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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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Friday 13 April 2018
Gaming notebook vendors gearing up for competition in Southeast Asia
With the gaming notebook markets in China, Europe and the US becoming saturated, vendors including Asustek Computer, Dell and Lenovo have all moved to target the Southeast Asia market...
Wednesday 11 April 2018
Wistron reports EPS of NT$0.34 for 1Q18
Wistron has registered consolidated revenues of NT$70.29 billion (US$2.39 billion) for March, up 4.35 on month and 9.31% on year, with EPS of NT$0.29, while its first-quarter consolidated...
Wednesday 11 April 2018
Quanta reports steady performance in March
Quanta Computer has reported consolidated revenues of NT$71.85 billion (US$2.45 billion) for March, up 11.75% on month, but down 2.65% on year with consolidated revenues for the first...
Wednesday 11 April 2018
Catcher enjoys strong 1Q18
Catcher Technology has announced consolidated revenues of NT$6.52 billion (US$221.88 million) for March, up 14.3% on month and 31.1% on year, with first-quarter consolidated revenues...
Tuesday 10 April 2018
Notebook ODMs see March revenues rise over 30%
Notebook ODMs Compal Electronics and Inventec both saw their March revenues surge more than 30% sequentially as shipments started picking up at the end of the first quarter.
Monday 2 April 2018
Clevo expects notebook shipments to rise 20% in 2018
Clevo expects its notebook shipments to reach 1.52 million units in 2018, up from 2017's 1.27 million units, driven mainly by demand for gaming models and orders from emerging markets,...
Thursday 29 March 2018
Microsoft mulls raising license fees for Windows OS
Microsoft reportedly is mulling adjusting its current Windows licensing plan and is expected to charge more fees on models with higher-end specifications. The move is expected to...
Wednesday 28 March 2018
Clevo profits surge 21% in 2017
Notebook maker Clevo has reported net profit increased 21% on year to NT$721 million (US$24.7 million) in 2017, when consolidated revenues grew 6% to NT$20.88 billion. EPS for the...
Wednesday 28 March 2018
Inventec striving to cut costs
Inventec expects its first-half 2018 revenues to grow by a single-digit percentage on year and is planning to cut its overall manufacturing costs by 20% from a year ago in 2018 mainly...
Tuesday 27 March 2018
Quanta profits decrease in 2017
Quanta Computer has announced consolidated revenues of NT$1.02 trillion (US$34.83 billion) for 2017, up 14.2% on year, but its gross margin was only 4.47%, down 0.74pp on year. Its...
Tuesday 20 March 2018
ODMs mulling price hike, says Compal president
Computing device ODMs are in talks with their customers about raising their contract quotes to reflect rising materials costs, according to Compal Electronics president Ray Chen.
Monday 19 March 2018
Phison posts record profit for 2017
NAND flash device controller IC supplier Phison Electronics has reported net profits of NT$5.82 billion (US$199.2 million) for 2017 hitting a record high. EPS for the year reached...
Friday 16 March 2018
LG intros notebooks in Taiwan
LG has introduced its Gram-series notebooks in Taiwan eyeing a 5% share of Taiwan's ultra-thin notebook market in 2018.
Thursday 15 March 2018
Top-5 notebook vendors see slight shipment growth in February, says Digitimes Research
The worldwide top-5 notebook brands saw their combined shipments in February increase slightly on a sequential basis, reaching 8.08 million units, led mainly by US-based vendors....
Thursday 15 March 2018
Digitimes Research worldwide notebook shipment update – February 2018
Worldwide top-5 notebook brands saw their combined shipments increase slightly from a month ago in February, led mainly by US-based vendors. As for the first two months of 2018 combined,...