Backlight LED driver IC market demand to take off

Face more and more NB products adopt LED backlight technology, to achieve product demand, saving appearance and light of the backlight LED dedicated NB driver IC market demand is fast, and for many domestic IC design phase of this emerging market, was on the middle and lower reaches of the river resources actively grab. Among them, the Shenyang gecom group by James, the action would seem to be the fastest, the company is expected in the fourth quarter will be out of sample in the market, and if the customer with a smooth start in 2008, shipments topped.

China Taiwan IC design industry said that due to less than 13 inches NB products using LED backlight technology has reached more than 30% coverage, plus 14, 15 inch NB models, there are many brands are actively considering the introduction of LED backlight technology. Therefore, in the foreseeable few years, NB backlight dedicated LED driver IC market demand, will present the geometric progression of high growth trend, because the future of the market pie growth is amazing, at present China Taiwan up to 10 more than the IC design company cut, including analog IC and LCD driver IC manufacturers.

However, although the NB backlight LED driver IC market growth is amazing, but still up in foreign patent protection banner, plus a surprising number of patents, the Taiwan based IC design industry to be able to break the siege, not a short period of time can be achieved. Nevertheless, the Taiwan based IC design industry is still full of confidence, after all, Chinese Taiwan has become a major center of global NB foundry, master more than 70% of the NB generation business machine, as long as the time spent with the downstream NB co generation plant, LED driver IC orders shoudaoqinlai sooner or later questions.

As a result, including the Taiwan based analog IC manufacturers, such as rich and new, are related to the NB backlight LED driver IC development plan for dyking and accumulation, originally focused on analog IC design industry to drive the IC market in the advertising panel LED, of course, will not miss this market pie. And although the United States has been described as the world's first LCD driver IC suppliers, but in fact the company for NB backlight LED driver IC products, but also has the exclusive research team to assess the feasibility of entering the market.

In addition to simulation and LCD driver IC supplier, with high pressure process technology itself into the NB backlight LED driver IC market, and NB factory has long befriend IC design industry, also have to enter the market and related strategies. Among them, the most obvious example is the PJM and Shenyang, with NB keyboard control chip product line in itself, and has been successful with the NB factory lay a good relationship, and a stable customer base, to seek any new product line, especially the NB backlight LED driver IC is perfectly logical and reasonable.

But, in the local IC food suppliers want foreign market share of traditional drama, not "noble" quite similar, is usually difficult to successfully started, therefore, although the Department of Taiwan IC design industry at present to cut NB backlight LED driver IC market has been up to 10 home, but the back has NB factory, LED factory, IC design company and Fab rich dad, is optimistic about the industry leading to breakthrough, including Lian Yang, Jie Xun, new and accumulation, no noble help to have NB backlight LED driving IC's performance in 2008 will be able to provide note is tell some fantastic tales.

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