LED makers from Taiwan project that the cost of LED backlight units (BLUs) will shrink to 1.5 times that of CCFL-based units during late 2008.

Despite that the current penetration rate of LED-backlit notebooks barely exceeds 10% due to LED patent issues and insufficient LED chip supplies, many industry players and research firms project that the rate will rise in the 10~20% range in 2008.

Everlight Electronics and Lite-On Technology have extended their deployments over LED backlighting, while Epistar is also expected to provide LED OEM production from the second half of 2008.