Epistar offers more bright LED before the end of 2008

Epistar seeks to become the first LED manufacturer in Taiwan by the end of 2008 to provide high-end 2000mcd with an LED backlight for notebook PCs. Epistar plans to provide further LED brightness in the first half of 2008 from 1700mcd to 2000mcd. The LED used for notebook backlighting currently requires more than 1800mcd brightness. Japanese manufacturers such as Toyoda LED, Gosei and Nichia Corporation, LED has been increased brightness of more than 2000mcd, notebook manufacturers began to use the brightness of more than 2000mcd LED. The chairman of Epistar Biing-Jye Lee said, will penetrate LED backlight in the field of notebook computer to 30-40% in 2009-2010.

Source: China Lighting Trade Network