According to DRAMeXchange, a research division of TrendForce, given the amount of price growth experienced by PC DRAM since 4Q12, first tiered DRAM suppliers are making an increased effort to slow down their migration to Mobile DRAM.
According to LEDinside, a research division of TrendForce, starting from August 2012, at least 5 M&A cases occurred in China and Taiwan; Epistar, for example, acquired 49% of Huga’s equity, and Sanan Opto acquired 120 million of FOREPI’s common stock.
According to DRAMeXchange, a division of global research firm TrendForce, total 4Q12 revenue for the mobile DRAM industry grew 21.4% from the third quarter and reached US$2.74 billion, boosted by climbing shipments of low to mid-end smartphones as well as seasonality.
According to the survey by WitsView, the display research division of the global intelligence provider TrendForce, the global large-sized panel shipment in April 2013 was 65.2 million units, dropping 5% MoM.
According to EnergyTrend, a research division of TrendForce, Europe’s anti-dumping and countervailing investigation on China suggested that the government has subsidized their domestic solar manufacturers, and Europe may impose a punitive tariff (more than 30%) on China’s PV products.