Report: Quanta halted HP notebook production for a week in price standoff
DigiTimes and Taiwan People News, citing supply-chain sources, report that Quanta Computer stopped building HP notebooks for about a week in September 2026 after price talks stalled, resuming only once senior HP executives agreed to a cost adjustment. The dispute reportedly centered on parts Quanta buys itself — PCBs, passive components, lithium batteries, power-management and Wi-Fi chips — while HP sources most memory, CPU and GPU costs directly. Neither company has confirmed the account; Quanta said it does not comment on individual customers and HP has not publicly responded.
As AI servers grow toward roughly 80% of Quanta's revenue, contract manufacturers gain leverage over notebook clients, which could shift how PC brands and ODMs split rising component costs.