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Friday 6 November 2009
LCD component suppliers hit seasonal revenue lull
Taiwan-based CCFL maker Wellypower Optronics and color filter (CF) maker Sintek Photronic saw their October revenues drop 9.15% and 1.99%, respectively, in October 2009 due to seas...
Friday 6 November 2009
US market: LCD TV shipments to reach 8 million in 4Q09, says iSuppli
US LCD TV shipments are expected to amount to eight million units in the fourth quarter of 2009, up 7.3% from 7.5 million during the same period in 2008, according to iSuppli.
Thursday 5 November 2009
Price gap between large-size LED- and CCFL-backlit panels to further narrow in 1Q10
The price gap between LED- and CCFL-backlit large-size LCD panels will continue to narrow in 2010, with the difference in the 40-inch segment reducing to 29.8% in the first quarter...
Wednesday 4 November 2009
IC designer GMT positive about 1Q10, says president
Analog IC design house Global Mixed-mode Technology (GMT) expects revenues to decline 15% sequentially to NT$1.08 billion (US$33.13 million) in fourth-quarter 2009 before climbing...
Wednesday 4 November 2009
China market: LED TV demand to reach 4 million units in 2010, says CECC
Demand for LED-backlit LCD TVs in the China market is expected to increase to four million units in 2010 from one million units in 2009, and to eight million units in 2011, as both...
Tuesday 3 November 2009
Taiwan LED chipmakers expanding capacity on strong backlight demand
The total blue LED chip capacity of Taiwan-based LED chipmakers Epistar, Formosa Epitaxy, Tekcore, Arima Optoelectronics, Genesis Photonics and Huga Optotech is expected to increase...
Friday 30 October 2009
Coretronic 3Q09 net profit reaches almost NT$900 million
Backlight unit (BLU) and projector maker Coretronic has announced third-quarter consolidated revenues of NT$21.05 billion (US$647.14 million) with an operating income of NT$463 million...
Friday 30 October 2009
All AUO large-size panels to be LED-backlit by 2015, says chairman
AU Optronics (AUO) vice chairman HB Chen has indicated that the company's large-size panels will all be LED-backlit by 2015. In 2011, all AUO notebook panels will be LED-backlit,...
Friday 30 October 2009
Unity Opto, Harvatek report net profit for 3Q09
LED packaging houses Unity Opto Technology and Harvatek have reported net profits of NT$328.85 million (US$10.12 million) and NT$102.58 million, respectively, for the third quarter...
Thursday 29 October 2009
Lite-On Tech reports 3Q09 net profit up over 50% sequentially
Lite-On Technology has reported third quarter 2009 consolidated revenues of NT$26.5 billion (US$812.97 million), up 17% sequentially. Net profits increased 53% sequentially and 14%...
Wednesday 28 October 2009
LED backlighting to be adopted in smaller-size LCD TVs in 2010, says AUO executive VP
LED backlighting will start to be adopted in smaller-size 19- to 24-inch LCD TVs in 2010, and LED-backlit applications will account for 15-20% of total LCD TV panels AU Optronics...
Tuesday 27 October 2009
AUO exhibits ultra wide, 3D, OLED display technologies at FPD International 2009
AU Optronics (AUO) has announced that its new display technologies, including 3D, in-cell touch panel, and e-paper, will be exhibited at FPD International 2009, held in Yokohama Japan,...
Thursday 22 October 2009
Taiwan market: LG to ship ultra-thin frameless LED-backlit TVs in November
LG Taiwan will ship its SL90 series frameless LED TVs with a thickness of 2.9cm to the local market in November, with the 47-inch model priced at NT$86,900 (US$2,682) and the 42-inch...
Tuesday 20 October 2009
Global flat panel display industry to recover in 2010, says DisplaySearch
Global flat panel display revenues for 2009 will be US$87.6 billion, down 15% on year, according to DisplaySearch. The major reason for the decline is erosion in large-size TFT-LCD...
Friday 16 October 2009
Lite-On to supply LCD TV backlight LEDs to Samsung and LG Display
Taiwan-based LED packaging house Lite-On Technology has entered the supply chains of Samsung Electronics and LG Display (LGD) for LCD TV backlighting, according to a Chinese-language...