Diversified demand driven by rising demand for LED drives

Hot LED market, thus leading to the LED drive business opportunities. Notebook computer is one of the most important battlefield in the area of LED driver in Taiwan, in fact, can not be underestimated. In addition, the layout of the mobile phone LED backlight, indoor lighting, due to the LED driver technology still has a certain threshold, so the difference in the speed of each supplier is quite large.

Market expectations, for the 45 million NetBook LED drive shipments in 2009 will be increased to 21 million in 2012, the price is $0.35 in 2009 fell to $0.26 in 2012, is expected from 2009 to 2012 compound growth rate of 21%.

Pen power as one of the main battlefield of the LED driver industry in Taiwan, 2009 LED in the NetBook backlight penetration rate will reach 95% in 2010 will reach 100%. In addition, NB, ASUS, DELL maker ACER announced to enhance its electric pen using LED panel proportion, which, ASUS announced in 2009 will be fully in the notebook products used in LED panel, including high order thin laptops, and low order ordinary laptop will be imported into LED backlit LCD panel.

LED interior lighting, 2009 LED drive shipments are expected to be 34 million, to 2012 will be increased to 125 million, the compound growth rate of up to 39%, but also for the LED driver industry can not be ignored potential market.

LED outdoor billboards, Shanghai, Guangzhou, the Asian Games, the Shandong National Games, the Shenzhen Universiade to fuel the flames, is expected to give the 2009 LED outdoor billboard market market capitalization of $8 billion increase.

At this stage, including NetBook, including notebook computers can be said to be LED drive vendors actively lock the market, LED lighting is also an imaginative application. Because LED lighting related IP patent will expire in 2011, and the luminous efficiency in the laboratory can reach 150 lumens, it is expected in 2011, LED lighting to replace traditional lighting trend is expected to accelerate, in the face of this optimistic outlook, LED drive industry in Taiwan is actively layout.