iSuppli Predicts LED Backlight Supply Shortage as Shipments More than Double in 2010
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Author: LIGHTimes News Staff

May 26, 2010... iSuppli Corp. forecasts that the soaring demand for LED backlighting for televisions, mobile computers, and desktop monitors will result in a tight supply situation for LEDs used for backlighting until the end of 2010. The company predicts that shipments of large-sized LCD panels with LED backlights will jump 134.9 percent to 276.7 million units in 2010 compared to 117.8 million in 2009. iSuppli says that in 2010, LED backlights will be used in 43.1 percent of all large-sized LCD panels, which mainly are used in LCD-TVs, mobile computers, and desktop monitors. LED backlighting is increasingly being used in electronic signage, industrial and medical applications, iSuppli pointed out.

The company expects LED backlight shipments to rise to 477.6 million units in 2011 and continue to expand to 817.9 million units in 2014. By the end of 2014, iSuppli predicts that LED backlights will have penetrated 87.7 percent of the total large-sized LCD market.

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