DisplaySearch Launches TFT LCD Cost Forecast Report: Costs to Fall as Much as 62% as More Cost Effective Fabs Come Online.AUSTIN, Texas -- DisplaySearch, the worldwide leader in flat panel display A thin display screen for computer and TV usage. The first flat panels appeared on laptop computers in the mid-1980s, and the LCD technology became the standard. Stand-alone LCD screens became available for desktop computers in the mid-1990s and exceeded sales of CRTs for the first time (FPD (1) (Flat Panel Display) See LCD, plasma display, EL display, FED and flat panel display. (2) (Field Programmable Device) An umbrella term for all chips that can be programmed by the customer including SPLDs, CPLDs and FPGAs. See PLD. ) market research and consulting, has developed a new report which reveals current and future panel costs, material prices, depreciation, yields, panel prices, and profit margins for LCD monitor A flat panel display that uses liquid crystals. Although laptops have used LCDs as their flat panel technology almost exclusively, LCD is also the most popular for flat panel desktop monitors. Toward the end of 2003, sales of LCD displays for desktops overtook CRTs for the first time. and LCD TV A flat panel TV that uses LCD technology or a rear-projection TV that is based on LCD microdisplay panels. See flat panel TV, rear-projection TV and LCD. panels. DisplaySearch's new Quarterly TFT LCD (Thin Film Transistor LCD) See LCD. Cost Forecast Report with Annual Projections provides the costs of TFT LCD manufacturing from 2004-2008 for seven different substrate sizes ranging from 730 x 920 mm to 2160 x 2460 mm for eight different panel sizes, including 15", 17", and 19" LCD monitor modules and 26", 32", 37" and 40" and 42" LCD TV modules. Unlike previous display industry recoveries, the current display industry recovery will occur primarily through cost reduction due to the amount of supply coming online derived from significant 2004 and 2005 capital spending capital spending Spending for long-term assets such as factories, equipment, machinery, and buildings that permits the production of more goods and services in future years. . As a result, understanding how much and how fast costs are likely to fall is critical to the display industry outlook, making this report a must-have for analysts and industry personnel tracking the display market. Costs are expected to fall as much as 62% from 2005 to 2008, supporting significant growth in the LCD monitor and LCD TV markets. The new report covers a variety of topics: --Significant differences in costs between first and second tier suppliers due to differences in yield, depreciation costs, depreciation timing, utilization and component costs --Cash costs, total costs and prices for all major panels and substrate sizes for both first and second tier suppliers, including when each panel will be profitable for first and second tier suppliers by substrate size --Material prices for major TFT LCD materials, including glass, color filters, backlight back·light n. A type of spotlight, used in photography, that illuminates a subject from behind. tr.v. back·light·ed or back·lit , back·light·ing, back·lights units, polarizers, driver ICs and liquid crystal --How low prices are likely to fall --What the expectations are for net margins through 2008 Purchase now and access material prices for all major large-area panel sizes, and gain insight into price changes during industry downturns and recoveries. The Quarterly TFT LCD Cost Forecast Report with Annual Projections price starts at just $4,995. Contact Arie Braun at 512-459-3126, x108, or at arie@displaysearch.com for additional information. About DisplaySearch DisplaySearch is the worldwide leader in FPD market research and consulting. Founded in 1996, DisplaySearch serves a growing multinational client base, providing an extensive array of market intelligence reports, advisory services advisory services advisory services provided to the public, in their capacity as owners and managers of animals, are an important part of veterinary science. They may be provided by government bureaux, by commercial companies who deal in pharmaceuticals or animals or animal , and global business conferences. DisplaySearch surveys the entire display industry food chain, including component and equipment manufacturers, FPD producers, OEMs, brands, distributors and retailers. DisplaySearch has a core team of 20 analysts located in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. and Asia; they prepare a valued suite of market forecasts, technology assessments, surveys, studies and analyses, and they organize influential industry events worldwide. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, DisplaySearch has regional operations in Chicago, Hong Kong, Houston, Kyoto, Shenzhen, San Jose, Seoul, Taipei and Tokyo, and the company is on the web at www.displaysearch.com. |
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