Global tablet shipments are expected to reach 205.5 million in 2014, less than 5% on year, according to WitsView, a research division of TrendForce. The tablet market is sandwiched between internal and external threats that are affecting market performance.
Inventory for monitor panels 19.5W and 23.6W inches are currently low and supply is tight, according to latest research by WitsView, a subsidiary of TrendForce. As a result, monitor brands are turning to 20W- and 24W-inch panels to replace the two sizes for use in new display units, and rising demands have pushed up prices. This trend is expected to last throughout the end of the third quarter this year, and brands are looking to stock up prior to the peak season.
Notebook shipments reached approximately 14 million in May 2014, up 6.4% on month and up 9% on year. Distributors’ strong stock up demands for new models including low priced US $249 Microsoft notebooks acted as a major growth momentum, according to WitsView, a subsidiary of Taiwan-based market intelligence firm TrendForce.
According to the latest survey by WitsView, the display research division of the global intelligence provider TrendForce, the large-sized panel shipment in May came to 69.41 M units, rising 6.3% MoM.
The world’s leading touch IC maker Synaptics announces to buy the panel driver IC supplier Renesas SP Drivers for $470 million, and this is the latest major deal between the touch IC maker and driver IC maker following FocalTech’s merger with Orise Tech. According to the global intelligence provider TrendForce, the acquisitions one after another would turn a new page for the integration of TDDI (Touch with Display Driver).