| DisplaySearch Updates TFT LCD Fab Activity, Supply and Demand, TFT LCD Equipment, and Capital Expenditures Forecasts
KYOTO, JAPAN, October 11, 2005--DisplaySearch, the worldwide leader in display market research and consulting and part of The NPD Group, reports in its Quarterly TFT LCD Supply/Demand and Capital Spending Report that component supply could not keep up with strong demand in Q305, extending a component-restricted shortage in large-area panels. In terms of unrestricted, raw array capacity, supply was sufficient in Q305, and by all DisplaySearch metrics, the surplus is expected to continue to widen in Q405 and into 2006.
According to DisplaySearch Vice President Charles Annis, |
