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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 20 July 2016
Wistron to see notebook shipments grow 6-9% on quarter in 3Q16
Wistron is expected to see its notebook shipments increase 6-9% sequentially in the third quarter of 2016, from 4.6 million units shipped a quarter earlier, according to a Chinese-language...
Tuesday 19 July 2016
Acer, Asustek see small impact from Turkey coup, says paper
The recent attempted coup in Turkey is expected to only have a small effect on the operations of Acer and Asustek Computer in the country. However, since the Turkish lira suffered...
Tuesday 19 July 2016
BYD eyes Huawei 2-in-1 device orders
Following its landing of orders for one million Asustek entry-level notebooks, China-based BYD has been trying to land orders from Huawei for its MateBook 2-in-1 devices and is even...
Monday 18 July 2016
Smartphone vendors crossing into notebook market for growth
China-based Huawei and Xiaomi have entered the notebook market and Korea-based smartphone brand vendors Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics are also releasing products for the...
Friday 15 July 2016
Acer, Asustek consider raising PC prices in the UK, says report
With Dell and Hewlett-Packard (HP) both having decided to raise their PC prices in the UK by 10% beginning August, Acer and Asustek Computer are also considering following suit and...
Friday 15 July 2016
Taiwan market: Acer aims to hike market share for desktops, notebooks
While demand for desktops and notebooks in the Taiwan market in 2016 is expected to decrease on year, Acer aims to increase its market share in the second half, according to Samuel...
Wednesday 13 July 2016
Notebook hinge maker Jarllytec sees revenues up sharply on year in June
Notebook hinge maker Jarllytec has reported revenues of NT$557.84 million (US$17.34 million) for June, down 3.78% on month but up 128.65% on year. Second-quarter revenues were NT$1.587...
Wednesday 13 July 2016
Growth in 2-in-1s not enough to cover decreases in notebook, tablet shipments in 2Q16, say Taiwan makers
While global shipments for 2-in-1 devices have been growing steadily in the second quarter of 2016, the growth was far insufficient to cover decreases in notebook and tablet shipments,...
Wednesday 13 July 2016
Notebook chip order visibility extends
Taiwan-based IC design houses have landed an influx of orders for notebooks, and have seen better order visiility for the third quarter, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 12 July 2016
PC shipments beat expectations in 2Q16 as US market returns to growth, says IDC
Worldwide PC shipments totaled 62.4 million units in the second quarter of 2016, an on-year decline of 4.5%, beating the forecast of negative 7.4% by roughly 3%, according to the...
Tuesday 12 July 2016
Notebook ODMs look to shipment growths in 2H16
Taiwan-based notebook ODMs Quanta Computer, Compal Electronics, Wistron and Inventec have announced their June shipments with Quanta shipping four million notebooks, up 300,000 units...
Tuesday 12 July 2016
Asustek sees growth in June revenues; conservative about 3Q16
Asustek Computer saw its June consolidated revenues grow 33% on month and 2% on year to reach NT$42.39 billion (US$1.32 billion), but its revenues in the second quarter were down...
Monday 11 July 2016
Asustek new products expected to improve 2H16 operations
Asustek Computer had slow performance in the first half as demand for notebooks continues to weaken, and the company has been reducing its existing ZenFone shipments in preparation...
Thursday 30 June 2016
Taiwan market: Acer launches new notebook, to boost share to 24% in 4Q16
Acer has unveiled its new notebook, the Aspire S13, for sale in the Taiwan market in the second half of 2016. The Aspire S13 features a 13.3-inch display, an Intel Core i5 or i7 CPU...
Friday 24 June 2016
Acer achieves breakthroughs in non-PC businesses, says chairman
Acer chairman George Huang has said the company's new business development is heading to the right direction and has achieved breakthroughs in areas including virtual reality (VR),...