Worldwide shipments of touchscreen panels are set to double from 2012 to 2016, reaching nearly 3-billion units as a wide variety of products beyond smartphones and tablets adopt the technology, particularly notebook PCs.
A total of 2,8-billion touchscreen panels will ship in 2016, up from 1,3-billion in 2012, according to the IHS DisplayBank Touch Panel Issue and Cost/Industry Analysis Report, from information and analytics provider IHS. Shipments this year will surge 34% to reach 1,8-billion units.
“Growth in the touchscreen market will be driven by increasing penetration in markets beyond the smartphone and tablet businesses,” says Duke Yi, senior manager for display components and materials research at IHS. “Demand so far has largely been limited to these two markets. However, touchscreen sales are increasing dramatically across a broad range of products, particularly notebook PCs.”
In addition to smartphones, tablets, notebooks and PCs, Yi said opportunities exist in the markets for liquid crystal display (LCD) monitors, digital still cameras, portable navigation devices, portable media players, portable game devices, automobiles, e-book readers, camcorders, digital photo frames, and portable DVD players. While the size of these markets varies widely and some are quite small, their aggregate growth will propel the rapid expansion and massive volumes of the touchscreen market in the coming years.
“The notebook represents the key near-term growth generator for touchscreen displays,” Yi says.
IHS notes that global shipments of touchscreen-equipped notebook PCs will rise to 78-million units in 2016, up from just 4,6-million in 2012. By 2016, notebooks will account for 12.3% of global touchscreen shipments by area, up from less than 2% in 2012.
Prices for touch-enabled notebooks are declining, with a popular model from Asustek Computer Inc. falling to a $700 price in China, Yi says. This is making the touch screens more affordable for mainstream consumer notebook PC buyers.
The form factor of notebooks is evolving to suit touch technology, with new alternatives to the traditional clamshell arising, including detachable, slide, foldable, flip and twist.
Projected capacitive is expanding its dominance of the market with 96% of touch screens expected to use the technology in 2016, up from 79% in 2012.
Asustek of Taiwan took an early lead in the touch notebook market, taking the number one rank in the first quarter.
Atmel of the US was the top touch controller integrated circuit (IC) chip supplier in the first quarter.
Among touchscreen panel suppliers in China and Taiwan, the dominant suppliers in 2012 were number one TPK and number two Wintek, which are far ahead of the other suppliers in terms of revenue. In Korea, Iljin Display was the top touch panel supplier.
A total of 2,8-billion touchscreen panels will ship in 2016, up from 1,3-billion in 2012, according to the IHS DisplayBank Touch Panel Issue and Cost/Industry Analysis Report, from information and analytics provider IHS. Shipments this year will surge 34% to reach 1,8-billion units.
“Growth in the touchscreen market will be driven by increasing penetration in markets beyond the smartphone and tablet businesses,” says Duke Yi, senior manager for display components and materials research at IHS. “Demand so far has largely been limited to these two markets. However, touchscreen sales are increasing dramatically across a broad range of products, particularly notebook PCs.”
In addition to smartphones, tablets, notebooks and PCs, Yi said opportunities exist in the markets for liquid crystal display (LCD) monitors, digital still cameras, portable navigation devices, portable media players, portable game devices, automobiles, e-book readers, camcorders, digital photo frames, and portable DVD players. While the size of these markets varies widely and some are quite small, their aggregate growth will propel the rapid expansion and massive volumes of the touchscreen market in the coming years.
“The notebook represents the key near-term growth generator for touchscreen displays,” Yi says.
IHS notes that global shipments of touchscreen-equipped notebook PCs will rise to 78-million units in 2016, up from just 4,6-million in 2012. By 2016, notebooks will account for 12.3% of global touchscreen shipments by area, up from less than 2% in 2012.
Prices for touch-enabled notebooks are declining, with a popular model from Asustek Computer Inc. falling to a $700 price in China, Yi says. This is making the touch screens more affordable for mainstream consumer notebook PC buyers.
The form factor of notebooks is evolving to suit touch technology, with new alternatives to the traditional clamshell arising, including detachable, slide, foldable, flip and twist.
Projected capacitive is expanding its dominance of the market with 96% of touch screens expected to use the technology in 2016, up from 79% in 2012.
Asustek of Taiwan took an early lead in the touch notebook market, taking the number one rank in the first quarter.
Atmel of the US was the top touch controller integrated circuit (IC) chip supplier in the first quarter.
Among touchscreen panel suppliers in China and Taiwan, the dominant suppliers in 2012 were number one TPK and number two Wintek, which are far ahead of the other suppliers in terms of revenue. In Korea, Iljin Display was the top touch panel supplier.