
Major Taiwan-based suppliers of small- to medium-size LCD panels changed their production strategies in fourth-quarter 2014 as the industry entered the slow season amid sluggish demand for smartphone applications and rising competition from China-based rivals. The Taiwan makers devoted more of their capacity to making feature-phone applications.
Table of contents
Introduction
Chart 1: Small- to medium-size LCD shipments, 4Q13-1Q15 (k units)
Shipments breakdown
Applications
Chart 2: Shipments by application, 4Q13-1Q15 (k units)
Chart 3: Shipment share by application, 4Q13-1Q15
Technology: LTPS and a-Si
Chart 4: Shipments by technology, 4Q13-1Q15 (k units)
Chart 5: Shipment share by technology, 4Q13-1Q15
LTPS and a-Si: Handset applications
Chart 6: Handset panel shipments by technology, 4Q13-1Q15 (k units)
Chart 7: Handset panel shipment share by technology, 4Q13-1Q15
LTPS and a-Si: DSC applications
Chart 8: DSC panel shipments by technology, 4Q13-1Q15 (k units)
Chart 9: DSC panel shipment share by technology, 4Q13-1Q15
Makers
Chart 10: Top-3 makers' shipments, 4Q13-1Q15 (k units)
Chart 11: Top-3 makers' shipment share, 4Q13-1Q15
Industry watch
Supply
Demand
Outlook till 2017
Chart 12: Small- to medium-size LCD shipments and global share, 2012-2017 (k units)