Computex this year is a huge parade of Tablet PCs. In addition to products introduced by all major brands, system makers with NB as major OEM/ODM products also introduced a series of prototype machines hoping to establish new collaborations with customers willing to enter Tablet PC markets.
Based on the latest large-size panel shipment report published by WitsView, which is the panel study department under TrendForce, indicates the large-size panel shipment volume for May, 2011 was 60.98 million units, with an increase of 8.2% as compared to April.
May 31, 2011--- According to WitsView shipment survey of the world's top ten LCD monitors, the April 2011 shipments of the top ten brands declined 13.3% relative to March MoM to 11.19 million units; SI shipments declined 7.7% relative to March MoM to a total of 13.23 million units. The brand vendors declined more severely than the SIs, largely due to the terminal sales in the low season.
According to the observation on LED backlight models by the research institute WitsView under TrendForce, along with the mass production of new LED backlight models among panel makers using new backlight design structure in 1Q11, the cost gap between CCFL models and LED backlight models have been dramatically reduced.
The investment in CANDO by TPK is an indication of the beginning of an era where large will become larger through merger and acquisition in the industry of touch panel module. The research institution WitsView under TrendForce has pointed out that this investment will lead to complimentary benefits for TPK in the three aspects of production capacity, technology and customer base.
