China market: 4Q12 smart device shipments up 7.2% sequentially, says IDC

Feb 25, 11:57

There were 90.65 million smart terminal devices shipped in the China market during the fourth quarter of 2012, increasing 7.2% sequentially, according to IDC China.

Top notebook manufacturers start 2013 on a weak note, says IHS

Feb 22, 11:40

The world's leading notebook ODMs will endure a bleak first quarter and slow first half in 2013, before ultra-thin PC sales help revive the market later in the year, according to...

Wintel camp mulls measures to rekindle weakening notebook industry

Feb 21, 11:52

Suppliers within the Wintel camp are mulling to launch a series of measures, including price cuts for their products, in the second quarter of 2013 to rekindle the stymied notebook...

Quartz component maker TXC to post 10-15% sales drop in 1Q13

Feb 20, 22:28

Quartz component manufacturer TXC is expected to report a 10-15% sequential decrease in consolidated revenues for the first quarter of 2013, due to a seasonal slowdown in orders,...

Acer expects shipment growth for tablets, notebooks and smartphones in 2013

Feb 19, 18:48

Acer will focus on pushing its tablet, notebook and smartphone shipments in 2013 and is aiming to ship more than five million tablets in the year, according to company president Jim...

Quanta ships 3.3 million notebooks in January

Feb 19, 15:36

Quanta Computer has announced consolidated revenues of NT$70.24 billion (US$2.38 billion) for January with notebook shipments reaching 3.3 million units, down from 3.8 million in...

Asustek reports strong January sales

Feb 19, 12:28

Asustek Computer has announced revenues of NT$40.11 billion (US$1.35 billion) for January, up 35.78% on year, mainly due to strong tablet and notebook shipment growth. However, the...

Lenovo may be largest notebook vendor in 1Q13, say Taiwan makers

Feb 7, 19:46

Lenovo is likely to ship the most notebooks in the global market during the first quarter of 2013, according to estimates by Taiwan-based supply chain makers.

Wistron to lower notebook revenue contribution to below 40% by 2015, says chairman

Feb 6, 22:20

Wistron will gradually shift its focus from notebook to non-notebook businesses with its after-sales service business starting to see rapid growth in 2013, and its IT product recycling...

Inventec to have 90% notebook orders made in Chongqing, China in 2014

Feb 4, 22:04

Inventec will accelerate its pace over shifting notebook production capacity to plants in Chongqing, China in the second half of 2013 with more than 90% of the company's total orders...

Upstream supply chain sees good profit from Intel Classmate PC shipments

Feb 4, 21:39

Despite fierce competitions within the notebook and the tablet markets, netbook and tablet products are currently still seeing good demand in the education segment, especially Intel's...

Hinge makers expected to benefit from growing demand for convertible notebooks/tablets

Feb 4, 13:50

Windows 8 will stimulate demand for touchscreen notebooks which will in turn drive demand for convertible notebook/tablet models, consequently bringing business opportunities for...

Taiwan-based notebook components makers hesitate about working with Lenovo-Compal joint venture in eastern China

Feb 4, 10:55

LCFC (Hefei) Electronics Technology, a joint venture established by China-based Lenovo and Taiwan-based Compal Electronics in Hefei, northern China, is speeding up notebook production...

Apple increases iPad with Retina Display to 128GB

Jan 31, 12:17

Apple has announced a 128GB version of the fourth-generation iPad with Retina display. The 128GB iPad with Wi-Fi and iPad with Wi-Fi plus cellular models provide twice the storage...

Buynow to open 3 new stores in China in 2013

Jan 30, 22:01

Buynow, a channel retail subsidiary of notebook maker Clevo, is set to open three new stores in China in 2013, according to Clevo president Simon Tsai and strategic officer Lin Qun...

Asustek aims to ship 24 million notebooks in 2013

Jan 28, 14:39

Asustek Computer has set goals of shipping 24 million notebooks and 12 million tablets in 2013, hiking 26.3% and 90.5% respectively from 2012, according to the company.

Notebook component makers striving for orders from Samsung

Jan 23, 20:57

Several notebook component makers have recently started trying to land orders from Samsung Electronics, and are making the entrance to Samsung's supply chain their priority for 2013,...

Acer likely to book substantial intangible asset losses in 2012

Jan 22, 22:36

Acer is expected to book a loss of NT$3.5 billion (US$120.8 million) or NT$1.30 per share for 2012 due to reduced value of its intangible assets amid its process to streamline brand...

Acer fires employee for fraud

Jan 22, 20:11

Acer has fired an employee accused of misappropriating company products via fake orders and selling them for personal profit in Taiwan. Acer has also filed a lawsuit against the wo...

Cooling module makers to benefit from smartphone and tablet orders in 2013

Jan 21, 22:42

Cooling module makers, which used to mainly focus on supplying notebook products, are expected to benefit from orders from smartphone and tablet products in the second quarter of...

Joint venture between Lenovo, Compal to produce 12-13 million notebooks in 2013

Jan 21, 16:44

Lenovo and Compal Electronics' notebook production joint venture in China will manufacture 12-13 million notebooks in 2013, according to Compal president Ray Chen. The amount is expected...

HannStar Board to lower notebook PCB sales in 2013

Jan 21, 11:27

HannStar Board, the world's largest maker of notebook PCBs, aims to lower the ratio of notebook PCBs to 55-59% of its total sales in 2013 compared to 59% in the previous year amid...

Notebook PCB makers concerned about Dell buyout talks

Jan 17, 13:51

Notebook-use PCB makers are paying attention to the outcome of buyout talks reportedly being held between Dell and private-equity firms as the future development of the world's third-largest...

Digitimes Research: Taiwan makers to see decreased 1Q13 notebook shipments

Jan 17, 10:39

Taiwan-based ODMs will ship 38.743 million notebooks in first-quarter 2013, decreasing 11.3% sequentially and 8.7% on year, with their global market share reaching 89.2%, according...

HP, Lenovo expected to see 1Q13 notebook shipments fall 20% sequentially

Jan 16, 12:16

Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Lenovo are expected to see their notebook shipments drop about 20% sequentially in the first quarter of 2013, higher than an average 10% decline anticipated...

Clevo, Shuttle expect significant growth in 2013 white-box notebook shipments

Jan 15, 21:20

Taiwan-based ODMs Clevo and Shuttle have scored points in tapping white-box notebook markets in some countries and expect shipments to increase from 1.8-1.9 million units in 2012...

Tablet shipments expected to surpass notebooks in 2013, says DisplaySearch

Jan 15, 14:19

Tablet shipments are expected to reach more than 240 million units worldwide in 2013, exceeding notebook shipments at 207 million, according to research firm DisplaySearch. In a market...

Digitimes Research: Taiwan 4Q12 notebook ODM shipments up on quarter, down on year

Jan 15, 10:36

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%,...

Lenovo likely to cancel IdeaPad brand due to internal adjustments

Jan 11, 11:58

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...

Casetek sees monthly shipments of 1 million iPad mini chassis at the end of 2012

Jan 9, 21:55

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...

Lenovo plans to hike in-house notebook production ratio to 100% in 3-5 years, say Taiwan makers

Jan 3, 20:01

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

IC demand from notebook sector to remain weak in 1H13

Jan 2, 22:08

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...

Ambient light, proximity sensors to have lower penetration rates in notebook/tablet segment

Jan 2, 22:02

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...

ODMs reportedly to receive storage product orders from Facebook

Jan 2, 20:36

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...