The total revenue of Taiwanese listed LED manufacturers plunged to NTD 10.6 billion in June 2013, as the LED market was affected by declining demand for backlight application and stocktaking, according to LEDinside, a research subsidiary of industry research organization TrendForce.
According to the survey on the global large-sized TFT-LCD panel capacity by WitsView, the display research division of the global market intelligence provider TrendForce, the year 2013 is impacted by the waning demands for monitors and NBs, and panel makers aggressively apply the high value-added technologies to the G
LEDinside, a research division of TrendForce indicated in their “Chinese lighting market report-2013” that the rise of the domestic LED market has brought great business opportunities. After the European debt crisis, the export-oriented Chinese LED lighting industry shifted their business to emerging markets.
Despite that high-resolution NBs attract more attention than sales, they remain the secret weapons for major brands on the debut stages, ranging from Samsung’s Premium 2013 to HP’s World Tour. Apple’s MacBook Pro led NBs to enter the Retina level, while other makers were conservative about the high resolution.
According to DRAMeXchange, a research division of TrendForce, the NAND Flash contract prices have been exhibiting minor signs of growth throughout 2H'June. The prices for the mainstream NAND Flash chips have grown by approximately 2-5% compared to the amount in 1H'June.