Strategies Unlimited Reports on Growth Opportunities for HB LED Driver ICs

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(Business Wire)--Dramatic improvements in the performance of HB LEDs will open up
new high-growth opportunities for driver ICs over the next five years.
Although the $865 million market for driver ICs in 2006 was dominated
by the maturing mobile phone application, in the 2007-2011 period
market growth will be driven by general illumination, signs and
displays, and automotive applications, which will register a combined
CAGR of 38%. The total market for HB LED driver ICs is forecast to
grow to more than $1.9 billion in 2011. A report just published by
Strategies Unlimited, entitled HB LED Driver IC Market Review and
Forecast - 2007, provides analysis of the market for LED driver ICs by
application and geographic region, as well as a detailed market
forecast.

According to the report's analysis, mobile applications, which
accounted for 77% of the market in 2006, will grow at a CAGR of 7% in
the forecast period, but by 2011 its share of the total market will
decline to less than 50%. Among mobile appliances, LED driver ICs for
laptop display backlight applications will see dramatic increases in
revenue.

Automotive applications will be a key element of market growth,
mainly due to the increasing penetration of LED headlamps, as well as
the increasing use of LEDs in interior lighting. Another key aspect of
market growth will be the use of driver ICs in single-color and
full-color outdoor signs and in the emerging application of LED
backlights for LCD TVs. Finally, lighting applications will constitute
a major growth driver, as HB LEDs move from niche lighting
applications into general illumination.

The semiconductor industry has the opportunity to participate in
the market transformation of illumination technologies to more energy
efficient HB-LEDs. The report offers an analysis of the size of this
opportunity for HB LED driver ICs through 2011, with unit and revenue
forecasts by application segments and sub-segments.

HB LED Driver IC Market Review and Forecast - 2007 is available
for immediate delivery from Strategies Unlimited. More information on
the report is available by contacting Tim Carli, Sales Manager, at +1
650-941-3438 ext. 23, or by e-mail at tcarli@strategies-u.com.

Founded in 1979, Strategies Unlimited specializes in market
research and strategic consulting directed at the optical networking,
optoelectronics, and compound semiconductor industries. The company,
based in Mountain View, California, is a research unit of PennWell
Corporation.

PennWell Corporation, founded in 1910, is a highly diversified
media and information company providing authoritative publications,
conferences and exhibitions, databases, information products and
Internet-based services to strategic markets worldwide. PennWell
publishes over 45 periodicals including Industrial Laser Solutions,
Vision Systems Design, Laser Focus World, Lightwave, and Solid State
Technology. For further information, go to www.pennwell.com.

Strategies Unlimited
Tim Carli, +1-650-941-3438 ext. 23
tcarli@strategies-u.com

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