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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 January 2018
More notebook chassis to adopt composite materials in 2018
Global notebook vendors will be keen to use composite materials such as carbon fiber and fiberglass to make the chassis for their 2018 devices, seeking to better address demand for...
Friday 19 January 2018
Metal-alloy chassis makers eyeing EV sector
Metal-alloy chassis makers Catcher Technology, Foxconn Technology, Ju Teng International Holdings and Casetek Holdings plan to develop motor chassis for electric vehicles (EVs), as...
Wednesday 17 January 2018
New Kinpo Group to construct lights-out factories in Southeast Asia
The New Kinpo Group is planning to establish lights-out factories in Thailand and the Philippines in 2018 and is looking to build another in Thailand in 2019 to help save manual labor,...
Wednesday 17 January 2018
Global gaming notebook shipments to grow single-digit rate in 2018
Global gaming notebook shipments are expected to grow by a single-digit rate in 2018, as overall shipments of such products came to a lower-than-expected volume of around five million...
Monday 15 January 2018
Apple to give more MacBook orders to Foxconn in 2018
Apple is expected to shift a major portion of its MacBook orders to Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) in 2018 instead of its old practice of giving most of the orders...
Friday 12 January 2018
PC market sees first positive holiday quarter growth in 6 years, says IDC
Worldwide shipments of traditional PCs (desktop, notebook, and workstation) totaled 70.6 million units in the fourth quarter of 2017, recording slightly positive (0.7%) on-year growth,...
Friday 12 January 2018
Nexstgo unveils enterprise notebook at CES 2018
Hong Kong-based notebook brand startup Nexstgo is showcasing its new enterprise notebook, the Nexstgo Primus, smart IoT devices, Avita Imago and other Avita series products at CES...
Thursday 11 January 2018
Asustek, MSI together have 50% of gaming notebook market in 2017
Despite the fierce price competitions from Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Dell, Asustek Computer and Micro-Star International (MSI) still managed to perform strongly in the gaming notebook...
Thursday 11 January 2018
Quanta ships 3.7 million notebooks in December
Quanta Computer shipped 3.7 million notebooks in December, shrinking from 3.9 million units in November, with consolidated revenues for the last month of 2017 reaching NT$86.74 billion...
Wednesday 10 January 2018
Compal, Inventec 4Q17 notebook shipments better than expected
Notebook ODMs including Compal Electronics and Inventec saw better-than-expected shipments in the fourth quarter of 2017, but volumes in the first quarter of 2018 are expected to...
Tuesday 9 January 2018
Acer prepares new PCs for CES 2018
Acer has unveiled its new PCs and monitors for CES 2018 including the Nitro 5 gaming notebook adopting AMD's Ryzen processor and targeting casual gamers, the ultra-thin Swift 7, the...
Monday 8 January 2018
Intel launches new Core processors with integrated Radeon RX Vega M GPUs
Intel has unveiled the eighth-generation Core processor with Radeon RX Vega M Graphics. With features and performance crafted for gamers, content creators and fans of virtual and...
Wednesday 3 January 2018
Asustek to create gaming company in China
Asustek Computer's board of directors has approved a plan to invest a maximum of US$16 million to establish a subsidiary in China to focus on the e-sport business.
Wednesday 27 December 2017
Digitimes Research worldwide notebook shipment update – November 2017
The top-5 notebook brands' combined shipments, after experiencing two consecutive months of on-year declines in September and October, witnessed an on-year growth of 3% in November...
Wednesday 27 December 2017
MOSFET chip maker Excelliance MOS to debut on Taiwan OTC market
MOSFET and power management (PWM) IC designer Excelliance MOS will debut on Taiwan's OTC securities market in January 2018 at an initial unit price of NT$50 (US$1.672). The company...