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Monday 7 March 2011
Largan February revenues down over 18% sequentially
Largan Precision, which makes optical lens kits mainly for phone camera modules, has reported consolidated revenues of NT$988 million (US$33.5 million) for February, decreasing 18.56%...
Tuesday 22 June 2010
Image sensor market to post record year in 2010, says IC Insights
With demand for digital cameras, camera phones, and machine-vision systems recovering, sales of image-sensor devices are forecast to grow 31% in 2010 and will reach a new record high...
Tuesday 4 May 2010
Altek obtains orders for own-brand cameraphones
Digital camera contract manufacturer Altek, which launched an own-brand cameraphone in 2009, has received handset orders for India and other overseas markets, according to the comp...
Thursday 25 February 2010
Handsets may eat away entry-level DSC market, says iSuppli
The low-end digital still camera (DSC) market is coming under intensifying competitive pressure from cell phones that are sporting increasingly high-resolution image sensors, according...
Wednesday 3 February 2010
Largan Precision shifting main resolution of cameraphone lens kits to 3- to 5-megapixel
Largan Precision saw 2- and 3-megapixel lens kits for cameraphones each account for 40% of its total shipments in 2009, but will focus on the 3- and 5-megapixel segment in 2010 to...
Tuesday 1 December 2009
Taiwan market: Handset vendors to launch more 12-megapixel cameraphones to boost year-end sales
Samsung Electronics and Taiwan-based digital camera maker Altek both plan to introduce 12-megapixel cameraphones in the Taiwan market to boost year-end sales, according to market...
Thursday 20 August 2009
Image sensor market ends long, steep growth to face more cyclic area, says Strategies Unlimited
The market for image sensors will decline to US$6.4 billion in 2009, a drop of 11% from 2008 and the first decline since 1997, according to Strategies Unlimited. However, the average...
Tuesday 11 August 2009
Samsung plans to add an 8-inch wafer plant to CIS production
Samsung Electronics plans to allocate one more 8-inch fab (Line 8) for CMOS image sensor (CIS) production, as it expects CIS demand will grow significantly, according to market sou...
Friday 24 July 2009
Taiwan-based Altek debuts own-brand cameraphone in China
Taiwan-based digital camera maker Altek unveiled the T8680, its first own-brand cameraphone model at a cross-strait forum on the optics industry held in Beijing, China, on July 23,...
Monday 8 June 2009
Taiwan lens kit maker Largan benefits from Nokia's offering of new handsets
Largan Precision, a Taiwan-based maker of optical lens kits, has offered EDoF (extended depth of field) lenses for use in the phone camera of Nokia's new slim handset model 5630 XpressMusic,...
Wednesday 3 June 2009
Samsung Taiwan CIS agent Coasia sees booming sales
Coasia Microelectronics, the largest of Samsung Electronics' sales agents for CMOS image sensors (CIS) in Taiwan, has received more orders than it can deliver due to short supply...
Friday 10 April 2009
Samsung expected to increase supply share of CMOS image sensors to HTC
The proportion of Samsung Electronics' CMOS image sensors (CISs) used in High Tech Computer's (HTC's) handsets is expected to reach 50% with a more competitive pricing at the end...
Tuesday 7 April 2009
Camera phones, embedded PC cameras propel image sensor market, says In-Stat
Continued uptake of cameras in handsets and notebooks is driving growth in the area-array image sensor market, reports In-Stat. Worldwide unit shipments of image sensors in cameraphones...
Monday 16 February 2009
3-megapixel to become mainstream resolution of phone cameras in 2009, says Largan
The mainstream resolution level for phone cameras will shift from 2-megapixel currently to 3-megapixel in 2009, according to Scott Lin, chairman of Taiwan-based lens kit maker for...
Tuesday 18 November 2008
Kodak says Samsung and LG cameraphones infringe its digital camera patents
Eastman Kodak announced that it has filed complaints against Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics and other related entities for infringement of Kodak patents. The Kodak actions specifically...