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OLED

OLED Panel Revenues to Grow 8% in 2019 to $29 Billion

February 19, 2019

OLED panel revenues will increase by 8% in 2019 to $28.6 billion, according to the latest update of the DSCC Quarterly OLED Shipment and Fab Utilization Report for Q1 2019, with double-digit growth in area and units, as OLED continues to take a larger share of smartphone and TV shipments.
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Financial

Panel Maker Q4 Earnings Show Diverging Results

February 5, 2019

LG Display is usually the first flat panel maker to release earnings each quarter, and in many ways they have been a bellweather for the industry. They always give guidance on the upcoming quarter, and historically their guidance has not always been accurate. For Q4, though, LGD’s guidance given at the end of October was spot on, and included a phrase that captured the industry dynamic in Q4, and perhaps for some time to come.
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TV

TV Cost Report Provides First Look at QD OLED, MMG

January 28, 2019

DSCC has released its Q4 2018 update of our Advanced TV Display Cost Report, with updates to all of the OLED and LCD cost outlines plus the first cost model for Samsung Display’s quantum dot OLED (QD OLED) product, as well as analysis detailing the cost advantages LG Display will realize in implementing Multi-Mode Mother Glass (MMG) technology.
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Mobile

DSCC’s Latest Smartphone Display Cost Report Adds Foldable, New Models and Quantifies Significant BOE Yield Improvements

January 22, 2019

The Q4’18 update of DSCC’s Quarterly Smartphone Display Cost Report adds the panels used in the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S10 models and the Galaxy Foldable smartphone. Foldable smartphones have the potential to dramatically change the smartphone landscape and it is critical to understand their costs and cost reduction potential to estimate their impact on smartphone prices and likelihood of success.
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OLED

OLED Panel Revenues to Grow 19% in 2019

December 10, 2018

Revenues from the sales of OLED display panels will increase 19% in 2019 to $31 billion, according to the latest update of DSCC’s Quarterly OLED Shipment and Fab Utilization Report. OLED panel units in all applications will grow 22% to 610 million, and shipment area will grow 35% to exceed 9 million square meters.
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