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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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Wednesday 29 March 2017
Clevo sees weak profits in 2016, but expects strong performance in 2017
Clevo has announced consolidated revenues of NT$5.73 billion (US$189.63 million) for the fourth quarter of 2016, up 17% sequentially and 3% on year and NT$19.72 billion for the whole...
Friday 24 March 2017
Worldwide notebook shipment update - February 2017
The worldwide top-5 notebook brand vendors saw their combined shipments grow 20% on month and 22% on year in February, while the top-3 ODMs' shipments also grew 10% on month and 30%...
Wednesday 22 March 2017
Notebook vendors to hike prices 5-15% in 2Q17 due to rises in component costs
To cope with increasing demand from smartphone vendors, component makers have been shifting their capacity to manufacture smartphone-use products. This has impacted the makers' supply...
Friday 17 March 2017
Acer expects large growth in 2017 shipments for Chromebooks, gaming notebooks and desktops
Acer expects double-digit percentage growth in 2017 shipments for Chromebooks and gaming PCs and, for Chromebooks in particular, Acer has market shares of 30-35% in the North America...
Thursday 16 March 2017
Digitimes Research: Notebook players see rising shipments in February
The worldwide top-5 notebook brand vendors saw their combined shipments in February grow 20% on month and 22% on year, while the top-3 ODMs' shipments also experienced 10% on-month...
Thursday 16 March 2017
IC demand from PC sector will not pick up until August
Taiwan-based IC design houses have said that chip orders from notebook and other PC makers have been flat in March, and a major rebound of chip orders from the PC industry may not...
Thursday 16 March 2017
Microsoft new Surface Book enters mass production
Microsoft's new Surface Book reportedly entered mass production recently and shipments are expected to rise each month, according to sources from the related upstream supply chain...
Monday 13 March 2017
MEA PC market declines on year amid weak commercial demand, says IDC
The Middle East and Africa (MEA) PC market experienced a mild decline of 1.8% on year in the fourth quarter of 2016 to total 3.2 million units, according to IDC. The decline stemmed...
Friday 10 March 2017
Compal ships 2.9 million notebooks/PCs in February
Compal Electronics has announced notebook/PC shipments of 2.9 million units for February, up 31% from 2.2 million units in January. Although Compal's shipments had over 30% on-month...
Thursday 9 March 2017
Wistron reports over 20% on-year revenue growth for February
Wistron's February consolidated revenues dropped 9.65% on month, but increased 22.5% on year to reach NT$49.42 billion (US$1.6 billion). Wistron shipped 1.3 million notebooks in February,...
Thursday 2 March 2017
Digitimes Research: Worldwide notebook shipments to enjoy on-year growth in 1Q17
Worldwide notebook shipments (not including 2-in-1 devices) surpassed 40 million units in the fourth quarter of 2016, dropping only 1.2% on year. Shipments from Taiwan-based ODMs...
Friday 24 February 2017
Worldwide notebook shipment update - January 2017
Worldwide top-5 notebook vendors and top-3 ODMs saw their combined shipments drop 35% and 30% on month, respectively in January because the month was the traditional slow season and...
Thursday 16 February 2017
Digitimes Research: January shipments of Wintel notebooks down on month, up on year
Wintel notebooks shipped by the global top-five vendors: HP, Dell, Lenovo, Acer and Asustek Computer, in January 2017 decreased 35% on month but increased 10% on year, while shipments...
Thursday 16 February 2017
Notebook industry facing a crisis, says Wistron chairman
After experiencing a mild 5% shipment decline in 2016, the notebook industry is braced for a steady year in 2017 with shipments to stop falling, if not start growing. But it is not...
Tuesday 14 February 2017
Clevo to see notebook shipments remain robust in 1Q17
Taiwan-based Clevo has reported increased revenues for January thanks to strong shipments of its notebooks in the China market. The company's January revenues came to NT$1.98 billion...