Due to their low power consumption, thin form factor, light weight and environmental friendliness, LEDs are set to take the notebook PC display backlighting market by storm during the next few years, with nine out of 10 large-sized mobile PC LCD panels expected to use the technology by 2012, iSuppli Corp. predicts.
iSuppli estimates 90 percent of large-sized LCD notebook-PC panels shipped in 2012 will employ LEDs to backlight their displays, up from just 4.7 percent in the fourth quarter of 2007. By the end of this year, LED-backlit large LCD notebook PC panel shipments will surge to 17.4 million units, up by more than a factor of six from 2.8 million units in 2007.
iSuppli defines large-sized LCD panels as those having a diagonal dimension of 10-inches and larger.
Looking at the key area of power consumption, a 13.3-inch white LED-based notebook panel can use 20 percent less power and be 40 percent thinner and 20 percent lighter than a conventional CCFL-based product.
More information on this topic is available in the report, entitled: Some LCD Materials in Tight Supply in Q1 2008. For more information, please visit: http://www.isuppli.com/catalog/detail.asp?id=9533
