Analysis of the prospects for the future of the LED notebook market polarization was a bad mouthing

Will institute in Taiwan Market Intelligence Center (MIC) in the last month (11) said late, due to the LED backlight module is still a high price, lack of material components, and manufacturers product line between the location and other factors, Ming (2008) ODM LED notebook computer manufacturers invest progress will slow down the argument after another; Taiwan Research Institute ITRI Sankei Center (IEK) is a different voice.

The research center of components research manager Lin Zhixun 25, said that next year the notebook computer manufacturers will actively launch LED models, the level of expansion to the full range from 11 inch to 17 inch size range, estimated market share of 15%, and increased to 40% in 2010.

The contradiction between for survey results with MIC, Lin Zhixun said the key point is that manufacturers actively involved in the production of LED backlight module, drive LED and CCFL spread from the existing 70%, substantially reduced. But he is still unable to predict the price gap between the two next year.

"Price decline so that the notebook computer manufacturers are willing to adopt LED; but now the situation is that if a competitor's LED models are available, no vendors want to absent in this market," said Lin Zhixun.

Taiwan LED packaging manufacturers, photoelectron billion agreed with IEK. The company's research and development department and sales strategy director Zhuang Shiren said that the large size LED backlight at the end of 2006 to 2008 due to substantial growth, which is from the notebook computer market has increased year by year, the average growth rate of the future two years LED notebook computer market is 11%.

"In the past because of some technical and cost issues, resulting in notebook computer manufacturers unwilling to use, but now almost all have been overcome," Zhuang Shiren said. He means the past must be considered due to the heat problem, leading to the LED a limited number of the brightness is not ideal; however in brightness after promotion, notebook computer manufacturers to use a LED number less, lower prices with LED backlight.

"Next year will launch all new laptop computer, will use the LED backlight," Zhuang Shiren said.

The main IEK and Everlight LED notebook computer development in addition to the bullish price grab outside the city, the advantages of LED as its biggest niche. Compared with the current general notebook computer using cold cathode fluorescent lamp (CCFL; Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamp) as the backlight, light poles (LED; Light Emitting body Diode) backlight notebook computer panel with thickness of about 1/2 thickness of the former; energy saving, LED backlight notebook computer panel is CCFL backlight notebook computer the panel save about 20% to 30% of electricity.

As real buyers, is the notebook computer manufacturers the willingness to accept, it seems MIC tend to view still tends to be conservative. ASUS Taiwan notebook computer product manager Liao Yixiang said in a previous interview that, even if the price of LED backlight source fell, but still maintain a gap with CCFL. In addition, the LED panel is thin, in the development of the product will bring a lot of restrictions: for example, can not be embedded in a larger network camera manufacturers must also ensure that the LED panel will not be easily broken due to extrusion.

SONY Taiwan consumer electronics marketing headquarters information product class full-time director Wu Xinyue bluntly, even if the LED backlight prices decline, in order to distinguish the product positioning: large size VAIO notebook computer or use CCFL backlight.

Source: CNET science and Technology Information Network