2008 LED BLU costs will fall to 1.5 times CCFL

The industry generally believe that only when the LED backlight module (BLU) cost control of 1.5 times less than CCFL, the large-scale application of possible. The day before, LED manufacturers in Taiwan said in a statement, LED BLUs will cost at the end of 2008 to 1.5 times of CCFL.

At present, the status quo and problems of patent LED LED chip supply makes the LED backlight in the notebook field penetration is only higher than 10%, but the industry and research institutions agree that the permeability will be increased to 10-20% in 2008. Taiwan LED, a leading manufacturer of photoelectron billion and Lite on technology have expanded the LED backlight business; leading chip maker EPISTAR will also be in the second half of this year to expand production of LED OEM.

2007 notebook LED BLU costs about CCFL higher than 2.7-3x. LED manufacturers predict that the difference will be reduced to 2.3x in the first quarter of 2008, while the average price of LED (ASP) decreased by 20-30% per year, so they hope that in the late 2008, the difference can be reduced to 1.5x.

The industry believes that when the notebook with CCFL BLU LED difference is less than 2x, you can stimulate LED manufacturers to mass production. LED and BLU only at the cost of the cost of the notebook occupies a very small part, so the price will not be hindered LED instead of CCFL, and the two prices are gradually approaching, so LED is only a matter of time instead of CCFL backlight notebook.

Source: China Semiconductor Lighting Network