Blog from April 2020

Display Equipment

Display Fab Utilization Increased in Q1; Slowdown Expected in Q2-Q3 2020

April 27, 2020

Display industry fab utilization defied both our predictions and the coronavirus by increasing to 85% in Q1’20, according to the latest release of DSCC’s Quarterly All Display Fab Utilization Report, issued this week. In Q1 2020, total TFT input for all display makers was up 1% Q/Q and up 5% Y/Y at 69.8 million square meters, but the demand for LCD applications cannot support such high utilization rates. In the current Q2 2020, we expect total TFT input to fall 6% Q/Q and 7% Y/Y to 65.8 million square meters.
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TV

Advanced TV Revenues to Grow to $26 Billion by 2025

April 27, 2020

Advanced TV revenues are forecast to grow by a 9% growth rate from 2019 to 2025 to $26 billion, according to the new DSCC Quarterly Advanced TV Shipment and Forecast Report, introduced this week and now available to subscribers. This report covers the worldwide premium TV market, including the most Advanced TV technologies: WOLED, QD Display, QDEF, Dual Cell LCD and MiniLED with 4K and 8K resolution. This report looks at current and future TV shipments and revenues by technology, region, brand, resolution and size, and forecasts the growth of all of these technologies. The report includes the preliminary shipment result for Q1 2020, a forecast by quarter for 2020 and an annual forecast to 2025.
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