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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 20 May 2016
Shipments of Chromebooks integrated with Google Play set to increase
Google has announced that new Chromebooks rolled out by its notebook partners will start supporting Google Play, a move which is likely to substantially ramp up shipments of Chrome...
Thursday 12 May 2016
Quanta sees on-month drop in April revenues
Quanta Computer has reported consolidated revenues of NT$68.18 billion (US$2.1 billion) for April 2016, representing a 9.31% drop on month but a 0.98% increase on year. The company...
Wednesday 11 May 2016
Notebook ODMs see shipments drop in April
Notebook ODMs Compal Electronics, Wistron and Inventec have announced their shipments for April with all seeing on-month drop in notebook shipments.
Monday 9 May 2016
Digitimes Research: Worldwide notebook shipments to grow 9.7% sequentially in 2Q16, but still down 10% on year
With brand vendors ready to launch new products for the second quarter, Chromebook to see strong shipment growth and Xiaomi to begin shipping its new notebook later in May, worldwide...
Thursday 5 May 2016
Acer to release more ultra-thin notebooks in September
Acer has recently launched its new ultra-thin Aspire S 13 and will announce two more ultra-thin notebooks in September.
Thursday 5 May 2016
Gaming notebook, 2-in-1 markets to see more competition with entry of lower-tier players
With Intel reference designs and support including product planning, software/hardware certification and marketing, China-based lower-tier vendors including Huawei Technologies, TCL,...
Wednesday 4 May 2016
Quanta Computer denies reported layoffs
Quanta Computer on May 3 firmly denied reports that the company will lay off 10-20% of employees in June, adding that a number of employees voluntarily resigned due to merging a business...
Wednesday 4 May 2016
Asustek Computer leads gaming notebook sales
Asustek Computer is currently the largest global gaming notebook vendor, particularly ranking first in the US, UK, Germany, France, Russia and Italy. Asustek sold nearly 90,000 units...
Friday 22 April 2016
Acer unveils gaming notebooks, 2-in-1s, Chromebooks in New York
Acer unveiled new gaming notebooks, 2-in-1 models and Chromebooks in New York on April 21 to specifically meet expected back-to-school demand in the third quarter of 2016.
Friday 22 April 2016
Asustek new CSO expected to initially focus on enhancing competition with Gigabyte, MSI
Vice chairman Ted Hsu for ODM Pegatron will return to Asustek Computer as chief strategy officer (CSO) and is expected to strengthen competition initially with Gigabyte Technology...
Tuesday 19 April 2016
Toshiba reportedly to sell notebook factory in China
Toshiba will reportedly sell its notebook factory in Hangzhou, eastern China, and has inquired about a few Taiwan-based notebook ODMs' interest, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 19 April 2016
Taiwan market: Dell launches enterprise notebook with ultra-thin bezel design
Dell has launched its new enterprise notebook, the Latitude 13 7000, featuring a 13-inch display with an ultra-thin 7mm bezel making the overall chassis as small as a typical 12-inch...
Monday 18 April 2016
Notebook-related IC suppliers expect to post 10-15% revenue growth in 2Q16
Notebook-related IC suppliers expect to see revenues grow 10-15% sequentially in the second quarter of 2016 prior to a major pick-up in the third quarter, according to industry sou...
Friday 15 April 2016
Slowing notebook replacement cycle leading to higher resolution displays, says IHS
The global notebook display market fell 23% on year in the first quarter of 2016, according to IHS. Due to the low profitability of high definition (HD) notebook panels, panel makers...
Friday 15 April 2016
IDF Shenzhen 2016: Intel promotes 2-in-1 products from newcomers
At Intel Developer Forum (IDF) Shenzhen 2016, several brand vendors including Huawei, TCL, Samsung Electronics and India-based Micromax, have showcased their latest 2-in-1 devices...