LED backlight notebook into a new focus of industrial growth

Environmental protection and energy saving products into the mainstream, making LED NB (notebook computer with light emitting diode backlight) applications, has become a new focus of the next wave of growth, the industry is expected this year, the permeability in about 15%, DELL announced in the day before the big movement into the LED back light source, including the industry and research institutions have raised next year permeability, ready to display business opportunities.

Study on electronic industry group IEK ITRI pointed out that this year the international leading NB factory behind LED as back light source, is expected next year the market penetration by 10%-15% this year, showing multiples of up to 30%-35%, and even research units or industry optimistic the permeability of more than 40% of the target.

Compared with the traditional CCFL light source, the LED has the advantages of light weight, power saving, shockproof effect, color saturation, brightness, and the like. The beginning of 2005, has been the development of manufacturers to join LED NB, by Japanese manufacturers led by SONY in 2007 to launch the first LED NB, then Toshiba (Toshiba), Fujitsu (Fujitsu), Apple (Apple), HP (HP), DELL (DELL) and ASUS (Asus), have launched LED NB application, size is extended from 11 inches, 12 inches to 13.3 inches, 15.4 inches and 16 inches of products etc..

The application of LED in NB technology matures, the cost of traditional CCFL and narrow gap from the panel price, NB panel price of about $100, while the LED NB panel price of about $150 to $170, increased 15 to $30 cost components, the panel can acquire the premiums of more than 50%.

The panel factory, locking high Jiexin specifications early layout LED NB panel emerging, is undoubtedly the best method to improve the panel unit output, thus including AUO, Chimei and Samsung and PLP have announced the future will be a substantial increase in shipments of NB products LED.

At the beginning of the year after Apple announced that the future will have full use of LED backlight, DELL also announced the day before the next 12 months, all new NB full use of LED backlit screen. Set off a high degree of market attention and expectations for the LED NB market.

This is the LED NB into the early, although the LED manufacturers in Taiwan area of our country the majority did not profit from, but next year, perhaps in the technology and the market scale, the situation is different, the industry optimistic expectation active layout. Taiwan LED industry the most gains in the field of NB is followed by the OEM, Lite upstream crystal electric and other packaging factory Everlight, including the East Bay, canyuan, Wang Qi also is expected to become the beneficiaries after. It is reported that DELL LED Lite has to order the LED chip to CREE and TOYOTA and TOYOTA synthetic procurement, is the synthesis of crystal electric OEM partners, will have the opportunity to benefit indirectly.

Insiders said that the growth of the LED industry in the Ming Dynasty, LED NB will play an important role, but the patent issues, technology and yield will become the key to improve competition.

Source: Taiwan "Central News agency"