According to some media outlets, AUO's production technology is consistently ahead of Taiwan competitors, but is still far behind its Japanese and Korean counterparts. Indeed, this lag is a strategy of AUO.
有媒體認為，友達的每個世代生產線都領先台灣同業，但與日韓廠商相比，卻總是落後一步之遙，事實上，這種延遲正是友達的策略。