2009 LED chip supply will continue until the end of the tight

The second quarter of 2009 LEDTV and LEDNB demand rise, LED chip in short supply, so that the second quarter of 2008 compared to the price of white LED is stable, research firm LEDinside said, the second half of the Korean LED manufacturers need to observe whether the upstream chip production smooth production, and the Department of Taiwan LED chip manufacturers expand production schedule, to estimate the tight supply situation will continue to 2009 at the end of the year to ease.

The second quarter of 2009 LEDTV and LEDNB demand rise, LED chip in short supply, so that the second quarter of 2008 compared to the price of white LED is stable, research firm LEDinside said, the second half of the Korean LED manufacturers need to observe whether the upstream chip production smooth production, and the Department of Taiwan LED chip manufacturers expand production schedule, to estimate the tight supply situation will continue to 2009 at the end of the year to ease.

According to the LEDisnide survey data show that the current high power LED brightness above 80Lm/W products due to demand, the second quarter price is generally flat or slightly down about 5%, the price range between 1.5 to 2 U.S. dollars, as for 60-70Lm/W high power LED price, because the supply of more than 10% quarter decline, the current price of about in 0.8 to $1.2 range.

LEDinside further pointed out that, due to the chip supply tight, and even some of the specifications of the LED chip has the price situation, the recent LED in the large-size backlight application and LED lighting demand the most exuberant. Especially since last year, LED substantial price cuts, NB manufacturers to import a large proportion of LED backlight jump. In addition, the large size LED TV in Samsung actively pull goods, resulting in a significant tight supply chain LED chip phenomenon.