Tight supply of ultra-thin LCD panels may undermine Acer CULV notebook shipments

Tight supply of 16:9 aspect ratio ultra-thin LCD panels could undermine Acer’s efforts in trying to unseat rival vendor Hewlett-Packard (HP) from the number one spot in the global notebook market with its advance launch of the ultra-thin CULV CPU-based models, according to market sources.

Wistron is expected to start volume production of Acer’s 14.1-inch and 15.6-inch CULV notebooks in April with panels from AU Optronics (AUO), but AUO’s 16:9 ratio ultra-thin panel capacity is not yet enough to fully meet Acer’s demand, the sources said.