{"id":133899,"date":"2021-07-09T15:29:57","date_gmt":"2021-07-09T14:29:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=133899"},"modified":"2021-07-09T15:29:57","modified_gmt":"2021-07-09T14:29:57","slug":"analysts-warn-of-possible-shortage-of-oled-tvs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/tv\/analysts-warn-of-possible-shortage-of-oled-tvs\/","title":{"rendered":"Analysts warn of possible shortage of OLED TVs"},"content":{"rendered":"

A shortage of OLED TVs could be a reality soon, industry analysts warn.\u00a0This is due to the continuing global shortage of microprocessors, which has already affected many industries.<\/p>\n

It all started with the COVID-19 pandemic, as a result of which many supply chains and economic ties were disrupted.\u00a0In parallel, the demand for consumer electronics for home entertainment and remote work under quarantine conditions has grown sharply.\u00a0Obviously, the microprocessor manufacturing industry was clearly not ready for such a scenario.<\/p>\n

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This situation has not yet directly affected the TV market, although Samsung had previously\u00a0warned\u00a0of possible production disruptions.\u00a0And today analysts of the Financial Times make alarming forecasts, and specifically for the OLED segment.<\/p>\n

The fact is that there are only two manufacturers of microprocessors for OLED displays in the world.\u00a0These are Samsung and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the demand for their products, due to the above situation, far exceeds the supply.\u00a0Both companies are working under enormous pressure trying to satisfy requests from customers in a wide variety of industries – car manufacturers, computers, smartphones and other devices.\u00a0It is clear that OLED displays with a relatively modest market size in this series are far from the highest priority.\u00a0In addition, the production of microprocessors for them is quite troublesome, with individual requirements for each client and his final product.\u00a0In addition, their feature is such that they are larger in size than most other analogues.<\/p>\n

As a result, prices for microprocessors for OLED displays increased by 20% in the first quarter of this year and by the same amount in the second quarter.\u00a0At the moment, it is not yet clear whether there will be a real shortage of them and when this may happen.\u00a0However, there is no doubt that in the event of a deterioration in the global microprocessor market, manufacturers of TVs, monitors, laptops and smartphones with OLED screens will be among the first to be hit.\u00a0The end of the year will be especially critical for these segments, analysts say.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A shortage of OLED TVs could be a reality soon, industry analysts warn.\u00a0This is due to the continuing global shortage of microprocessors, which has already affected many industries. It all started with the COVID-19 pandemic, as a result of which many supply chains and economic ties were disrupted.\u00a0In parallel, the demand for consumer electronics for […] More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10402,"featured_media":133901,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[641],"tags":[779],"class_list":["post-133899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10402"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133899"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133899\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/133901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}