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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 6 October 2011
Demand from vendors for new manufacturing process affecting notebook ODM profits
Notebook brand vendors such as Asustek Computer, Acer and Lenovo, which originally outsourced the assembly of their ultrabook panels and panel-bezels to their notebook ODM partners,...
Thursday 6 October 2011
Pegatron may see future iPhone 4S orders drop
Pegatron Technology, despite already having landed orders for 10 million iPhone 4Ss from Apple, may see its future iPhone 4S order volumes start dropping as consumer demand for the...
Wednesday 5 October 2011
Taiwan slim-type ODD makers eyeing high-end ultrabooks
While the required slimness of ultrabook renders it quite unlikely for such notebooks to be equipped slim-type optical disc drives (ODDs), Taiwan-based makers plan to reduce the thickness...
Wednesday 5 October 2011
Taiwan notebook ODMs expected to see sequential growth in September shipments
ODMs Quanta Computer, Compal Electronics, Wistron and Inventec are expected to see September notebook shipments increase on month due to vendors taking increased deliveries for the...
Tuesday 4 October 2011
Notebook ODMs consider forming joint venture with metal chassis maker to secure supply
Taiwan-based notebook ODMs, concerned that supply of metal chassis may fall short in the near future, are considering to establish joint ventures with upstream metal chassis suppliers...
Monday 3 October 2011
Acer to focus on recruiting R&D talent
Acer is currently working on a second personnel reorganization and is set to make some adjustments to internal structure as well as strengthening its R&D resources and to establish...
Monday 3 October 2011
Digitimes Research: China makes over 70% of products with large-size panels
China has emerged as the world's third biggest supplier of large-size TFT LCD panels, with over 70% of the end products in the four major large-size panel applications being made...
Friday 30 September 2011
Despite media tablet inroads, the notebook lives on, says IHS iSuppli
Although the media tablet war has inflicted an early casualty on the mobile PC industry with the demise of the netbook, the overall notebook market will live to fight another day,...
Friday 30 September 2011
HP to not finalize its spin-off plans until year-end 2011; trying to revive employee morale
Hewlett-Packard (HP) reportedly will not finalize its plans to spin off its PC units until the end of the year and is trying to revive morale among its employees. HP will continue...
Thursday 29 September 2011
Ultrabooks expected to impact tablet PCs
With notebook players such as Acer, Asustek Computer as well as Lenovo, Toshiba, Samsung Electronics and Hewlett-Packard (HP) all set launch ultrabooks in the near future, sources...
Thursday 29 September 2011
Acer, Asustek to join new Tizen project
Asustek Computer and Acer are both set to add development for the recently announced Tizen operating system project, while High Tech Computer (HTC) is currently evaluating its decision,...
Tuesday 27 September 2011
China market: End of rural subsidy programs expected to impact notebook ODMs, says paper
The rural subsidy programs implemented in China's, Shandong, Henan, Sichuan and Qingdao provinces, to help civilians purchase electronics products, will end in November, and Taiwan...
Tuesday 27 September 2011
Notebook upstream players suffer from labor and electricity shortage in Chongqing
Notebook upstream players that have investments in Chongqing, China - including component and notebook makers - are facing labor and electricity shortages in the city and the issues...
Tuesday 27 September 2011
Global HDD shipments to grow only 3% sequentially in 3Q11
Global hard disc drive (HDD) shipments are expected to grow slightly by 3% in the third quarter, up from 165 million units in the second, while shipments in the fourth quarter are...
Tuesday 27 September 2011
Rising minimum wage in China to seriously impact PC component suppliers
To counter domestic inflation, several provinces in China including Guangdong and Jilin are set to increase their minimum wage in early 2012, while cities such as Chongqing, where...