According to WitsView, a division of TrendForce, its latest survey showed that TV panel prices generally have been lower than the cash costs. Thus, panel makers' loss of money has continually expanded. Korean, Taiwanese and Chinese panel makers all started to lower their utilization rates (UT) of TV panel products from September on, in order to improve the severely unbalanced supply and demand and stabilize the prices.
According to WitsView, a division of TrendForce, its latest survey pointed out that TV panel prices had significantly dropped for 4 consecutive months since May. Prices of more than half of size segments have lowered to below cash costs.
In this press release, TrendForce provides predictions of the information and communication technology industry for 2020, focusing on 10 key themes.
The latest figures provided by the global research firm TrendForce show that car sales in the US for 2019 are projected to slide by 3% YoY. China’s car sales for the same year are also projected to drop by 7% YoY.
The global market research firm TrendForce reports that the average contract price of 8GB PC DRAM modules remained constant at US$25.5 in August, showing no noticeable change from the previous month. Negotiations between DRAM suppliers and PC OEMs over the September contracts are still ongoing, but most signs indicate that contract prices of mainstream PC DRAM products will hold steady during the month.