The display industry has gone through cycles of experimentation, discouragement, excitement, and disappointment over the past two decades. Liquid crystal display (LCD) technology has become the predominant display type, growing from capturing 54% of display sales in 1999 to near monopoly by 2014. LCD panel prices have declined exponentially over time, driven by aggressive capacity expansion until peaking in 2009. This has benefitted consumers but caused financial difficulties for LCD manufacturers, especially in Taiwan. The future remains uncertain, as continued growth depends on new technologies and business models for funding further capacity increases.

1. Slinking into the Future
Looking back on two decades of displays
—David Barnes, May 2015

2. Slinky Business—loops within loops
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C1
D1
B2
A3A2
Excitement
Disappointment Experiment
Discouragement
… and onto the next!
The FPD industry and its markets loop from cycle to cycle as producers loop
from product to product in a cycle of experiment–discouragement–
excitement–disappointment… then another experiment.

3. Slinky Business–some prior loops
Experiment Discouragement Excitement Disappointment
Display–PDP 1992: color PDP 1996: Plasmaco sale 2000: NHK HD 2008: exits begin
Nation–Taiwan 1990: Unipac, et alli 1998: ITRI stymied 2004: Securities! 2010: China policy
Product–DPF 2000: novelty 2005: usage model? 2007: $388 m peak 2012: bargain bins
Feature–s3D 1997: FLC shutter 2002: Picvue et alli 2010: Blue-ray 3D 2013: content?
Process–IJCF 2001: Toppan et. al. 2005: PI app only 2009: Sharp Sakai 2012: restructure
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Prior to 2008, next-gen fabs or PC upgrades drove major loops in nominal three-year cycles.
Since then, product-market development such as iPhone have been necessary for substantial
cycles. Novel value propositions such as 3D have generated short-cycle loops.
The omnipresent opportunity for “hi-rez” panels is a classic example of endless spirals.

4. 0
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1999 2004 2009 2014
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Mobile
PC
z'Rest
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z'Rest
Display Industry Review—flat TV and mobile displays
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Thanks to IHS, we have three
decades of great data to study.
TV screen area surged after
2004 with ever larger panels
and smaller prices. In 2014,
TV screens comprised 45% of
display sales and 70% of area.
Without the mobile revolution
sales would have grown 6% a
year instead of 8% (with a
surge since 2007).
Increasing diversity has kept
total price decay to 3% a year.0
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Mobile
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USD billions
m² millions
WADE”
USD/m²
Note: WADE is the weighted-average
display edge in inches: Sqrt(area)

5. Display Technology Review—AMLCD predominates
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0%
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40%
60%
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100%
1999 2004 2009 2014
Other
CRT
PDP
PMFPD
AMFPD
$0
$25
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1999 2004 2009 2014
Proj.
FED
EL
VFD
CRT
PMFPD
PDP
AMFPD
CRT captured 54% of display sales and delivered 90% of screen
area in 1999. By 2014 those figures were near zero.
Many challengers came and went. Remember FED, TFEL,
PDP, EPD and electrowetting technologies?
Aggressive investment in a capacity race made AMLCD the
predominate display technology and even a close variant,
AMOLED, remains a distant challenger this decade.
Capacity leadership has shifted from Japan to Korea, to Taiwan
and now to China as nations supported champions. Panel
makers have acted as non-profit contributors to national
infrastructure and have realized returns only after restructure.
So, will China be the last national entrant? Will AMLCD slink
into maturity or will it march towards rejuvenation?
USD billions
Area Share

6. AMLCD Review—value flows to consumers
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Adjusting panel area prices for the US CPI* shows real TV panel prices fell 31% a year for a half-
price time of 22 months. Unadjusted price erosion matched the historical trend of 18% per year.
Small panel prices fell slower: 18% a year adjusted for CPI and 12% unadjusted.
$0
$200
$400
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$1,000
1999 2004 2009 2014
Area Price
CPI Adjusted
Exponential
$0
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1999 2004 2009 2014
Area Price
CPI Adjusted
Exponential
USD/ft² for TV panels USD/ft² for small panels
* CUUR0000SEEE04 for small;
CUUR0000SERA01 for TV

7. 45%
30%
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26%
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15% 25%
10%
10%
13%
13%
14%
6%
20%
0%
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40%
60%
80%
100%
2004 2009 2014
Labor+OH
Polarizers
Substrates
Backlights
IC & other
63%
71%
60%
10%
5%
15%
19% 14% 14%
7% 11% 11%
0%
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40%
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80%
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2004 2009 2014
Expenses
Depreciation
Labor+OH
Material
AMLCD Review—value flows to suppliers
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Even leading AMLCD makers see 75% of their cost as variable, material cost primarily.
For LGD, we see effects of new technology projects on labor and affiliated sourcing of glass.
Notice also the normalization of backlight cost as LED suppliers became efficient.
LGD Cost Structure Cash COS Structure

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First Fabs
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AMLCD Review—capacity expansion peaked in 2009
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We saw a frenzy of new glass
sizes come on-line until 2006.
Since 3Q06, substrate size has
decelerated and BOE’s Gen-10
may be the limit.
Meanwhile, areal prices keep
falling exponentially, even for
leading panel makers.
Maturity and equity constrain
expansion to 3%–6% a year…
Which makes CAPi more
volatile and less useful as an
indicator, perhaps.
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Capacity
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Capacity m² millionsSubstrate m²
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CAPi Price Deviation0
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AUO+LCD Price/m² Capacity Acceleration Price

9. -20%
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1999 2004 2009 2014
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1999 2004 2009 2014
AMLCD Review—the rise of wireless diversity
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Panel makers are making ever
more types of panels.
Small panel diversity surged
as smartphones emerged.
Pixels drove contribution
margins and attracted makers.
Large panel diversity rose
with larger demand by type
and rising pixel counts.
Panel makers may continue
competing on product mix,
which keeps value flowing
downstream unless touch
integration increases.
SM Cumulative Mpi
LA Cumulative Mpi
SM panels 1999 2004 2009 2014
Types 18 45 96 158
nIHI* 13 9 30 28
Avg Sales $111 $306 $171 $233
Avg Area** 7 22 389 99
Avg Mpi*** 4 14 34 210
LA panels 1999 2004 2009 2014
Types 29 83 119 152
nIHI* 5 7 20 27
Avg Sales $394 $424 $486 $555
Avg Area** 45 140 284 985
Avg Mpi*** 86 322 1,793 3,422
* Normalized inverse HHI
** thousands m²
*** millions of pix-inches
Type sales in USD millions
Thousands of Mpi

10. AMLCD Review—the fall of Taiwan
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Left— Taiwan’s panel makers
remain unprofitable and have
generated negative free cash
flow of $11.7 billion. It would
look worse if AUO had not
stopped investing so much.
Right—AUO+LGD enjoy
elastic demand. Average area
price should decline 30% if
industry doubles but these
leaders became ΣFCF positive
after 15 years… hoorah!
So there is some hope for
leaders who expand slowly.
5
6
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8
15 16 17 18 19
LN(P) vs LN(Q)
2X 2014 Output
ŋ = –1.75
($8)
($4)
$0
$4
$8
2001 2004 2007 2010 2013
FCF
∑ FCF
($25)
($20)
($15)
($10)
($5)
$0
$5
$10
2001 2004 2007 2010 2013
Annual CFO
Annual PP&E
Cumulative FCF
($10)
$0
$10
$20
$30
$40
$50
2001 2004 2007 2010 2013
Sales EBITDA EBIT
AUO+LGD Elasticity
AUO+LGD (USD b)Taiwan (USD b)
Taiwan (USD b)

11. Slinky Business—future loops depend on funding
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Who will fund more capacity after China digs several more money pits?
Will we see project funding (JV, etc.), supply funding (e.g. Apple) or creative
vertical integration (perhaps state sponsored)?
… or will we see FPD slink into a CRT-like future of cash management?
* light-field display
Excitement
Disappointment Experiment
Discouragement
… and onto India?
OLED
EPD
China
Taiwan
IGZO
LFD* OLET

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