SANTA CLARA, CA — Flat panel display manufacturing equipment spending fell 69% in 2012 to $3.8 billion— making 2012 the weakest year in history for FPD equipment makers.

ORLANDO, FL — Gartner today asserted mobile devices will supersede the PC as the preferred Web surfing device, one of 10 technologies and trends the firm identified as strategic for most organizations in 2013.

SANTA CLARA, CA — With consumers all over the world facing continued economic uncertainty, global TV demand is expected to be flat in 2013, after shipments of all TV types declined by more than 4% in 2012, to 237M, according to results from the NPD DisplaySearch report.

SANTA CLARA, CA – Low-cost smartphone shipments are forecast to double every year from 2010 to 2016, increasing from 4.5 million to 311 million, says NPD DisplaySearch.