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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 30 August 2012
Asustek outlines future plans
Asustek Computer hosted an investors conference on August 29, announcing that the company's sales performance in the second quarter was better than expected and achieved new records...
Wednesday 29 August 2012
Asustek may rank second globally in 4Q12 portable shipments
Asustek Computer is expected to ship more than eight million notebooks, tablet PCs and netbooks in total in the fourth quarter of 2012, ranking second next only to Apple among vendors,...
Wednesday 29 August 2012
Notebook component makers face clients asking for price cuts
Notebook vendors have asked component makers to reduce prices, and the makers are also under pressure from price competition from fellow makers, according to sources from the upstream...
Wednesday 29 August 2012
Touch-enabled notebook penetration will struggle to reach 20% in 2013 due to high costs
Vendors including Hewlett-Packard, Acer, Asustek Computer and Lenovo plan to launch notebooks equipped with touch screens to support Windows 8's touch functions, but it will be difficult...
Tuesday 28 August 2012
Notebook shipments unlikely to achieve strong growth in 4Q12
Notebook ODM shipments in the fourth quarter are unlikely to achieve their original goal of seeing double-digit percentage growth despite the fact that Microsoft will launch its latest...
Monday 27 August 2012
Notebook chassis makers expand capacity at Chongqing plants in 2H12
As notebook ODMs have recently started accelerating their expansion of production capacity in Chongqing, their upstream chassis suppliers – Zhanyun Chongqing Electronics, Ju...
Monday 27 August 2012
Notebook panel prices drop in August
Notebook panel prices have dropped during August due to lack of recovery in North American and European economies as well as weak demand from markets awaiting the fourth-quarter release...
Friday 24 August 2012
Low-priced tablet battle poses challenges for supply chains
Low-priced tablet supply chains will face increasing pressure in the second half to provide low-priced goods, which will pose challenges particularly for parts suppliers to make profits,...
Friday 24 August 2012
Pegatron conservative about touchscreen notebook in 4Q12
Despite Microsoft being set to release Windows 8, on October 26, mainly pushing its touchscreen controls, Pegatron Technology CEO Jason Cheng is rather conservative about touchscreen...
Wednesday 22 August 2012
Tablet PCs expected to surpass notebook sales in 3Q12
Tablet PCs are expected to surpass notebook sales in the third quarter as new models are about to hit the market, according to industry sources. Sources said the tablets have price...
Tuesday 21 August 2012
Chongqing and Chengdu are not competitors, says Chongqing mayor
Chongqing and Chengdu of China, the two major cities of Sichuan province, have reportedly been competing against each other over investments from PC-related players; however, Chongqing...
Tuesday 21 August 2012
Acer, HP consider to take back chassis purchase authority
Acer and Hewlett-Packard (HP) are considering to retrieve their chassis purchase authority from notebook ODMs in hoping to effectively control their production capacity and quality,...
Monday 20 August 2012
Chongqing aims to attract investment from 800 Taiwan notebook component makers at end of 2012
The government of Chongqing City, western China, has developed the Chongqing Taiwan-investment Industrial Park specifically for Taiwan-based notebook component makers to set up factories...
Friday 17 August 2012
Chongqing plans to end subsidization of notebook production in 2014
The government of Chongqing City, western China, plans to end exiting subsidies offered for the production of notebooks to offset higher costs than production in eastern China, an...
Thursday 16 August 2012
Samsung announces the arrival of Galaxy Note 10.1
Samsung Electronics America has announced the Galaxy Note 10.1 for the US market. The device will be available for purchase from August 16, 2012 across the US at authorized retaile...