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Taiwan's Market Intelligence Center (MIC) estimates global shipment of complete PC systems at a conservative 163 million units in 2004. Of this number, 35.4 million units were estimated to be in barebone form: 15.7 million units of notebook PCs, 17.5 million units of desktop PCs and 2.17 million units of small form factor PCs.
The increasing demand for media center PCs and the emerging trend toward upgradable gaming and multimedia home systems are sustaining the barebone PC industry in Taiwan and mainland China. In order to better understand the largely undocumented barebone segment of the PC industry, Global Sources interviewed 28 barebone PC manufacturers in mainland China and Taiwan, and visited the factories of 20 of them. The 28 represent at least 60 percent of the PC manufacturers in mainland China and Taiwan. Together, they account for an estimated 64 percent of the global shipment of barebone PC units in 2004.
The following industry highlights were derived from data provided by these suppliers:
Production centers
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About 60 percent of barebone PC manufacturers have factories in the Guangdong cities of Shenzhen, Dongguan, Zhuhai, Shunde, Foshan, Zhongshan, Huizhou and Guangzhou. |
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Ninety-five percent of barebone PCs manufactured in mainland China comes from Guangdong based factories. |
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Majority of Guangdong-based barebone PC manufacturers focus on product assembly, and outsource PCB making, mold development and plastic injection to a rich local base of support industries. |
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Guangdong is host to many manufacturers of computer mice, keyboards, cases, power supplies, speakers and monitors that supply the barebone PC industry. |
Production capability
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Both mainland China and Taiwan manufacturers concentrate on R&D and QC. Key manufacturing processes such as SMT, PCB, mold making and plastic injection are generally outsourced. |
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Mainland China manufacturers have a combined monthly capacity of 1.99 million units, but only an average of 50 percent, or 981,000 units, is utilized. |
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Taiwan manufacturers have a combined monthly capacity of 1.13 million units a month and a monthly output of 913,000 units. The average used capacity is 81 percent. |
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 All information contained in China Sourcing Reports is the result of exclusive, ground-level and definitive research conducted by Global Sources' analysts. Companies featured in these reports may or may not be clients of Global Sources.
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