Acer and HP are increasing
its notebook market share. Dell is expected to spend $2.3 billion US buying
LCD
panels from Taiwan manufacturers. On that note Dell will rely
more on Taiwan based ODMs for its notebook designs.
To lower costs and boost development speed, Dell plans to rely more on Taiwan-based
notebook ODMs for product design and downsize its US design department and Taiwan
Design Center (TDC), according to industry sources.