Global shipments of 8.9-inch-and-larger LCD panels reached 22.23 million units in January, down by 16.9% sequentially and down 33.5% on year, according to research firm WitsView.
Global large-size panel shipments reached 25.15 million units in December 2008, down slightly by 2.6% sequentially, and down 23.9% on year, according to research firm WitsView.
Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO) has recently received a high volume of urgent orders mainly for TV panels which have boosted its overall utilization rate from 20-30% in November-December...
Notebook makers are cautiously monitoring their component inventories, keeping the levels at as low as three to four weeks, according to industry sources. The makers' cautious monitoring...
AU Optronics (AUO) has reported consolidated sales in October at NT$27.26 billion (US$831.27 million), down 20.6% sequentially and down 48.7% on year, the lowest for the past 19 months...
According to WitsView's panel price survey for the second half of September, prices for IT panels (notebook and monitor segments) remained stable as panel makers sought to avoid cutting...
Hewlett-Packard (HP) is planning to outsource production of 13-14 million 15.6-inch 16:9 aspect ratio notebooks to Taiwan notebook makers in 2009, according to sources at notebook...
Although notebook vendors have started to adopt 16:9 aspect ratio panels for upcoming notebooks, sources at notebook ODMs pointed out that notebooks with 12- to 14-inch 16:9 aspect...
Although Taiwan-based panel makers AU Optronics (AUO) and Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO) originally planned to cut their panel utilization rates by an average of 10-15% in the third...
The large-size LCD panel market has seen prices for both IT and TV applications drop for the second half of June, as clients are digesting their inventory or conducting mid-year inventory...
With the exception of some segments, IT panel prices are expected to stay flat in June before peaking this year in August, according to WitsView. However, the prices for 19-inch,...
