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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 21 March 2013
Quanta, Compal, Wistron expected to see sequential growth in March notebook shipments
Quanta Computer, Compal Electronics and Wistron saw their notebook shipments in February significantly decrease on month due to fewer working days arising from the Lunar New Year...
Thursday 21 March 2013
Inhontech joins branded notebook and smartphone competition
Taiwan-based Inhon Technologies Group (Inhontech), an ODM maker of glass fiber handset and notebook cases, chassis and other plastics parts, has recently entered the branded smartphone...
Wednesday 20 March 2013
Most notebook component makers expect 5-10% sequential drops in 1Q13 revenues
Due to weak global demand for notebooks, most Taiwan-based notebook component makers expect their revenues for the first quarter of 2013 to decrease sequentially by 5-10%. But their...
Monday 18 March 2013
First-tier vendors to supply more notebook models with no OS
Several first-tier notebook brand vendors including Lenovo have reportedly been raising their shipment proportions of models without an operating system (OS) to attract consumers,...
Monday 18 March 2013
Mobility is reshaping consumer gadget spending and behavior, says Gartner
Household adoption and spending on consumer technology products is shifting faster than expected in favor of gadgets and services that are portable or mobile and those that deliver...
Friday 15 March 2013
A Google OS would struggle to compete with Windows for 1-2 years, say Taiwan notebook platers
While Google is likely to integrate Chrome OS with Android, such a Google OS would struggle to compete with Windows in the global notebook market at least for one to two years, according...
Friday 15 March 2013
PC-related IC designers likely to post disappointing 1Q13 results
IC design houses including Elan Microelectronics, Realtek Semiconductor, and Global Mixed-mode Technology (GMT) are likely to report disappointing revenue results for the first quarter...
Wednesday 13 March 2013
PC supply chain sentiment remains weak despite Microsoft price cuts
Despite price breaks offered by Microsoft on its Windows 8 and Office software, sentiment in the PC supply chain still remains weak, in view of orders received in March and second-quarter...
Tuesday 12 March 2013
Quanta February notebook shipments down 12.1% sequentially
Quanta Computer shipped 2.9 million notebooks in February, decreasing 12.1% sequentially, according to the company. Notebook shipments for the first two months of 2013 reached 6.2...
Friday 8 March 2013
HP, Acer, Asustek to ship 2.0, 1.7, 1.1 million notebooks in March, say Taiwan makers
Hewlett-Packard (HP), Acer and Asustek Computer will ship two million, 1.7 million and 1.1 million notebooks in March, growing over 27%, nearly 20% and 17-18%, respectively, according...
Thursday 7 March 2013
Elan, EETI likely to hit record revenues for March
Taiwan-based IC design houses Elan Microelectronics and Egalax-Empia Technology (EETI) are likely to see March revenues hit record monthly levels due to growing demand for touch ICs...
Thursday 7 March 2013
Digitimes Research: Notebook brand vendors and ODMs see shipments drop in February
Due to fewer working days in February and persistently weak demand in the notebook market, the top-3 notebook ODMs saw their combined shipments for the month drop 18% sequentially...
Thursday 7 March 2013
Touchscreen notebooks to enjoy at least 10% price cut after Windows 8 discount
Touchscreen notebook prices are expected to drop at least 10% when the recently reported Windows 8 licensing fee discounts provided by Microsoft go into effect, while some entry-level...
Wednesday 6 March 2013
Monitor and notebook panel prices expected to drop further in March
Large-size IT panels used in monitor applications are expected to drop as much as US$0.50 during the first half of March 2013 while notebook panels are expected to drop the same amount,...
Wednesday 6 March 2013
Acer, HP seeking breakthroughs in notebook design
Hoping to regain their momentum in the IT market, Acer and Hewlett-Packard (HP) are developing new chassis and hinge designs for their upcoming Haswell-based notebooks, according...