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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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Monday 22 April 2019
Taiwan notebook vendors eyeing CAD sector
As demand for consumer PCs continues dropping, first-tier brand vendors have been expanding in non-consumer areas to maintain growth, with Taiwan-based Acer, Asustek Computer and...
Friday 19 April 2019
Compal enhancing non-notebook offerings
Compal Electronics has been enhancing its non-notebook product lines to include a wide range of smart home and healthcare devices. Tablets and smartwatches remain the major drivers...
Thursday 18 April 2019
Acer eyeing opportunities from big enterprises, says chairman
Acer is eyeing business opportunities from big enterprises by using its non-traditional PC products such as monitors, artificial intelligence (AI) solutions and digital signage to...
Tuesday 16 April 2019
Acer to increase ultra-thin notebook promotion in Asia Pacific
Acer will be promoting sales of its thin and light models in the Asia Pacific region this year, according to company president of Pan Asia Andrew Hou.
Tuesday 16 April 2019
Commercial segment provides bright spot in traditional PC market in 1Q19, says IDC
The worldwide market for traditional PCs, including desktops, notebooks, and workstations, declined 3% on year in the first quarter of 2019, according to IDC. Global shipments were...
Monday 15 April 2019
Notebook ODMs see rising shipments in March
Quanta Computer saw its March notebook shipments rise by almost one million units on month to arrive at 2.8 million units, while Compal Electronics' volumes picked up 75% on month...
Friday 12 April 2019
Acer gaming notebook sales in US to see double-digit growth in 2019
Acer expects its sales of gaming notebooks in the US to continue to grow at a double-digit rate in 2019, enabling the company to maintain its top-ranked position in the segment, according...
Monday 8 April 2019
Clevo notebook shipments to see double-digit growth in 2019
Taiwan-based PC vendor Clevo expects its notebook shipments to surge over 15% on year in 2019, bolstered partly by strong demand from China's gaming market and partly by the easing...
Wednesday 3 April 2019
AMD to see sales increase sharply in 2H19
A ramp-up in CPU and GPU shipments for notebooks, motherboards and servers will buoy significantly AMD's sales performance in the second half of 2019, according to sources at PC ma...
Tuesday 2 April 2019
Waffer Kunshan plant hit by explosion
An explosion hit metal chassis maker Waffer Technology's plant in Kunshan, China on March 31, with seven people reported to have died and another five injured.
Monday 1 April 2019
MSI posts 22% profit increase in 2018
Micro-Star International (MSI) has reported net profits increased 22.4% on year to NT$6.04 billion (US$195.7 million) in 2018, with EPS coming to NT$7.15 thanks to significant profits...
Monday 1 April 2019
The road to transformation: Q&A with MSI president and CEO Sheng-chang Chiang
After years of operation in the PC market, Micro-Star International (MSI) has advanced to the next phase with the company's founders passing on management to a team of professional...
Friday 29 March 2019
Clevo profits surge in 2018
Clevo has registered consolidated revenues of NT$19.8 billion (US$637.76 million) for 2018, down 5% on year, but its net profits for the year went up 102% on year to arrive at NT$1.46...
Friday 29 March 2019
PC chip demand to stay sluggish through 2Q19
CPU shortages continued driving down global PC shipments in the first quarter of 2019 and even blurring order visibility for the second quarter. This, in turn, is seen to dim business...
Wednesday 27 March 2019
Asustek says APT incident not as severe as reported
In response to recent media reports claiming that over one million Asustek notebooks were hit by advanced persistent threat (APT) attacks, Asustek has said that after conducting an...