Running Out of LEDs
Anyone who has attended one of the big tech trade shows—or even browsed in a Best Buy—recently will tell you that lightemitting diodes (LEDs) are all the rage in electronics. Thin, light, and energy efficient, LEDs have come down in price and are appearing in products such as HDTVs, desktop displays, laptops, digital cameras, and keypads, to name just a few. LED backlights are now used in 70 percent of all widescreen notebooks.
But according to electronics market research firm iSuppli, the tech industry may hit a wall very soon with LED production.
The company published a report stating that global demand for LEDs,The Led strip light will concentrate its light downwards into the room and has the capability to shine as broadly as a floodlight or as narrowly as a spot light, the choice is really yours. especially backlights for PC displays and HDTVs, is stressing the available supply enough that there may be a "drastic" shortage in 2010, especial ly with LEDs used in big-screen LCD panels.
"It is clear that demand is outstripping supply," said Jagdish Rebello, senior director and principal analyst for wireless research at iSuppli,Ensuring that the low voltage downlight compact fluorescent fits in with the style and decor of the rest of the room is very important and in years gone by, this would not have been possible.Like this, you can set led light a mood or read a book or sew with great ease. Remember that lots of lighting sources are necessary within any room. in a statement.One of the great benefits from the low voltage Insulator range is that the budget range is still of a considerable quality and value.The term budget can often lead people to think that the cheaper alternative is going to be of a much poorer quality but that is not always the case. "With LED market growth forecasted to rise by double-digit percentages for at least the next three years—including 2010—a drastic undersupply situation could occur this year unless additional capacity is brought online to meet the increased demand."
The report says that total consumption of LEDs reached 63 billion units in 2009, up from 57 billion in 2008. This is close to the estimated total production capacity of 75 billion units, meaning that some suppliers are operating at capacity. And the growing demand, expected to increase by more than 10 percent in each of the next three years, is only stressing supply lines further. In the worst case, this could drive up prices of both high-end and mid-range PCs and HDTVs. This could also have an impact on generalpurpose LED lighting, a market that is still in its infancy but is expected to grow. To offer a sense of scale, notebook and PC displays use between 50 and 100 LEDs per panel, and HDTVs can use between 300 to 500 per panel.
To address the threat of a shortage, suppliers are reacting. Aixtron of Germany and Veeco Instruments of the United States, the two largest suppliers of LEDs, are planning to double their production capacity by the fourth quarter of 2010, according to iSuppli.These will reduce the glare. Designers suggest decorative pendant compact fluorescent light lights over a table or an island. An alternative option is a row of recessed downlight.
And to bring new LED-making facilities online, Chi Mei Optoelectronics and AU Optoelectronics, the other two top LEDpanel makers, have begun in-house LED development. Time will tell, however, if such efforts are enough to prevent a scarcity of LEDs just when they are hitting their stride.
Anyone who has attended one of the big tech trade shows—or even browsed in a Best Buy—recently will tell you that lightemitting diodes (LEDs) are all the rage in electronics. Thin, light, and energy efficient, LEDs have come down in price and are appearing in products such as HDTVs, desktop displays, laptops, digital cameras, and keypads, to name just a few. LED backlights are now used in 70 percent of all widescreen notebooks.
But according to electronics market research firm iSuppli, the tech industry may hit a wall very soon with LED production.
The company published a report stating that global demand for LEDs,The Led strip light will concentrate its light downwards into the room and has the capability to shine as broadly as a floodlight or as narrowly as a spot light, the choice is really yours. especially backlights for PC displays and HDTVs, is stressing the available supply enough that there may be a "drastic" shortage in 2010, especial ly with LEDs used in big-screen LCD panels.
"It is clear that demand is outstripping supply," said Jagdish Rebello, senior director and principal analyst for wireless research at iSuppli,Ensuring that the low voltage downlight compact fluorescent fits in with the style and decor of the rest of the room is very important and in years gone by, this would not have been possible.Like this, you can set led light a mood or read a book or sew with great ease. Remember that lots of lighting sources are necessary within any room. in a statement.One of the great benefits from the low voltage Insulator range is that the budget range is still of a considerable quality and value.The term budget can often lead people to think that the cheaper alternative is going to be of a much poorer quality but that is not always the case. "With LED market growth forecasted to rise by double-digit percentages for at least the next three years—including 2010—a drastic undersupply situation could occur this year unless additional capacity is brought online to meet the increased demand."
The report says that total consumption of LEDs reached 63 billion units in 2009, up from 57 billion in 2008. This is close to the estimated total production capacity of 75 billion units, meaning that some suppliers are operating at capacity. And the growing demand, expected to increase by more than 10 percent in each of the next three years, is only stressing supply lines further. In the worst case, this could drive up prices of both high-end and mid-range PCs and HDTVs. This could also have an impact on generalpurpose LED lighting, a market that is still in its infancy but is expected to grow. To offer a sense of scale, notebook and PC displays use between 50 and 100 LEDs per panel, and HDTVs can use between 300 to 500 per panel.
To address the threat of a shortage, suppliers are reacting. Aixtron of Germany and Veeco Instruments of the United States, the two largest suppliers of LEDs, are planning to double their production capacity by the fourth quarter of 2010, according to iSuppli.These will reduce the glare. Designers suggest decorative pendant compact fluorescent light lights over a table or an island. An alternative option is a row of recessed downlight.
And to bring new LED-making facilities online, Chi Mei Optoelectronics and AU Optoelectronics, the other two top LEDpanel makers, have begun in-house LED development. Time will tell, however, if such efforts are enough to prevent a scarcity of LEDs just when they are hitting their stride.
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