wednesday 10 July 2013
Pegatron sees on-year growth in June revenues
Pegatron Technology has announced consolidated revenues of NT$66.54 billion (US$2.21 billion) for June, down 7.65% on month and 12.44% on year, NT$203.99 billion for the second quarter,...
Tuesday 9 July 2013
Taiwan retailers stocking fewer notebooks for summer 2013
Seeing that notebook demand may be weaker than expected during the summer, Taiwan channel retailers have prepared less inventory for the summer. Inventory for the back-to-school season...
Tuesday 9 July 2013
Wistron sees growth in June notebook shipments
Wistron has announced revenues and notebook shipments for June with shipment volume increasing 13.5% on month to 2.1 million units and reaching 5.85 million units in the second quarter,...
Monday 8 July 2013
Sony to give Quanta over 90% of its notebook orders for 2014
Sony has reportedly given over 90% of its 2014 notebook orders to Quanta Computer, leaving only a small portion to the vendor's other ODM partners Wistron and Foxconn Electronics...
Friday 5 July 2013
Notebook vendors concerned about Apple application for USB/SD hybrid port patent, say Taiwan makers
Apple has filed a patent application with the USPTO for a hybrid USB/SD port which combines a USB port with SD card slot to save space to make notebooks slimmer. Ultrabook vendors...
Wednesday 3 July 2013
Notebook ODMs expect mixed monthly performance in 3Q13
Notebook ODMs saw their shipments enjoy an on-month growth in June, but expect an on-month drop in July, growth in August and then to reach their annual peaks in September, according...
Wednesday 3 July 2013
Microsoft SST program not attracting brand vendors
Microsoft's Small Screen Touch (SST) program, which offers Windows licensing discounts on touchscreen devices with a display size of 11.6-inch or below, is struggling to attract notebook...
Tuesday 2 July 2013
Notebook component makers worried about tight schedules to meet shipments in August-September
Notebook shipments mainly based on Haswell to international vendors are expected to drastically increase in August and peak in September, according to Taiwan-based ODMs. In response,...
Tuesday 2 July 2013
Digitimes Research: Notebook players enjoy on-month growth in June
Major notebook brand vendors and ODMs enjoyed on-month shipment growths in June with brand vendors together seeing a growth of 19% and ODMs 16%. Among the brand vendors, Hewlett-Packard...
Monday 1 July 2013
Notebook brand vendors conducting product R&D directly with component makers
Notebook brand vendors have started conducting product R&D themselves and are directly discussing with hinge makers about development ideas, skipping ODMs, which used to do R&D...
Monday 1 July 2013
Taiwan component makers increase subcontract orders to China makers
Viewing that their profits are being impacted by weakened notebook demand, some Taiwan-based notebook component makers have increased subcontracting their orders to China-based makers...
Monday 1 July 2013
Notebook players conservative about placing IC orders for 2H13
Notebook brands and ODMs have become more conservative about placing IC orders for the second half of 2013 amid rising uncertainty over their business outlook for the rest of the...
Wednesday 26 June 2013
Asustek may fail to reach 2013 notebook shipment goal; could also see drop in profits
Asustek Computer may have difficulty achieving its shipment goal of 20 million notebooks for 2013 and its tablet shipments may only reach 12 million units, at most, as its second-quarter...