LCD Driver IC Trends: Market Research Report

December 2013 | 14 pages | ID: LC6911B4DB0EN
Global Industry Analysts, Inc

Abstracts

The Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) driver system includes row drivers, a reference source, a timing controller, and column drivers, wherein the column drivers enable a superior quality display.

The report analyzes and presents an overview of LCD Driver ICs market worldwide. The report in addition provides global market estimates and projections in units for years 2012 through 2017, for end use applications including TV, Flat Panel Monitors, Notebooks, Tablets, Handsets, and Smartphones. Supported with 2 market data tables, the report provides a review of market trends, potential end use markets including Tablets and Smartphones, and trends in the Asian market. The report highlights on various strategic industry activities of major companies witnessed by the industry over the last few years. In addition, 44 companies operating in the LCD Driver ICs arena worldwide including Atmel Corporation, Best Electronics Holdings Ltd., DenMOS Technology, Epson Electronics America, ILI Technology Corporation, LAPIS Semiconductor Company Limited, MagnaChip Semiconductor Corporation, NXP Semiconductors NV, Realtek Semiconductor Corporation, Siliconware Precision Industries and others are profiled.

Contents

1. LCD DRIVER ICS – ENABLING QUALITY DISPLAY

A Prelude

Table 1. LCD Driver IC Chip Market Worldwide by Company (2012) - Percentage Share Breakdown by Value Sales for Samsung, Novatek Microelectronics, Himax Technology, Raydium Semiconductor, and Others

Tablets and Smartphones – Potential End Use Markets

Table 2. Global LCD Driver IC Market by End-Use (2012-2017) in Million Units for TV, Flat Panel Monitors, Notebooks, Tablets, Handsets, and Smartphones

2. ASIAN MARKET TRENDS

Taiwan-Based LCD Driver IC Design Houses Shift to Japan and South Korea Packaging and Testing Companies
LCD Driver IC Design Houses to Transition to 12-Inch Processes in Future
LCD Driver IC Market Witnesses Short Supply

3. RECENT INDUSTRY ACTIVITY

NXP Launches LPC11D00 and LPC12D00 MCU Series with Integrated LCD Drivers
Siliconware Precision Industries Inks Agreement with ChipMOS Technologies

4. MARKET PARTICIPANTS

ABOV Semiconductor Co. , Ltd. (Korea)
Atmel Corporation (USA)
AverLogic Technologies Corporation (Taiwan)
Best Electronics Holdings Ltd. (Hong Kong)
C-MAX Asia Ltd. (Hong Kong)
DenMOS Technology, Inc. (Taiwan)
Displaytech Ltd. (USA)
eMemory Technology, Inc. (Taiwan)
Epson Electronics America, Inc. (USA)
Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc. (USA)
FocalTech Systems Ltd. (China)
Himax Technologies, Inc. (Taiwan)
Holt Integrated Circuits, Inc. (USA)
Holtek Semiconductor, Inc. (Taiwan)
ILI Technology Corporation (Taiwan)
Intersil (USA)
Jameco Electronics (USA)
LAPIS Semiconductor Co. , Ltd. (Japan)
MagnaChip Semiconductor Corporation (Korea)
Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. (USA)
Minilogic Device Corporation Ltd. (Hong Kong)
Nam Tai Electronics, Inc. (Hong Kong)
Novatek Microelectronics Corporation (Taiwan)
NXP Semiconductors NV (The Netherlands)
ON Semiconductor Corporation (USA)
Orise Technology Co. , Ltd. (Taiwan)
Pixcir Microelectronics Co. , Ltd. (China)
Princeton Technology Corporation (Taiwan)
Promos Technologies, Inc. (Taiwan)
Raydium Semiconductor Corporation (Taiwan)
Realtek Semiconductor Corporation (Taiwan)
ROHM Co. , Ltd. (Japan)
Samsung Electronics Co. , Ltd. (Korea)
Sanken Electric Co. , Ltd. (Japan)
Sanyo Semiconductor Co. , Ltd. (Japan)
SEIKO Epson Corporation (Japan)
Shenzhen Xin Wei Technology Electronics Co. , Ltd. (China)
Siliconware Precision Industries Co. , Ltd. (Taiwan)
Sitronix Technology Corporation (Taiwan)
Solomon Systech Ltd. (Hong Kong)
Sunplus Technology Co. , Ltd. (Taiwan)
TLI, Inc. (South Korea)
UltraChip, Inc. (Taiwan)
Wuxi Etek Microelectronics Co. , Ltd. (China)

5. APPENDIX