TFT LCD driver IC design houses Novatek Microelectronics and Orise Technology both saw February revenues decline by 20% and 23% respectively from a month ago due to less working days...
Global shipments of LCD TV panels with LED backlights reached a high of 16.6 million units in the fourth quarter of 2010, with strong growth in edge-lit configurations, according...
Taiwan-based analog IC design houses are aggressively cutting quotes, especially in the TFT LCD panel analog IC segment. With Global Mixed-code Technology (GMT), Raydium Semiconductor,...
As the transition to flat panel TV nears completion, TFT-LCD TV panel demand is slowing, from 41% on year in 2010 to 8.3% in 2011. Total TFT-LCD panel area demand is expected to increase...
LCD driver IC design house ILI Technology (Ilitek) currently controls more than half of China's market for handset TFT LCD driver ICs, and expects shipments to continue to increase...
AU Optronics' (AUO) 7.5G plant for TFT LCD panels in Kunshan, China is scheduled to begin volume production by the end of 2012 at the earliest, according to the Taiwan-based company...
Korea-based TFT-LCD panel makers' average utilization rates reached over 90% in November, while Taiwan-based panel makers were gradually increasing their utilization rates mainly...
Sharp is scheduled to introduce 5.5-inch and 10.8-inch e-book readers adopting high-resolution TFT LCD panels on December 10, 2010 for the Japan market and priced at JPY39.800 (US$474)...
TFT LCD driver IC maker Himax Technologies posted third-quarter 2010 revenues of US$138 million, down 26.3% sequentially but still meeting its adjusted forecast. Although the company...
Emerging Display Technologies (EDT) has announced revenues of NT$401 million (US$13.28 million) for October, remaining flat sequentially and increasing 52% on year.
TFT LCD panel makers from South Korea and Taiwan will begin announcing third-quarter results this week, with LG Display kicking off on October 21, AU Optronics (AUO) on October 27...
Some TFT-LCD panel makers expect panel prices to continue falling until the first quarter of 2011. But others hold the optimistic opinion that prices will rebound in the fourth quarter...
TFT LCD driver IC maker Himax Technologies expects third-quarter revenues to decrease 13-18% sequentially, but due to adjustments in product mix, gross margin should rise 1-2 pp from...
