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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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Tuesday 15 January 2013
Digitimes Research: Taiwan 4Q12 notebook ODM shipments up on quarter, down on year
Taiwan-based ODMs shipped 43.69 million notebooks in fourth-quarter 2012, increasing 2.5% sequentially but decreasing 3.0% on year, with their global market share reaching 90.1%, according...
Friday 11 January 2013
Lenovo likely to cancel IdeaPad brand due to internal adjustments
As Lenovo will adjust its organization into two brand-based sub-groups, Lenovo and Think, in April 2013, sources from the upstream supply chain have revealed that the company plans...
Wednesday 9 January 2013
Casetek sees monthly shipments of 1 million iPad mini chassis at the end of 2012
Taiwan-based chassis maker Casetek Holdings, a subsidiary of Pegatron Technology, is expected to have shipped one million and 1.5 million iPad mini chassis in November and December...
Thursday 3 January 2013
Lenovo plans to hike in-house notebook production ratio to 100% in 3-5 years, say Taiwan makers
Lenovo plans to increase the proportion of total notebooks produced in-house to 100% in three to five years, according to Taiwan-based supply chain makers
Wednesday 2 January 2013
IC demand from notebook sector to remain weak in 1H13
Demand for chips from the notebook segment will remain weak in the first half of 2013 as the increasing popularity of tablets will further limit notebook sales in the year, according...
Wednesday 2 January 2013
Ambient light, proximity sensors to have lower penetration rates in notebook/tablet segment
The penetration rates of ambient light and proximity sensors in the notebook and tablet sectors will be lower than expected in the first half of 2013 due to cost considerations at...
Wednesday 2 January 2013
ODMs reportedly to receive storage product orders from Facebook
Facebook reportedly plans to outsource new storage product orders to Taiwan-based ODMs with both Quanta Computer and Wistron having a chance to land the orders, according to sources...
Wednesday 2 January 2013
Touch panel supply and pricing keys to boosting Windows 8 demand
Demand for Windows 8 will rely heavily on the supply and pricing of touch panels. Once touch panels can be supplied cheaply and in large volumes, sources from retail channels expect...
Thursday 27 December 2012
Touchscreen offers new opportunity for PC brands: An interview with Acer president
The PC industry saw several major developments in 2012, such as the rise of ARM-based products that greatly weakened the influence of the Wintel platform and Microsoft's launch of...
Wednesday 26 December 2012
Netbook market to end at the end of 2012
With Asustek Computer recently announcing an end to its Eee PC product line from the end of 2012, while Acer also has no plans to release more netbook products, the netbook market...
Wednesday 26 December 2012
Compal to aim for all-in-one PC orders from HP
Compal Electronics reportedly plans to expand its all-in-one PC business and is targeting to land 30% of Lenovo's total orders, as well as orders from Hewlett-Packard (HP), according...
Wednesday 26 December 2012
Lenovo, HP January 2013 notebook shipments expected to be higher than Acer, Asustek
Lenovo and Hewlett-Packard (HP) are expected to see better shipment performance than Acer and Asustek Computer in January 2013 mainly because Lenovo will see strong demand in China...
Monday 24 December 2012
Acer, Asustek to start up low price tablet competition
After Acer reportedly plans to release a 7-inch tablet model with a price of US$99 in the first quarter of 2013, Asustek Computer is also set launch a 7-inch tablet with a price of...
Monday 24 December 2012
Acer to host supply chain conference in January 2013
Acer is set to host a supply chain conference on January 17, 2013 with its upstream partners including Quanta Computer, Compal Electronics, Wistron and Pegatron Technology, to all...
Monday 24 December 2012
Acer to raise notebook supply proportion from Chongqing to 75% in 2013
Acer is expected to have 60-62% of its notebook shipments supplied from Chongqing, China in 2012 and the proportion will rise to 75% in 2013, according to sources from the upstream...