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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 10 June 2013
Commentary: Samsung deepens cooperation with Microsoft, paving way to notebook market
South Korea-based Samsung Electronics supplies key components such as panels to Microsoft while developing new notebooks using Microsoft's operating systems. Samsung can use discounts...
Thursday 6 June 2013
AMD reportedly to join Chromebook camp
As the IT market is gradually stepping into a generation filled with mixed platforms, AMD is reportedly planning to join Google's Chromebook supply chain, hoping to penetrate Intel's...
Wednesday 5 June 2013
MSI to push for shipment growth in all product lines in 2013
Micro-Star International (MSI) expects its motherboard, graphics card, notebook and tablet shipments to grow significantly on year in 2013 as it has finalized its business organization...
Wednesday 5 June 2013
Upstream notebook supply chain sees growing orders in June
Orders from notebook brand vendors to the upstream supply chain have started growing strong recently and are expected to benefit the supply chain's overall shipments in the second...
Wednesday 5 June 2013
Make good products and growth will come naturally: Q&A with Gigabyte notebook team
Despite being one of the market leaders in the motherboard and graphics card industries, Gigabyte Technology is relatively unknown as a notebook player. Digitimes recently sat down...
Wednesday 5 June 2013
Computex 2013: Asustek and Acer exhibits
On the fourth floor of Nangang Exhibition Hall in Taipei, Taiwan, many brands are showcasing their latest products and technologies for Computex 2013 from June 4-8.
Wednesday 5 June 2013
Digitimes Research: Taiwan notebook shipments enjoy growth in May
First-tier notebook vendors and ODMs enjoyed on-month shipment growth in May with brand vendors together having an increase of over 10% and ODMs around 5%, according to Digitimes...
Monday 3 June 2013
Touchscreen notebook proportion expected to rise to 40% in 3Q13
As vendors will launch more touchscreen notebooks, the proportion of notebooks sold in the Taiwan market with touchscreens is expected to rise from 10-15% in the first half of 2013...
Friday 31 May 2013
Acer, Asustek to showcase the latest innovations at Computex 2013
At Computex 2013, Acer will showcase two Windows 8 tablets, the 8-inch W3 810 and 11.6-inch Bulgari, while Asustek Computer reportedly will display its new Zenbooks featuring reinforced...
Friday 31 May 2013
Global tablet shipments to grow 62% in 2013, says MIC
There will be 182 million notebooks shipped globally in 2013, decreasing 5.3% on year, while tablet shipments will increase 62.2% to 228 million, according to the Market Intelligence...
Friday 31 May 2013
EETI launches single-chip touchscreen ICs for notebooks, tablets and all-in-one devices
Egalax-empia Technology (EETI) has rolled out a single-chip touchscreen IC solution which has been adopted by a number of desktop and notebook companies for their new models slated...
Friday 31 May 2013
Digitimes Research: Global 2Q13 handset touch panel shipments to show 5% sequential growth
The second quarter is the beginning of the traditional boom season for the touch panel market and demand from handset makers has been reviving. Digitimes Research predicts that global...
Wednesday 29 May 2013
Notebook supply chain sees trouble satisfying downstream demand in China
As Lenovo's PC manufacturing joint venture in Hefei, eastern China is set to ship 10 million products in 2013, sources from the notebook supply chain are concerned that they may have...
Wednesday 29 May 2013
PC outlook falls as market increasingly looks to tablets, says IDC
Worldwide PC shipments are now expected to fall by 7.8% in 2013 according to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker. The new forecast reflects a shift in PC buying trends as users...
Wednesday 29 May 2013
Notebook vendors to defer shipments for 60 days, say Taiwan makers
Notebook vendors will wait till July before ramping up their orders in preparation for the back-to-school demand, a delay of about 60 days as compared to the usual practice in previous...