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<strong>Veritas</strong> <strong>et</strong> <strong>Visus</strong> <strong>Display</strong> <strong>Standard</strong> February 2009<br />
<strong>Display</strong>Search reports large-area TFT LCD shipments down to $72B<br />
Results of <strong>Display</strong>Search’s large-area (10-inch and larger) TFT LCD survey for Q4'08, as reported in its “Quarterly<br />
Large-Area TFT LCD Shipment Report”, indicate that shipments reached 93.5 million units, a decline of 19% Q/Q<br />
and 17% Y/Y. Due to drastic cuts in panel prices, large-area TFT LCD revenues fell 33% Q/Q and 48% Y/Y, to<br />
$12 billion. Slow mark<strong>et</strong> demand in Q4’08 led to reductions in capacity utilization as shown in Table 1.<br />
Original<br />
Specification<br />
Application<br />
Q3’08<br />
Shipments<br />
Q4’08<br />
Shipments<br />
Q/Q<br />
Growth<br />
Y/Y<br />
Growth<br />
LCD Monitor<br />
LCD Monitor<br />
LCD TV<br />
43.4<br />
2.5<br />
33.8<br />
1.7<br />
-22%<br />
-32%<br />
-27%<br />
-43%<br />
Notebook PC Notebook PC 38.5 30.7 -20% -5%<br />
LCD TV LCD TV 28.4 24.8 -12% -12%<br />
Others Others 3.2 2.4 -24% -29%<br />
Total 116.1 93.5 -19% -17%<br />
Table 1: Q4’08 large-area TFT LCD shipments by original specification and application (millions)<br />
<strong>Display</strong>Search also revealed d<strong>et</strong>ails of mark<strong>et</strong> performance for 2008 as a whole. Total shipments of large-area TFT<br />
LCD panels reached 439 million in 2008, 11% growth from 2007. Shipments of panels for notebook PCs grew by<br />
22% Y/Y, and shipments of TV panels grew by 20% Y/Y. If LCD monitor panels