For 2011, it will likely be characterized as a sluggish year to global TV brand vendors, as the global economic downturn severely curbed consumer demand. Furthermore, this sluggishness is not expected to recover at least until early 2012. In response, brand vendors have been particularly keen in maintaining relatively low inventory levels.
According to DRAMeXchange, a research division of TrendForce, rush orders for SSD began to turn up in November as a result of the Thailand Flood, which compromised the HDD supply. However, the shipments of end-market products, including PC, smartphone and tablet PC, continued to drop.
According to the survey conducted by DRAMeXchange, a research division of TrendForce, affected by the economy downturn, the Japan Earthquake and the Thailand Flood, the notebook industry sees a mere 1% YoY growth in 2011.
November 29, 2011--- According to the shipment report of top ten global LCD monitor brands and SIs in October published by WitsView, TrendForce’s panel research division, October shipment by brands dropped by 5.2% compared to September while October shipment by SIs decreased by 8.8%.
According to DRAMeXchange, a research division of TrendForce, due to the PC slow season and the HDD supply chain afflicted by the Thailand flood, the downtrend of the contract price persisted in 2H'11: the ASP of DDR3 4GB dropped by 7.9% to US$ 17.5, while DDR3 2GB ASP plunged below US$ 10 to US$ 9.5, a 7.3% decli