Taiwan optical disc drive overview - Jul 2007
Last update: Tuesday 14 August 2007
The year 2006 saw further consolidation in Taiwan’s optical disc drive (ODD) industry, as the biggest player, Lite-On IT, took over the ODD manufacturing business of its closest...
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Taiwan digital camera overview - Jun 2007
Last update: Monday 16 July 2007
Taiwan-based digital camera makers maintained a mild growth in 2006. The top-4 Taiwan-based makers, Foxconn (into which Premier Technology merged), Altek, Ability Enterprise and Asia...
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Table of contentsChart 1: Taiwan and global digital camera shipments 2004-2009 (k units)
Table 1: Top Taiwan digital camera maker shipments (million units)
CCD sensors continue to account for a major portion of Taiwan output
Chart 3: Quarterly shipments of CCD and CMOS digital cameras from Taiwan-based makers (k units)
Chart 4: Overall digital camera shipments from Taiwan broken down by resolution
Chart 5: CCD-based digital camera shipments from Taiwan broken down by resolution
Chart 6: CMOS-based digital camera shipments from Taiwan broken down by resolution
Chart 7: Taiwan CCD-based shipments by major makers, 4Q05-1Q07
Table 3: Annual company revenues for Taiwan-based digital camera manufacturers (NT$m)
Large-size LCD panel overview - Jun 2007
Last update: Friday 6 July 2007
Global large-size LCD panel market revenues are expected to increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 12.5% to US$96.2 billion by 2011, up from US$53.5 billion in 2006,...
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Table of contentsChart 1: Global large-size panel shipments by application, 2006-2010 (m units)
Chart 4: Price trend for 15.4"W WXGA notebook panels, 2006 (US$)
Table 2: TFT LCD generation vs. panel cutting, 4G and more mature (mm/inch)
Table 3: TFT LCD generation vs. panel cutting, 5G and more advanced (mm/inch)
Table 5: First-tier global TFT LCD makers, capex plans in 2006 and 2007 (US$b)
Table 6: Capacity increase from new lines, 1Q06-4Q07 (k substrates)
Table 9: Taiwan TFT LCD panel makers, panel launch plans, 2007
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Table 10: Taiwan major large-size panel makers, capex plans, 2002-2007 (NT$b)
Chart 5: Taiwan large-size panel makers, monthly consolidated sales (NT$m)
Chart 6: Taiwan large-size panel makers, monthly shipments (k units)
Taiwan panel makers - Jun 2007
Last update: Friday 6 July 2007
As of June 2007, the major Taiwan-based large-size TFT LCD makers are AU Optronics (AUO), Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO), Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) and HannStar Display. Innolux...
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Table of contentsTable 4: AUO, TFT LCD plants line-up and capacity expansion plan through 2007
Table 8: CMO, panel shipment breakdown by application, 2004-2007 (m units)*
Table 9: CMO, TFT LCD plants line-up and capacity expansion plan through 2007
Table 13: CPT, TFT LCD and CF plant line-up and capacity expansion plan through 2007 (k substrates)
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