Image sensor market to grow more than 50% in 3 years, says iSuppli

Oct 12, 11:45

In 2009, 1.3 billion image sensors, including both CCD and CMOS varieties, will be shipped worldwide, according to iSuppli. In 2012, the market will cross the two billion-unit thre...

Asia Optical expects Kodak orders of six million DSCs in 2010, says chairman

Oct 8, 15:55

Asia Optical expects to receive orders from Kodak for six million mid-range to high-end digital still cameras (DSCs) in 2010, as a result of the Taiwan maker's partnership with Singapore-based...

Altek, Ability Enterprise may receive Fujifilm DSC orders for India

Oct 5, 11:21

Japan-based vendor Fujifilm, which is beefing up sales promotion of its digital cameras in India to hike its market share from the present 5% to 15% as soon as possible, may release...

Convergence handset-cameras will not become popular, say sources

Sep 30, 11:47

In response to Samsung Electronics' plans to launch the Anycall SCH-W880, a combination of a 3.3-inch AMOLED touch-screen 3G handset and a 12-megapixel 3x optical zoom digital camera,...

Taiwan market: Canon opens exhibition/service center in Taipei

Sep 9, 11:29

Canon on September 8 opened an exhibition/service center in Taipei, the first one in Taiwan, and expects to reach a market share of 50% for its DSLR (digital single-lens reflex) cameras...

TPO expected to break even in August, turn a profit in September

Sep 8, 17:07

Taiwan-based small- to medium-sized LCD panel maker TPO Display is expected to break even in August and start to turn a profit in September, according to industry sources.

Demand for DSC panels greater than expected, say Taiwan makers

Sep 8, 15:43

Demand for LCD panels used in digital still cameras (DSCs) has been stronger than originally expected in the third quarter of 2009, and orders for such panels will peak in September-October,...

Asia Optical August revenues up on month, down on year

Sep 8, 11:41

Taiwan-based maker of optical lens and digital cameras Asia Optical on September 7 reported unaudited consolidated revenues of NT$2.1 billion (US$64 million) for August, its highest...

Digital camera makers Ability and Altek report 2009 revenue highs in August

Sep 8, 11:16

Ability Enterprise and Altek, two of the three largest Taiwan-based digital camera makers, on September 7 reported unaudited consolidated revenues of NT$3.516 billion (US$107 million)...

Taiwan market: Sony launches two Cyber-shot DSCs, aims at 31% market share in 2009

Sep 4, 17:09

Sony on September 3 unveiled two Cyber-shot series digital camera models, DSC-TX1 and DSC-WX1, for launch in the Taiwan market at a recommended retrial price of NT$12,980 (US$395)...

Taiwan market: Samsung launches digital cameras ST500, ST550, ST1000

Sep 2, 12:13

Samsung Electronics on September 1 launched three new digital still camera (DSC) models, the ST500, ST550 and ST1000, in the Taiwan market at recommended retail prices of NT$11,990...

Larger LCD fabs to produce smaller panels, says DisplaySearch

Aug 26, 15:12

Small- to medium-size TFT-LCDs will experience dramatic changes over the next year, driven by market demand and the shift of larger fabs to production of small- to medium-size panels,...

DSC maker Asia Optical posts loss of over NT$400 million for 1H09

Aug 24, 10:56

Taiwan-based Asia Optical, which makes optical lens kits and digital cameras, has posted consolidated net loss of NT$401.1 million (US$12.2 million), or a net loss of NT$1.58 per...

Image sensor market ends long, steep growth to face more cyclic area, says Strategies Unlimited

Aug 20, 17:05

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...

DSC chip designer SQ to add high-end solutions

Aug 19, 12:00

Service & Quality Technology (SQ), a Taiwan-based IC designer specializing in controller chips for digital cameras, plans to introduce new controllers which enable face detection...

Altek expects record shipments of digital cameras in September

Aug 12, 10:38

Taiwan-based digital camera maker Altek began shipments to new client Fujifilm in July and expects its total monthly shipment volume to increase to a record of three million units...

Japan-based camera vendors may release more OEM orders to Taiwan

Aug 5, 15:26

Japan-based digital camera vendors Fujifilm, Casio and Sony suffered losses in the second quarter of 2009 (their first quarter of fiscal 2009) while Canon saw profits decrease by...

Altek July revenues up on month

Aug 5, 09:50

Taiwan-based digital camera maker Altek has reported consolidated revenues for July 2009 of NT$1.65 billion (US$50.5 million), an increase of 37% from June.

Analog IC maker GMT look to see over 20% sequential revenue growth in 3Q09

Jul 30, 15:09

Taiwan-based Global Mixed-mode Technology's (GMT's) revenues are expected to grow more than 20% sequentially to NT$1.15-1.2 billion (US$25.02-36.54 million) in third-quarter 2009...

Taiwan-based Altek debuts own-brand cameraphone in China

Jul 24, 15:52

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,...

Digitimes Insight: Sony to expand DSC outsourcing in Taiwan

Jul 21, 10:11

Recent movement in the outsourcing market appears to indicate that Sony plans to source more of its digital still cameras (DSCs) from Taiwan contract manufacturers.

Driver IC designer ILI says margin improved in 2Q09

Jul 1, 15:21

ILI Technology has estimated a gross margin of 20-25% for the second quarter, up from 18% in the first. The LCD driver IC designer said it expects clearer order visibility through...

Syntek Semiconductor expects to swing to profits in 2009

Jun 23, 14:41

Camera chip maker Syntek Semiconductor expects its business operations to swing to profits in 2009, after three consecutive years of losses, amid demand for white-box DSCs and notebook...

DSC maker Altek to sell own-brand handsets in China market

Jun 19, 10:30

Taiwan-based digital still camera (DSC) maker Altek has stepped into development and production of handsets and will debut own-brand handsets featuring 5-megapixel or more cameras...

MediaTek gearing up new WCDMA and DSC chips

Jun 17, 14:36

MediaTek is expected to introduce a lineup of new chip solutions for WCDMA handsets and digital still cameras (DSCs) soon, with volume production slated for the latter half of 2009,...

Altek, Ability Enterprise expected to benefit from Fujifilm bid in India digital camera market

Jun 12, 11:39

Japan-based digital camera vendor Fujifilm plans to boost its market share in India from the current 3% to 15% in three years, and thus is expected to release more ODM orders to Ability...

Altek ranked as top digital camera maker in 2008

Jun 12, 10:55

Taiwan-based digital camera maker Altek ranked as the world's number one ODM digital camera maker with shipments of 13.17 million accounting for a 22.9% share in 2008, the company...

Camera phones, embedded PC cameras propel image sensor market, says In-Stat

Apr 7, 17:16

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...

Star World expects LCM shipments to recover in 2Q09

Newswatch - Feb 25, 17:21

LCD module (LCM) specialist Star World Technology expects shipments to hit the bottom in the first quarter of this year due to generally weak demand in the small- to medium-size panel...

Wintek to ship LCD panels for GPS devices and DSCs

Newswatch - Feb 25, 11:48

Taiwan-based small- to medium-size TFT-LCD and touch panel maker Wintek will start shipments of TFT-LCD panels for use in GPS navigation devices and digital still cameras (DSCs),...

GMT optimistic about 2009 performance

Feb 23, 15:31

Global Mixed-mode Technology (GMT) has forecast sales and profit growth this year with increasing shipments of panel, digital still camera (DSC), LED backlight and notebook related...