Inventec's affiliated smartphone ODM Inventec Appliances is helping China-based Xiaomi Technology develop a notebook featuring a new mobile Internet concept, with the development to be finished in the first half of 2016, according to Inventec chairman Richard Lee.

As for the market rumor that Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has also been chosen as a ODM partner for its notebook, Lee said that he is unaware of such a plan.

Lee pointed out that the company is currently assisting Xiaomi to build a notebook with concept and design completely different from the traditional notebook.

Currently, the global notebook market still has about 180 million in unit shipments per year and despite weakening demand and profits, Xiaomi is still expected to benefit from the market, some market watchers noted.