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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 1 November 2011
Asustek and Acer quibble over notebook vendor rankings in China and Europe
Asustek Computer, citing figures from research firm IDC, pointed out that the company's notebook shipments in China have already surpassed Acer and it has become the second largest...
Monday 31 October 2011
Acer expects 4Q11 notebook shipments to slip 5-10% due to HDD shortages
Acer originally expected its notebook shipments to remain flat in the fourth quarter of 2011, or rise by up to 5% from the preceding quarter, but now has lowered the fourth-quarter...
Monday 31 October 2011
Wistron expects to ship 36 million notebooks, 4 million tablet PCs in 2012
Taiwan-based EMS provider Wistron expects to ship 36 million notebooks and four million tablet PCs in 2012, increasing by 20% and 300-400% from 2011, according to company chairman...
Friday 28 October 2011
Ultrabooks estimated to take up 20-25% of global consumer notebook shipments in 4Q12
While Intel aims to increase the proportion of ultrabooks among global shipments of consumer notebooks to 40% by fourth-quarter 2012, the proportion is estimated to only reach 20-25%...
Thursday 27 October 2011
PC hinge maker SZS reports profit growth in 3Q11
Taiwan-based PC hinge maker Shin Zu Shing (SZS), benefited from Intel's ultrabook products which helped raise demand for customized hinge, and saw its profit in the third quarter rise...
Thursday 27 October 2011
Dynapack sees strong performance in 3Q11 revenues
Notebook battery maker Dynapack International Technology has reported strong revenue performance for the third quarter with net profits growing 64.02% sequentially.
Tuesday 25 October 2011
Asustek, Pegatron to host investor conferences with new products to be focus
Pegatron Technology and Asustek Computer are set to host their third-quarter investor conference on October 27 and 31, respectively, with Asustek's Eee Pad Tranformer and Zenbook shipments...
Tuesday 25 October 2011
MSI reorganizing notebook business
Micro-Star International (MSI), commenting about the recent market rumor that the company plans to shrink down its notebook business, pointed out that the company is only making some...
Tuesday 25 October 2011
New Windows verification process creates controversy between ODM and brand vendors
Microsoft's new verification system for Windows 8 - OA 3.0 - which will add complications toward the upstream ODM's production lines and relatively generate significant extra cost,...
Thursday 20 October 2011
Intel faces dropping Atom revenues
Intel's Atom processor and chipset business revenues dropped 32% on year to only US$269 million in the third quarter of 2011, indicating that the netbook market has been strongly impacted...
Tuesday 18 October 2011
Catcher production suspension may impact Apple
As Taiwan-based chassis supplier Catcher Technology's plants in Suzhou, China have been ordered to suspend production by the local government, sources from upstream supply chain players...
Tuesday 18 October 2011
Ultrabook players to adopt hybrid HDD to save cost
Hybrid hard disc drives (HDD) have recently become a popular choice among notebook brand vendors for their ultrabook models, according to sources from ultrabook players.
Friday 14 October 2011
Digitimes Research: Taiwan notebook shipments to decline 1.3% sequentially
Taiwan's notebook shipments in the fourth quarter of 2011, like the same period in 2010, will suffer a sequential drop of 1.3%, while global notebook shipments will see an even deeper...
Friday 14 October 2011
Lenovo rises to the second largest PC brand in 3Q11, says IDC
Worldwide PC shipments increased by 3.6% in the third quarter of 2011 compared to the same quarter in 2010, according to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker. The results are up...
Friday 14 October 2011
Branded notebook vendors cutting orders by 5-10% for 4Q11
With the exception of Apple and Lenovo, other branded notebook vendors are reportedly cutting their orders to ODMs by 5-10% for the fourth quarter of 2011 after combined shipments...