After Sharp had remodeled its 8G production line and started up in the medium-small size panel production, Sony, Toshiba, and Hitachi launched a joint venture, Japan Display, with financial support from the Japanese government.
According to DRAMeXchange, a research division of TrendForce, demand from certain system product clients is expected to gradually pick up in September, due to inventory replenishment in response to the unveiling of new products. Thus, most NAND flash contract price for 2HAug. has stayed flat.
WitsView, a research unit of TrendForce, estimated that the July 2011 shipments from top ten LCD brand vendors declined by 4% MoM(month-over-month) to 11.37 million due to unclear amount of demand from terminal market and the already high base period for June.
TrendForce and Avanti Research Partners recently released a joint research report regarding China’s smartphone market in 2011.
According to DRAMeXchange, a research division of TrendForce, following 1HAug.’s downtrend, 2GB and 4GB contract price for 2HAug. fell by 12.24% and 8.51%, respectively, arriving at US$10.75 and US$21.50.