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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 14 August 2015
Digitimes Research: Top-5 notebook vendors and top-3 ODMs see dropping shipment performance in July
After a short shipment rebound in May and June, the global top-five notebook brand vendors and top-three notebook ODMs saw their combined shipments drop 34% and 24% on month and 17%...
Tuesday 11 August 2015
Quanta reports 7% on-year increase in July revenues
Notebook ODM Quanta Computer has reported NT$83.64 billion (US$2.64 billion) in July consolidated revenues, down 21.43% on month but up 7.33% on year. The company has totaled NT$539.84...
Thursday 6 August 2015
AUO to focus on higher-end products amid panel slowdown in 2H15
The panel industry is expected to be weak in the second half of 2015. In light of this, AU Optronics (AUO) aims to keep its profits steady by producing TV panels that are larger-size,...
Wednesday 5 August 2015
MSI gaming notebooks face increasing competition
Micro-Star International (MSI) has succeeded in marketing in-house-developed gaming notebooks but has faced increasing competition from notebook vendors, according to Taiwan-based...
Tuesday 4 August 2015
Taiwan market: Acer sees strong sales at TCAS
Acer has achieved better-than-expected results during the Taiwan Computer Application Show (TCAS) 2015 in Taipei, recording a sales growth of 40% compared to 2014. The results may...
Tuesday 4 August 2015
HP says business separation not affecting ordering system
Hewlett-Packard (HP) has recently finished the separation of HP and HP Enterprise, and orders received from August 1-6 are scheduled to ship on August 7. Although many channel retailers...
Friday 31 July 2015
Notebook component makers shift to server applications along with ODMs
While notebook ODMs, such as Quanta Computer and Compal Electronics, have been expanding staff specifically for servers used in cloud computing data centers, their component suppliers,...
Tuesday 28 July 2015
Wistron said to consider moving notebook production out of Kunshan plants
Rumors have spread in the IT market that Wistron is planning to stop its notebook production in Kunshan, China and will move all its production capacity to plants in Chongqing and...
Tuesday 28 July 2015
Commentary: China notebook ODMs set to ramp up shipments
Although the production capability of China-based notebook ODMs is still too small to make a significant impact on their Taiwan-based counterparts, the notebook supply chain in China...
Thursday 23 July 2015
Intel preparing to release notebook Skylake in October
Following the upcoming release of desktop Skylake processors at Gamescom in Germany in August, Intel's Skylake processors for notebooks will start showing up in October. The CPU giant...
Wednesday 22 July 2015
Taiwan market: Tsann Kuen, Lenovo enhance cooperation
Tsann Kuen, an IT and consumer electronics retail chain in Taiwan, and Lenovo on July 21 strengthened their cooperation, with members of Tsann Kuen entitled to Lenovo products at...
Wednesday 22 July 2015
Notebook panel pricing on the decline despite peak season demand; TV panels also struggling, says firm
Pricing for 32-inch TV panels during July has declined US$3-4. Quote prices remain relatively stable for panels sized between 40- to 43-inch but some products in these categories...
Thursday 16 July 2015
Taiwan market: Dell unveils 2 ruggedized notebooks
Dell on July 16 unveiled the Latitude 12 Rugged Extreme, a 12-inch ruggedized 2-in-1 convertible, and Latitude 14 Rugged Extreme, a 14-inch ruggedized notebook, for launch in the...
Thursday 16 July 2015
Digitimes Research: Taiwan 3Q15 notebook shipments expected to drop 12.2% on year
Taiwan-based ODMs will ship an estimated 32.067 million notebooks (not including detachable hybrid models) during the third quarter of 2015, accounting for 81.6% of the global total...
Tuesday 14 July 2015
Digitimes Research: Taiwan 2Q15 notebook shipments up on quarter, down on year
Taiwan-based ODMs shipped an estimated 31.302 million notebooks (not including detachable hybrid models) during the second quarter of 2015, accounting for 81.7% of the global total...