As smart mobile devices prevail and impact the market demand for traditional PCs, monitor product sales remain weak as well.
When the PC industry is putting efforts into developing Win 8 tablets, Microsoft chose to take the lead by releasing its branded Surface tablet PC, showing a purpose in supporting its new OS (operating system) and further increasing prominence of Windows 8 tablet PCs.
According to the latest price survey by LEDinside, the LED research division of TrendForce, in May 2012, global LED light bulb price basically remained stable without dramatic fluctuations.
According to DRAMeXchange, a research division of TrendForce, the DRAM contract price trend stayed flat in 1HJun., with average 4GB and 2GB chip price falling around US$21.25 and US$11.25, respectively.
According to WitsView, the panel research division of TrendForce, large-sized panel shipments in May-12 amounted to 64.43 million units with MoM increase of 6.7%.