With enough inventory in stock, prices for 13.1- to 15.6-inch notebook panels are expected to remain the same, despite strong orders from brand vendors, and will not change before the Labor Day holiday in May in China.

With panel inventory at notebook vendors usually leveling at 1-2 months, rising shipments of notebooks due to Intel starting volume shipments of Sandy Bridge processor in March will not cause notebook panel price to rise but to digest existing inventory.

Notebook brand vendors believed that recent rise of demand for notebook was mainly due to the introduction of new models, and the actual sales remain unknown. Although the Japan earthquake is not expected to have significant impact to supply, vendors remain cautious and not placing large amount of orders for component to avoid possible hinder to future shipments.