Taiwan small- to mid-size LCD panels

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The second and third quarters are usually the hot seasons for Taiwan-based small- to medium-size panel makers. However, global shipment growth of portable devices (handset, digital still camera/DSC, portable DVD player, etc) did not meet expectations in the second quarter of this year.

Table of contents

Introduction
2Q review, and 3Q forecast
Chart 1: Shipment trend and forecast, 2Q05-4Q06 (thousand units)
Product breakdown by application
Chart 2: Shipments by application, 2Q05-4Q06 (thousand units)
Chart 3 Shipment share by application, 2Q05-4Q06
Product breakdown by technology
Chart 4: Overall TFT LCD shipment share by technology, 2Q05-2Q06
Chart 5: Handset-use TFT LCD shipment share by technology, 2Q05-2Q06
Chart 6: DSC-use TFT LCD shipment share by technology, 2Q05-2Q06
Chart 7: Car-use TFT LCD shipment share by technology, 2Q05-2Q06
End of year forecast
Industry watch
AUO and TPO mergers
Table 1: New AUO and TPO capacity
Chart 8: Market share of AUO and TPO, 1Q05-2Q06
CPT and HannStar become players
Handsets dominate
Beyond 2006
Chart 9: Small- to medium-size TFT LCD shipment and Taiwan’s global share trend, 2003-2008 (thousand units)

Taiwan small- to mid-size LCD panels – 2Q 2006