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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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Friday 9 November 2012
MSI to launch Windows 8 notebooks in mid-November
Micro-Star International (MSI) will launch several Windows 8 touch-controlled notebooks in North America, Taiwan and Southeast Asia in mid-November, according to the company, adding...
Wednesday 7 November 2012
Notebook ODMs facing uncertainty as brand vendors take over R&D
Acer plans to release a new notebook that is designed and developed in-house, creating an alert among notebook ODMs that brand vendors are trying to become more involved in R&D...
Wednesday 7 November 2012
Notebook brands to mainly promote Windows 7 notebooks in 4Q12
Although Microsoft has already released Windows 8, notebook brand vendors are still promoting Windows 7-based models in the fourth quarter in order to digest remaining inventories...
Wednesday 7 November 2012
Dell warns Taiwan notebook ODMs against producing white-box servers
As Taiwan-based notebook ODMs such as Quanta Computer and Wistron have stepped into producing white-box servers targeting the Internet data centers of clients such as Google and Facebook,...
Tuesday 6 November 2012
Commentary: Notebook ODMs face uncertainties in tablet market
The rise of tablets and smartphones, plus the economic downturn in the US and Europe, have been causing PC brands such as HP, Dell and Acer to report unsatisfactory sales results....
Friday 2 November 2012
GIGABYTE launches variety of innovative Windows 8 products
GIGABYTE, a rising brand in the notebook industry, launched an array of notebooks and a tablet with fabulous functions and powerful specifications. Each GIGABYTE model is highlighted...
Thursday 1 November 2012
Acer Greater China president expects 10% growth in 2013 notebook shipments
President of Acer Greater China Scott Lin, commenting on the touchscreen and convertible notebook trends brought on by Windows 8, pointed out that he believes these trends can resurrect...
Wednesday 31 October 2012
Acer unveils new ultrabooks with touch panels
Acer has unveiled its latest ultrabook products, the M series, offering 10-point touch, frameless HD displays, Intel Core processors, and more than 8 hours of battery life.
Wednesday 31 October 2012
Notebook brands competing over touch panel supply
Acer, Lenovo and Asustek Computer have all recently launched touchscreen notebooks with Windows 8, but due to tight supply of touch panels, the brand vendors have reportedly stationed...
Wednesday 31 October 2012
Acer announces Aspire V5 touch notebook
Acer has announced its latest Aspire V5 series touchscreen notebook, featuring a 10-point touch display and a large trackpad, designed to enhance multi-gesture content consumption...
Tuesday 30 October 2012
Notebook brands plan limited shipments of Windows RT tablets
Notebook brands that were originally aggressive about pushing Windows on Arm (WoA) tablets have mostly cooled down following the launch of Microsoft's Surface RT. While players such...
Tuesday 30 October 2012
Convertible products to raise hinge prices
Notebook brand vendors have started launching convertible products that can be transformed between tablet and notebook input modes, and the special hinge designs for convertibles are...
Tuesday 30 October 2012
Digitimes Research: Surface tablet to mainly devour notebook demand in the short term
Microsoft's recently launched own-brand Surface tablets have raised the question of whether Surface will devour consumer demand for tablets or notebooks, or maybe even both. In terms...
Monday 29 October 2012
Catcher suffers sequential drop in 3Q12 revenues
Catcher Technology reported consolidated revenues of NT$8.82 billion (US$301.44 million) for the third quarter, down 8.6% sequentially and 18.2% on year, while combined consolidated...
Monday 29 October 2012
Insyde announces profit for 3Q12
Taiwan-based BIOS designer Insyde Software has announced its third-quarter result with revenues of NT$280 million (US$9.57 million), while its net profit reached NT$34.17 million and...