According to Green Energy, a division of TrendForce, a global market research firm, LED packaging market value reached US $ 12.5 billion in 2013 and reached US $ 13.39 billion in 2014, an annual growth rate of 7%. LED market in 2014 is still the bright spot Tablet PC and smartphone backlighting applications, part of the lighting application engineering, commercial, outdoor lighting market growth is most significant. By reorganizing the six major changes worthy of attention in the LED application market in 2014: 1. TV backlight future growth momentum limited According to LEDinside statistics, LED penetration for TV backlighting will reach 95% in 2013. Affected by the saturated penetration rate and the slow growth of terminal TV sales, the output value of LED backlighting on TV will face the first decline in 2014. 2. Tablet PC is still the main backlight market growth momentum In 2013, the tablet computer was affected by the traditional off-season. Coupled with the high inventory level of the access roads, the shipments in the third quarter were not as good as expected. The shipments for the full year were revised down to 196 million units. The annual shipments grew 33.6% % Down to 31.1%, showing flat shipments have cooled slightly, although the future growth of flat-panel computers slowed down, but compared to other IT products still have great room for growth. Estimated 2013 ~ 2017 LED flat-panel computer backlight applications on the output compound annual growth rate of 8%. 3.iPhone5S double FLASHLED design to add imagination 2013 FlashLED due to the impact of falling prices too fast, the overall output forecast increased only 3%. To increase the added value of handset cameras, Apple has introduced "Truetoneflash." Technology on iPhone5S. That is, with two FlashLED as fill light use, in the original structure of a white FlashLED, add a warm color LED to make up the difference between color temperature, double FlashLED design is expected to push FlashLED again the total demand in 2013 The numbers will grow by 27.3% to 1.44 billion, up from 1.7 billion in 2014. LEDinside is still watching other handset manufacturers will follow up, the future FLASHLED market still has a lot of imagination. 4. Small spacing LED display technology matures LED display in addition to the original signal and advertising purposes, LED manufacturers also began to introduce small-pitch LED display. At present, LED manufacturers have introduced small pitch LED display pixel pitch of up to 1.2 ~ 1.6mm, with good color saturation, high resolution and other advantages. Especially in the 110T display market, the cost is much lower than the same size LCD screen. In the long run, it is possible to replace part of the TV backlight application model into the commercial and mass consumer areas. 5. Commercial, engineering, outdoor lighting market demand rise If you look at LED lighting market, LED packaging applications in the lighting market will be, 2014 output will increase substantially, of which engineering, commercial, outdoor market growth is the most significant. Coupled with the LED bulb, lamp and commercial lighting market demand rise, the demand for mid-power LED (MidPowerLED) market surge, especially 5630, 3030 and other package type is the mainstream market. It is estimated that the output value of mid-power LED in 2013 and 2014 will surpass the high-power LED (High Power LED). 6. Backlight and lighting General LED specifications gradually emerge As the lighting market price competition, since the 5630 specifications Q City, the price higher than the traditional high-power LED lamps and lamp manufacturers are favored. Therefore, LED manufacturers began to find ways to introduce better than the 5630 cost-effective products. Since the Japanese packaging giant Nichia introduced 3030 package specifications 757 series, the market reacted enthusiastically, so many manufacturers in the second quarter of 2013 out of this specification products, and with high current characteristics of the 2835, also in China package Manufacturers gradually carried out, not only can be used in the backlight market, can also be used in the lighting market, also favored by customers. According to the survey, the 3030 package has the best price / performance ratio and the most competitive price compared with 3030 (0.5 ~ 0.9W), 2835, 5630 and 1-3W LEDs, reaching USD0.12 ~ 0.16 in the third quarter of 2013. The next 3030 and 2835 packages are expected to replace the 5630 as the market mainstream.