Component
LED backlight
LED edge-light and light guide used by every LCD option. OLED does not need this.
Criticality
Medium
Unit cost
$2
Quality
60 / 100
US completeness
12.0
Made in US
30,000,000 units
Current demand
250,000,000 units
US exports
2,400,000 units
Opportunity score
80.4
Domestic vs international supply
Planned US investment, next 5 years
$500M
Expected extra output: 69,000,000 units per year
Used by
Product paths
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- Electric kettle map
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- Fridge map
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- Heat pump map
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- Laptop map
- Lawn mower map
- Microwave map
- Oven map
- POS terminal map
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