Sharp has released their “Consolidated Financial Results for the Third Quarter Fiscal 2011” which contains:
I. Financial Results for the Third Quarter
II. Outline of Main Products and Devices
III. Financial Results Forecast for Fiscal 2011
IV. Dividends
V. Measures to Improve Business Performance
Most of Sharp’s report is about as exciting as a Steve Ballmer keynote address – except for page 14, which contains this:
Gee, wonder why they’re making all of those IGZO displays? 😉
Read more in the full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Dan K.” for the heads up.]
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Or perhaps for an Apple TV?
Interesting that the three categories of product they show using the IGZO panels are tablets, laptops and monitors.
Could we interpret that as iPad, MacBook Air/Pro and iMac?
Truth be told, you can interpret it any way you wish. 😉
But I do like the way you think.
Hardly iPad, since they mostly talk about notebooks in the graph.
iPads will have IPS displays by LG Display and Foxconn (they have display production plant).
“Tablet Terminals”?
What a useless graph. Where is the vertical scale?
It doesn’t need to indicate the units of the vertical scale, it’s sole point is to show a relative production transition from one to the other. Saying effectively “we will make less of the old ones as we make more of the new ones.”
Notice the line, arrow and “Production capacity”.
That’s all that is needed.
It shows the full capacity for that plant is switching over to IGZO very quickly.
It doesn’t need to show the units for the vertical scale. It’s sole reason for being is to show that there is a production transition happening, switching from the old to the new. The units don’t matter to the point they are highlighting.
Well, since it has not a specific set of values, personally, my inclination would be to just go with 0 – 100%.
WHATEVER the total capacity value is at the beginning, it looks like ~5% was IGZO and the rest a-Si (Amorphous silicon). By the end of the Third Quarter 2012, the transition will be complete, a-Si will be at 0%, IGZO will be 100%.
But the amount of, (how do they measure it?), say total square meters of panel produced, will be at ~75% of the value from the beginning 3Q 2011.
I’m sure they are still making money. 🙂
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What if Apple TV is just a decoy?
I’m hunting Wabbits!