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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 1 April 2013
Commentary: Labor shortages, rising wages in China push notebook component firms toward automation
China continues to increase minimum wages but labor shortages along the coast continue sending the notebook supply chain moving inward to central China. The lack of labor is notebook...
Thursday 28 March 2013
Notebook brand vendors to secure touch panel supply with security deposits
As touchscreen notebooks are expected to account for a double-digit share of the global notebook market in 2013, up from only a single-digit percentage in 2012, notebook brand vendors...
Wednesday 27 March 2013
Intel to separate 3rd-generation ultrabooks into 3 price groups
Intel has unveiled its plans for third-generation ultrabooks to downstream partners and is separating the segment into three major price levels, hoping to satisfy different consumer...
Wednesday 27 March 2013
Worldwide smart connected device shipments cross one billion units in 2012, says IDC
Worldwide shipments of smart connected devices grew 29.1% on year in 2012, crossing one billion units shipped with a value of US$576.9 billion, according to IDC. The market expansion...
Tuesday 26 March 2013
ODMs see weaker profits from tablet business
As Google and Amazon reportedly will release their next-generation 7-inch entry-level tablets in the near future, sources from the upstream supply chain have estimated that related...
Monday 25 March 2013
Brand vendors cautious about Microsoft when it comes to hardware design
Notebook brand vendors have turned cautious about revealing their new products' industrial designs for next-generation Windows as they are concerned that Microsoft may use their designs...
Friday 22 March 2013
Simplo reports 2012 EPS of NT$10.71
Battery pack maker Simplo Technology reported fourth-quarter 2012 financial performance with revenues reaching NT$16.62 billion (US$556 million). The firm reported gross profits of...
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 in...
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...