According to DRAMeXchange, a research division of TrendForce, the market transactions were sluggish in 1H'October due to the underwhelming Chinese holiday sales and the conservative attitude displayed towards the market situation for Thanksgiving and Christmas. While SK Hynix's Wuxi plant fire accident prompted some manufacturers to allocate portions of their NAND Flash capacity to DRAM, the mainstream NAND Flash contract prices have stayed mostly flat throughout1H'October.
According to the shipment survey by WitsView, the display research division of the global market intelligence provider TrendForce, the large-sized panel shipment in September 2013 reached 69.18 million units, declining 1.3% MoM. The restocking demand for Oct 1st holidays in China lifted the TV panel shipment and the September LCD TV panel shipment rose 1.3% MoM to 19.57 million units, and among these, the 4K panel shipment reached a new high with 39% growth.