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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 25 January 2016
ODMs eye gaming notebook orders
Seeing competition growing fierce in the gaming notebook market, notebook ODMs have been aggressively looking to land related orders from brand vendors. Compal Electronics is the...
Friday 22 January 2016
Taiwan market: Dell launches XPS 13, XPS 15 notebooks
Dell has launched two Windows 10 notebooks, the 13-inch XPS 13 equipped with Intel Core i5 or Core i7 processor and 15-inch XPS 15 equipped with Core i7 processor in the Taiwan market...
Friday 22 January 2016
Huawei, Xiaomi to release sub-13-inch 2-in-1 devices
China-based Huawei Device is set to launch its first notebook in April using a 12.9-inch display and Windows 10, while Xiaomi Technology will launch a notebook with a sub-13-inch...
Thursday 21 January 2016
Global notebook shipment forecast, 2016 and beyond
Global notebook shipments dropped 9% on year in 2015 and the volume in 2016 is expected to drop further by 2.6% to reach 154 million units. Although Windows 10's new functions will...
Thursday 21 January 2016
Asustek gives BYD orders for about 1.5 million notebooks in 2016
Asustek Computer reportedly has outsourced orders for about 1.5 million notebooks to China-based EMS provider BYD, equivalent to less than 10% of Asustek's total notebook shipments...
Tuesday 19 January 2016
Digitimes Research: Global notebook shipments in 2016 to fall 2.5% on year
There were 157.4 million notebooks shipped globally in 2015, decreasing 9% on year, and the shipments will further slip 2.5% to 153.5 million units in 2016, according to Digitimes...
Monday 18 January 2016
Second- and third-tier notebook ODMs to see weak shipment performance in 2016
Taiwan- and China-based second and third-tier notebook ODMs including Shuttle, Clevo, Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS), Uniwill, Malata and BYD are facing declining orders in 2016...
Monday 18 January 2016
Capacitive touch demand on the rise for most applications
The proportion of capacitive touch is growing in segments including smartphone, tablet, notebook and all-in-one PC applications, due to reduced pricing for the technology.
Friday 15 January 2016
Dell pushing Inspiron 7000 series for mid-range gaming sector
Dell has recently been pushing its Inspiron 7000 series notebooks to compete against Acer, Asustek and Micro-Star International's (MSI) mid-range gaming notebook products and will...
Friday 15 January 2016
Notebook competition to grow fiercer in 2016
The notebook market is expected to see fiercer competition in 2016 than the previous years due to factors including Samsung Electronics having reorganized its notebook business to...
Wednesday 13 January 2016
Global notebook demand to remain weak in 1H16
While Taiwan-based ODMs shipped more notebooks than originally expected in December 2015, this was not due to rebounding demand, and global notebook demand will remain weak in the...
Tuesday 12 January 2016
Pegatron notebook shipments up in 2015, says paper
Pegatron Technology is estimated to have shipped 3.4-3.5 million notebooks in the fourth quarter of 2015, up 48% sequentially, while its notebook shipments for 2015 reached 10 million...
Tuesday 12 January 2016
Asustek shifts back notebook orders from BYD to Taiwan partners
Asustek Computer originally outsourced part of its 2016 notebook orders to China-based EMS provider BYD, but has recently retracted some of the orders and given them back to its Taiwan-based...
Tuesday 12 January 2016
Notebook players to take measures to save costs and expand into non-PC market in 2016
With the notebook market expected to continue seeing a single-digit percentage shipment decline in 2016, brand vendors and ODMs are expected to become more aggressive pushing into...
Monday 11 January 2016
Notebook component makers expect to see flat revenue performance in 2016
Taiwan-based makers of notebook components such as connectors and stamped parts are unlikely to see any significantly growth in revenues in 2016 as demand for desktops, notebooks...