According to LEDinside, a research division of TrendForce, Europe’s worsening debt crisis has curbed demand from the European market and threatened Asian LED makers, who rely heavily on export sales. Therefore, some manufacturers’ sales momentums have shown a slight decrease in 2Q12.
As Microsoft is poised to launch Windows 8, touch Notebook (NB) with Windows 8 stood out among all the products at 2012 Computex. Through an innovative combination of touch function and NB, brands vendors are hoping to both revive NB market and ease tablet PC’s absorption of NB demand.
According to TrendForce, this year’s biggest DRAM industry event, the announcement that Japanese manufacturer Elpida will join hands with U.S. maker Micron, marks the end of a perfectly competitive market as Samsung, Hynix, and the new Micron team become the three main players in an oligopolistic market.
According to DRAMeXchange, a research division of TrendForce, 2HMay 4GB module price stayed flat compared to the first half of the month - highest price did not exceed US$21.5.
According to DRAMeXchange, a research division of TrendForce, affected by the end of manufacturers’ financial quarters and demand that continues to fall short of expectation, 2HMay mainstream NAND flash contract price decreased by 6-9% compared to the first half of the month.
