Epistar holds a conservative view of the 2008 LED backlight penetration in laptops

Some manufacturers of Taiwan display industry LED backlight this year in the field of notebook applications expressed optimism that the penetration rate will reach 15%, the other is expected to be close to nearly 10%.

According to a staff from Taiwan LED chip maker Epistar company said, LED chip suppliers and manufacturers in Japan this year will greatly expand the output of LED, LED chip supply will affect the products based on LED technology. Therefore, the company expects notebook LED backlight penetration this year will be less than 10%.

Earlier this month, Radiant Opto-ELectronics said that the LED notebook backlight group accounted for 10% of shipments in 2008, the company noted that the composition of the LED backlight is still too high.

On the other hand, LED manufacturers in Taiwan, chairman of the company Robert billion Yeh optimistic about the application of LED, this year, LED backlight group in the notebook applications will reach 15%. And in October last year, AU Optronics, senior vice president David Su said the penetration rate will exceed 10% in 2008.

Source: China Lighting Trade Network