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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 11 March 2016
Quanta sees February revenues increase
Quanta Computer has reported consolidated revenues of NT$62.11 billion (US$1.86 billion) for February 2016, increasing 3.39% on month and 12.89% on year, and NT$122.18 billion for...
Thursday 10 March 2016
Compal notebook shipments rise 15% in February
Compal Electronics shipped 2.3 million notebooks during February, up 15% from a month ago. The company expects shipments to continue increasing in March at a double-digit percentage...
Wednesday 9 March 2016
Wistron, Inventec see better-than-expected shipments in February
Wistron shipped 1.1 million notebooks, 800,000 desktops, 500,000 monitors, 300,000 LCD TVs and 130,000 servers in February, while fellow maker Inventec shipped 1.25 million IT devices...
Tuesday 8 March 2016
Pegatron notebook shipments weakening because of Toshiba order cuts
The worldwide seventh largest notebook brand vendor Toshiba has been cutting its notebook orders recently, which is negatively impacting its largest ODM partner Pegatron Technology's...
Thursday 3 March 2016
Samsung unveils 3 notebook models in China
Samsung Electronics unveiled three notebooks under its 9 series product line: the 13-inch 900X3L, 15-inch 900X5L and 13-inch 940X3L, at Samsung China Forum in Shanghai, eastern China,...
Monday 22 February 2016
Pegatron to compete for notebook ODM orders from Dell
Pegatron Technology is poised to compete for notebook ODM orders from Dell to make up for Toshiba canceling orders for consumer notebooks in 2016, according to industry sources.
Friday 19 February 2016
Notebook ODMs pushing into IoT business
Notebook ODMs have been expanding into the Internet of Things (IoT) industry with both Compal Electronics and Pegatron Technology having established teams to specifically handle related...
Wednesday 17 February 2016
Panel makers and ODMs benefit from rising orders for Asustek high-end notebooks
As competition in the high-end notebook market is expected to start heating up, Asustek Computer has been increasing its orders for high-end notebook models, benefiting its component...
Tuesday 16 February 2016
Notebook ODMs see over 20% on-month drop in January revenues
Notebook ODMs have announced revenues for January and all suffered over 20% on-month declines. The ODMs expect revenues to continue dropping in February due to fewer working hours,...
Friday 5 February 2016
Notebook PCB specialist GBM posts decreased January sales
Taiwan-based Global Brands Manufacture (GBM), which specializes in the manufacture of notebook-use PCBs, has reported revenues for January 2016 decreased 1% sequentially and 8% from...
Thursday 4 February 2016
Toshiba reportedly to close R&D center in Taiwan
Toshiba reportedly plans to close its R&D center in Taiwan and will lay off about 100 engineers working at the center, according to sources in Taiwan's notebook industry.
Tuesday 2 February 2016
Notebook vendors facing high channel inventory in 1Q16
Notebook brand vendors are facing high channel inventories for the first quarter of 2016 as they placed increased orders to restock in the fourth quarter of 2015, but demand from...
Monday 1 February 2016
Digitimes Research: Worldwide notebook shipments grow slightly on quarter in 4Q15, but will drop over 16% in 1Q16
Worldwide notebook shipments enjoyed a slight growth of 0.6% sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2015 thanks to stable demand from the year-end holidays in Europe and North America...
Monday 1 February 2016
Fierce competition eliminating small gaming product players
With competition growing fierce in the gaming PC market, several gaming peripheral vendors have quit the market, unable to bear the increasing losses, and some channel retailers are...
Thursday 28 January 2016
Supply chain braces for possible merger of Vaio, Toshiba, Fujitsu PC units
Japan-based PC brand vendors Vaio (previously Sony), Toshiba and Fujitsu reportedly are ready to merge their notebook businesses into a company, a move which will affect Taiwan-based...