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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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Wednesday 26 June 2013
AUO and Innolux see steady notebook touch panel orders
Innolux and AU Optronics (AUO) are continuing to receive orders from notebook vendors for touch panels, which will likely push the two companies to hold a 10% combined notebook touch...
Tuesday 25 June 2013
HP unveils latest products in Beijing
Hewlett-Packard (HP) has unveiled several new notebooks, tablets, convertibles, Chromebooks and all-in-one PCs at its WorldTour conference in Beijing, China.
Monday 24 June 2013
Price gap between Haswell and Ivy Bridge notebooks may reach 40% in July
Notebook brand vendors have mostly priced their Ivy Bridge-based models 20-30% cheaper than Haswell-based models to help digest their inventories and the price gap is expected to...
Monday 24 June 2013
Quanta targets 3S as the new business directions
Quanta Computer is targeting the 3S - software, system and solution - as the company's new business directions for the future and is set to bring the revenue contribution of its notebook...
Monday 24 June 2013
Compal Electronics expects 2H13 notebook shipments to take up 55% of 2013 total, says president
Compal Electronics expects notebook shipments in the second half of 2013 to account for 55% of the total for the year, company president Ray Chen said at a 2013 shareholders meeting...
Friday 21 June 2013
ECS to downsize capital by 38%
Elitegroup Computer Systems' (ECS) proposed reduction in its paid-in capital of 38% from NT$11.83 billion (US$394 million) to NT$7.34 billion was passed at its 2013 shareholders meeting...
Wednesday 19 June 2013
Pegatron expects 10% growth in 2Q13 shipments
Seeing better-than-expected performances in both April and May, Pegatron Technology expects its notebook and motherboard shipments in the second quarter to meet its forecasts and...
Wednesday 19 June 2013
Taiwan vendors, ODMs turn conservative about 2H13 notebook shipments
Taiwan-based notebook vendors and ODMs originally expected shipments in the first and second halves of 2013 to be in a ratio of 40:60 or 45:55, but have started turning conservative...
Tuesday 18 June 2013
Asustek expects 10% sequential drop in 2Q13 notebook and tablet shipments
Asustek Computer, originally expected to enjoy sequential growth in notebook shipments and a slight on-quarter drop in tablet shipments in the second quarter, has adjusted both forecasts...
Monday 17 June 2013
Wistron, Inventec unlikely to see notebook revenue proportion drop below 50% in the short term
Although Wistron and Inventec are both aggressively trying to reduce their notebook business revenue contributions to minimize the impact of the weakening notebook industry, since...
Friday 14 June 2013
Inventec aims to ship 30 million PC-products in 2014
Inventec aims to ship 20 million notebooks and other PC-related products in 2013 and expects shipments to increase 50% to 30 million units in 2014 as the company will start shipping...
Thursday 13 June 2013
Smart connected device shipments in emerging markets to surpass 1 billion by 2014, says IDC
According to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Smart Connected Device Tracker, global shipments of smart connected devices (PCs, tablets, and smartphones) are expected to surpass 1.7 billion...
Thursday 13 June 2013
Notebook ODMs bracing for price war
Notebook brand vendors have recently started the request-for-quotation (RFQ) process for 2014 orders. But because of the notebook industry's weak shipments and Lenovo increasing in-house...
Tuesday 11 June 2013
Notebook ODMs see mixed revenue performance in May
Quanta Computer, Compal Electronics, Wistron and Inventec have announced their revenues for May 2013 with Quanta achieving NT$61.08 billion (US$2.04 billion), down 0.5% on month and...
Tuesday 11 June 2013
Apple upgrades MacBook Air with fourth-generation Intel Core CPUs
Apple has updated MacBook Air with all-day battery life, fourth-generation Intel Core processors with faster graphics, 802.11ac Wi-Fi and flash storage that is up to 45% faster than...