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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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Tuesday 23 June 2015
Commentary: The gaming notebook industry heats up
Competition in the gaming notebook segment is surely to become keener in the second half of 2015 as notebook brands including Acer, Asustek Computer, Dell, Gigabyte Technology and...
Tuesday 23 June 2015
No clear business prospects for PC component suppliers until July, say sources
Orders received this coming July will be crucial for the second half 2015 business prospects for Taiwan-based component makers in the notebook and PC industry supply chain, according...
Monday 22 June 2015
Microsoft looking to charge extra licensing fees for high-end notebooks
Microsoft has been talking to notebook brand vendors about the licensing of Windows 10 recently and is planning to charge extra fees for notebook models with high-end hardware such...
Wednesday 10 June 2015
Quanta sees rising notebook shipments in May
Quanta Computer's notebook shipments reached 3.4 million units in May, up 6.25% on month from 3.2 million units in April. Since Quanta's notebook shipments are estimated to grow 10%...
Wednesday 10 June 2015
Compal ships 3.1 million notebooks, Inventec 1.3 million in May
Notebook ODM Compal Electronics has announced consolidated revenues of NT$64.55 billion (US$2.09 billion) for May, up 4.72% on month, but down 5.08% on year and its notebook shipments...
Tuesday 9 June 2015
Digitimes Research: Global top-5 notebook vendors and top-3 ODMs perform weaker than expected in May
The global top-five notebook brand vendors together achieved an on-month shipment growth of 14%, but an on-year drop of 15%, while the top-three ODMs together had 5% on-month growth,...
Tuesday 9 June 2015
Gaming notebook market to see over 10 new models in 2H15
Competition in the gaming notebook market is expected to grow fiercer in the second half as vendors including Acer, Asustek Computer, Dell and Micro-Star International (MSI) are all...
Monday 8 June 2015
Wistron sees notebook shipments decline in May; expects sequential drop in 2Q15 shipments
Wistron shipped 1.3 million notebooks in May, down 7.14% from 1.4 million units in April and the company currently expects the volume in the second quarter to suffer a sequential...
Friday 5 June 2015
Computex 2015: Tobii to partner with MSI to integrate eye-tracking technology into gaming notebooks
Sweden-based eye-tracking technology developer Tobii Tech has signed a MOU with Micro-Star International (MSI) to integrate the technology into MSI's gaming notebook products at Computex...
Friday 5 June 2015
Panel pricing on the decline in June, says firm
Panel pricing is showing declines and is expected to continue trending down throughout mid-June, with most applications declining US$0.50-1, according to DisplaySearch. In the monitor...
Thursday 4 June 2015
Computex 2015: Microsoft showcases Windows 10 devices from partners
At Computex 2015, during a keynote addressed at the Taipei International Convention Center, Nick Parker, corporate vice president OEM Division, Microsoft, discussed how Windows 10...
Tuesday 2 June 2015
Gigabyte pushing in-house designs for gaming notebooks to stay competitive: Q&A with Vincent Liu, Gigabyte director of sales
Although the company has not been operating in the gaming notebook industry for long, Gigabyte Technology is still performing stably in the gaming market thanks to its long experience...
Tuesday 2 June 2015
Digitimes Research: Microsoft to partner with Acer, Lenovo and Inventec for US$169-249 Windows 10 notebooks
In addition to its cooperation with Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) to launch an 11.6-inch inexpensive notebook priced at US$179 for the education market, Microsoft is planning...
Friday 29 May 2015
PC shipments will continue to decline in 2015, says IDC
Worldwide PC shipments are expected to fall by 6.2% in 2015 according to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker. This will be the fourth consecutive year of declining volume as the...
Thursday 21 May 2015
Asustek pushing 2 smartwatches designed by notebook and motherboard teams
Asustek Computer is planning to push two smartwatch series, the ZenWatch and the VivoWatch. Internally the notebook team will handle ZenWatch R&D and the motherboard team is in...