Digitimes has announced that 204 million large-size TFT-LCD panels were shipped globally in the last quarter of 2016, which is a drop of 3.7% on quarter and 6.1% on year, quoting IDC as the source, although we didn’t have confirmation from IDC at press time. As regards notebooks, 48 million were shipped in the last quarter which is a rise of 5.1% sequentially to reach the highest quarterly level since the first quarter of 2013.
For monitors and TVs, shipments fell 3.4% for monitors and 4.5% on TVs for the quarter.
The biggest maker of large-size LCD panels in the fourth quarter was BOE Technology with a 22% share of the shipments. They were followed by LG Display with 19.1%, Innolux with 16.2%, AU Optronics with 13.6% and Samsung Display with 10.4%.
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Top-5 large-size TFT-LCD panel makers by application, 4Q16 |
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Rank |
Applications |
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TV |
LCD monitor |
Notebook |
Tablet |
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1 |
LG Display |
LG Display |
BOE |
BOE |
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2 |
Samsung Display |
BOE |
Innolux |
CPT |
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3 |
Innolux |
AUO |
LG Display |
LG Display |
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4 |
BOE |
Innolux |
AUO |
Innolux |
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5 |
CSOT |
Samsung Display |
Samsung Display |
AUO |
Digitimes also compiled the above table, citing IDC as the source.
