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Press Releases

AR/VR Display Summit Will Feature Leading Companies in the Supply Chain

September 4, 2024

The AR/VR Display Summit will feature 14 different companies, including Qualcomm and Meta. Sponsored by Applied Materials, OptoFidelity and Qualcomm, this event will take place in-person on October 1st at the Fremont Marriott Silicon Valley. This will be an opportunity to discuss the latest innovations in AR/VR displays and optics with experts.Read More

DSCC Report Projects the End of Flat Panel Display Oversupply and Beginning of LCD Shortage

September 3, 2024

Capacity additions put in place during the pandemic demand boom have resulted in a systematic oversupply in the display industry that continues in 2024, but that oversupply will eventually turn to a shortage. That turn will happen within the 5-year timeframe of our forecast, according to DSCC’s Quarterly FPD Supply/Demand Report, released last week. Although we expect only modest growth in demand for display products, that persistent growth will fill up capacity and will eventually lead to demand for new or expanded LCD fabs.Read More

Chinese Brands Gain Share in Advanced TV Market as MiniLED TVs Surpass OLED TV in Q2'24

August 26, 2024

With aggressive pricing and promotion of MiniLED LCD TVs, Chinese brands led by TCL and Hisense gained share and drove growth in the Advanced TV market in Q2’24, according to the latest update of DSCC’s Quarterly Advanced TV Shipment and Forecast Report, now available to subscribers. For the first time ever, shipments of MiniLED TVs surpassed shipments of OLED TVs, and MiniLED TVs captured more than 50% share of both units and revenues in the “super premium” category. Samsung fared poorly and lost share in Advanced TVs while TCL and Hisense gained share and Xiaomi emerged to break into the top five in the premium segment.Read More

Global TV Market Returned to Growth in Q2’24

August 26, 2024

After three consecutive quarters of Y/Y declines, the global TV market recovered for a Y/Y growth in Q2’24, fed by strong shipments to developed regions gearing up for major sporting events. TV shipments in the quarter increased 3% Y/Y despite weak shipment numbers in the #3 geographic region, China.Read More

iPhone 16 Series Panel Shipments Start Strong with 20% Higher Volumes than the iPhone 15 Series

August 26, 2024

As we approach the end of August and with a few weeks to go until Apple announces the iPhone 16 series, the latest release of the Monthly Flagship Smartphone Display Tracker shows that cumulative panel shipments through July for the iPhone 15 Series were 6% higher in 2023 – 2024 versus the iPhone 14 series during the same period in 2022 - 2023. On a M/M basis for July, the iPhone 15 series decreased 44% M/M.Read More

Display Glass Market Jumped in Q2 But Falling in 2H’24

August 19, 2024

Glass makers shipped 172M m2 of display glass in Q2’24, an increase of 12% Q/Q and 5% Y/Y according to the latest update to DSCC’s Display Glass Report, released last week. China’s portion of worldwide display glass demand increased to an all-time high of 73% in Q2’24. With the coming closure of the largest fab outside China, Sharp’s Sakai Display Products Gen 10, China’s share of display glass demand will only increase. Glass shipments are expected to decrease by 4% Q/Q in Q3’24 and to decrease another 4% Q/Q in Q4’24.Read More

OLED Panel Shipments Rise 50% Y/Y in Q2’24 on >100% Growth in Tablets and Monitors and High Double-Digit Growth in Smartphones and TVs

August 19, 2024

As revealed in DSCC’s latest release of the OLED Shipment Report – Flash Edition, OLED panel shipments increased 13% Q/Q and 50% Y/Y in Q2’24 after declining 20% Q/Q and increasing 50% Y/Y in Q1’24. In Q2’24, by select OLED applications, OLED tablet panel shipments increased 142% Q/Q and 356% Y/Y, OLED smartphones increased 6% Q/Q and 49% Y/Y and OLED TVs increased 43% Q/Q and 30% Y/Y.Read More

OLED Tablet Panel Shipments Surge in Q2’24, 2024 Volumes Expected to More than Triple

August 12, 2024

OLED tablet panel shipments rose 142% Q/Q and 356% Y/Y in Q2’24 to a record high as Apple launched its highly anticipated 11.1” and 13” iPad Pro’s which feature the tablet industry’s first tandem OLED stack panels along with the thinnest tablets produced to date. Apple dominated the OLED tablet panel market in Q2’24 with a 72% share followed by Huawei at 13% and Samsung at 9%. The 13” OLED iPad Pro led the market on a panel procurement basis for the second straight quarter with a slight edge over the 11.1” OLED iPad Pro. Each model had a 36% share in Q2’24. The #3 model on a panel procurement basis was the Huawei Mate Pad Pro 13.2” at 5%. LG Display and Samsung Display split the Q2’24 market on a panel supplier basis with a 41% share each.Read More

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