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AUO OLED is for Watches

by Bob Raikes

AUO has released a new AMOLED for smartwatches and other applications. The panel is a 1.2″ round unit with 390 x 390 resolution (33.22 x 34.72 mm) which is equivalent to 460 ppi. Thickness …

Tags:AUO| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 24 - Issue 47| Wearables

Small Panel Makers See Overall Improvement

by Yvette Raikes

Last month, the small and medium panel makers we track saw the overall volume drop 3.1% MoM and 6.1% YoY. This time the monthly fall was reduced to 1.1% while YoY the number of …

Large Panel Makers See Volume Bounceback

by Yvette Raikes

Following last month’s overall 10.5% MoM and 2.1% drops in large panel shipments, this month the numbers were back up, with rises of 10.0% MoM and 5.7% YoY for the four businesses we track …

AU Optronics Will Adopt Mini LED Backlighting in 2018

by Andrew Fenn

AU Optronics chairman and CEO Paul Peng has announced that the firm will adopt miniLED backlighting in 2018. (Epistar Chairman Predicts Mini LED will Drive Growth in 2018) Peng reiterated that the adoption of …

Tags:AUO| Large Display Monitor| LCD Backlights| MicroLED| Vol 24 - Issue 45

Panel Makers Have Mixed Results

by Yvette Raikes

Hannstar saw October turnover of NT$2.4 billion ($80 million), up 12.9% MoM but down 24.7% YoY. 41.806 million small and medium panels were shipped, up 16.4% MoM but down 0.1% YoY. Chunghwa Picture Tubes …

Large Panel Makers Have Tough October

by Yvette Raikes

AU Optronics posted October revenue of NT$27.43 billion ($909 million), down 5.6% MoM and 9.9% YoY. This brought turnover for the year to date to NT$287.8 billion ($9.5 billion), up 7.5% from NT$267.7 billion …

OLED – LCD Supply Chain Results

by Norbert Hildebrand

With the third quarter results mostly in, it is a good time to look at the position and trends of the market leaders to see in what direction the display industry ship is sailing. …

AUO Sales Up Despite Declining Panel Prices

by Yvette Raikes

AU Optronics posted Q3 net profits of NT$8.2 billion ($273 million), a rise of 78% YoY from NT$4.6 billion ($153 million), on turnover which went up 1.6% to NT$87.4 billion ($2.9 billion) from NT$86.0 …

Tags:AUO| Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 41

AU Optronics “Guardedly Optimistic” Going Into Q4

by Andrew Fenn

LCD panel-maker AU Optronics (AUO) is “guardedly optimistic” as it moves into the fourth quarter of 2017, according to Digitimes. Digitimes quotes AUO chairman Paul Peng as saying that the panel industry is stable …

Tags:AUO| Large Display Monitor| Large LCD Supply| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 41

Large Panel Makers See Monthly Rise in Shipments

by Yvette Raikes

AU Optronics saw September turnover of NT$29.07 billion ($961 million), down 3.6% MoM and 3.8% YoY. This brought Q3 sales to NT$87.4 billion ($2.89 billion), a rise of 3.5% QoQ and 1.6% YoY, and …

Biggest Providers of Smaller Panels Fare Less Well in September

by Yvette Raikes

Hannstar posted September revenue of NT$2.1 billion ($70 million), a drop of 11.7% MoM and 25.7% YoY. The vendor sold 35.92 million small and medium panels, down 14.9% MoM but up 13.2% YoY. Chunghwa …

Plenty to See at Touch Taiwan

by Bob Raikes

Touch Taiwan took place in Taipei and there were, of course a number of news items that came out of it. AUO was collaborating with IAdea to show synchronised LCD displays as it did …