LCD OLED overlord threatened, 2007 1Q brought new life to the market

[summary] iSuppli expects OLED market will grow from $615 million in 2006 to more than $3 billion 100 million in 2012, a CAGR of 30.8%.

Currently, LCD is still the dominant technology in the display field. ISuppli said, Active Matrix OLED (AMOLED) will enter the market in the first quarter of 2007, bringing fresh blood to the market.

Early products include Samsung's 4.3 inch wide screen QVGA, 14.1 inches AMOLED; from the CMO's 25 inch AMOLED panel, as well as TMD's 0.88mm thickness of 3.5 inches QVGA products.

Samsung SDI will be the first batch of AMOLED products in January 2007 to launch the product manufacturers, and TPO has aimed at the mobile phone market. The next one or two years, these early products will assume the responsibility to help AMOLED manufacturers to open up new markets.

Billions of dollars of display market so that many manufacturers coveted, these products will enter the consumer electronics market mobile / portable applications. ISuppli expects the OLED market will grow from $615 million in 2006 to more than $3 billion 100 million in 2012, an annual compound growth rate of 30.8%.

2004-2012 global OLED market sales forecast (unit: US $million)

OLED unit shipments grew rapidly, is expected in 2012 will grow from 97 million units in 2006 to the unit of 312 million 700 thousand, the annual compound growth rate of 25%.

However, due to technical reasons for the development of large-scale production of AMOLED modules can not be short time. AMOLED is more difficult than the current technology, mainly due to the short life, low efficiency and lack of production standards.