Sony Group Corp. is projected to sell fewer than 300,000 PlayStation VR2 headsets in its first weeks on the market, a slow start for company efforts to take a leading role in development of the metaverse.
Automobiles are poised to be one of the major drivers for the semiconductor industry's growth. To boost its automotive chip capacity, China announced it aims to set up more than 30 standards by 2025, encouraging and regulating related technology development.
LG Display (LGD) is borrowing KRW1 trillion (US$770 million) from LG Electronics and will use the loan for the growth of its OLED product business, according to LGD's recent announcement.
AUO Digitech, a subsidiary of AUO specializing in smart manufacturing solutions, has seen its sales proliferating, increasing by a CAGR of 100% in three years to reach over NT$500 million (US$16.5 million) in 2022.
The semiconductor supply chains of Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are expected to return to normal, as Japan confirmed lifting export restrictions on three types of semiconductor materials to South Korea. The positive impact of the warming ties between Japan and South Korea on South Korean businesses has attracted attention from all sides.
Shipments of large-area display in 2023 will increase by 0.8% in unit and 3.5% in area, according to Omdia.
InnoCare Optoelectronics, a subsidiary of Innolux focusing on developing flat panels for medical applications, has claimed that it maintains a leading position in the X-ray flat panel detector (FPD) segment with a nearly 50% market share.
A three-year growth streak for gaming PCs and gaming monitors came to an end in 2022 as worldwide gaming PC shipments declined 6.4% while gaming monitors declined 7.1% compared to 2021, according to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Gaming Tracker.
LED automotive lighting module maker Excellence Optoelectronics (EOI) has secured module orders for 11 new car models thus far in the first quarter, with prospects to push its operations back to a growth track in 2023.
Display driver IC suppliers have experienced an increase in short lead-time orders, leading them to become more optimistic about their business prospects for the second quarter, according to industry sources.
Handset panel prices continue trending down in March, but will likely stop falling and begin to stabilize at the end of the second quarter, according to industry sources.
