SONY intends to raise the production capacity of its image sensor once more
Some time afterwards, SONY finally erupted, the recent barrage of of all kinds and SONY digital camera from the news, simply overwhelming. From June began, the official released NEX series new digital micro single camera later, SONY opened up a whole new group strategy. And when a lot of people think that SONY NEX series is best developed after the work but found that SONY has a larger plan, NEX for them just a start it.
Then we will see the NEX-VG10-a can replace lens digital camera, and USES the APS-C specifications of the Cmos sensor. As we think of SONY's strategy is to focus on NEX and new development to the E bayonet socket, SONY and took out the translucent fixed reflection plank structure alpha 55 and α 33. In one breath released four brand-new camera later, SONY still don't give up, recently have news out of the group of SONY's the next step.
SONY announced on Monday, in spring next year of two to three years, the image sensor capacity increased by 50%.
SONY XiangDongZhi repurchase a current production of high-end processor semiconductor factories, to production CMOS image sensor components. The two companies had in late December 2010 signed memorandum is binding, but now sign a transformation Toshiba key semiconductor equipment final agreement. SONY to 53 billion yen ($646 million) for the plant in Toshiba equipment, this is SONY worth 100 billion yen the COMS setup image sensor part of the investment. Company announced plans to double its CMOS capacity.
The money will be used to expand the SONY "Exmor" and "Exmor R" CMOS image sensor capacity, aimed to meet the intelligent camera and digital camera manufacturers growing demand. Through the output expansion, SONY is expected to consolidate its world CMOS image sensor and CCD image sensor leading company status.
Industry forecast analysis firm iSuppli had forecast 2010 CMOS image sensor market share will reach 90%, this market in 2010 healthy growth, according to iSuppli estimates from 2009 in 1.5 billion to just increased to 1.7 billion only.
"This growth is the increasing demand for reflection, such as cell phones, video conference, car driver assist applications." ISuppli said the company was. "Although CCD has long been regarded as can offer high image quality excellence technology, but CMOS technology in recent years have made a lot of progress, and reduce the technology gap." ISuppli analyst Pam Tufegdzic expected, visible light DuanMian array image sensor market will in 2011 grew by nearly 16%, to $6.7 billion.
Earlier, SONY has been that by March 2012, will produce the image sensor can increased to 50000 pieces. SONY spokesman says, the new expansion plan means, to March 2014 and March 2015, the company's image sensor can produce will further to 75000 pieces.
These production including CCD and CMOS sensor. Nagasaki technology center in improving the productivity of at the same time, SONY also plans to use the existing chip manufacturers to increase production, and won't further large-scale investment. SONY Monday they held Nagasaki factory article 4 CMOS sensor production line production of the ceremony.
SONY's share price rose 1.4% on Monday, but since April into since this fiscal year, SONY's share price fell nearly 50% cumulative, mainly by Thailand floods and the Japanese yen appreciation and a series of factors.
A new thin notebook of LG with discrete graphics is being sold in South Korea
Last weekend, LG electronics in the camp South Korea on the local market QianBoXing th "Blade" series of 13 inch laptop computer product X-Note P330. Follow the trend of the Ultrabook products, use the hybrid SSD + HDD storage solutions, but from the configuration to see more close to the MacBook Pro apple.
LG X-Note P330 Blade Display screen and the LG Display for the Ultrabook ODM manufacturers to provide products similar, and the screen is only 4.5 mm thickness, border thickness is only 8 mm, the weight of about 1.7 kg.
Allocation, Xnote P330 carrying the second generation of Intel KuRui (Intel Core) processor, with 4 GB of memory. The most important is, this notebook is equipped with independent video card, smooth by this would explain it belongs to the game level notebook.
X-Note P330 using mixed storage system can make the start time reduced to 19 seconds or so, using NVIDIA GeForce GT 555 M 1 GB video card, support Optimus set show switching technology, has USB 3.0 and HDMI, pick up 6 core 90 W of lithium battery.
In addition, this notebook is equipped with USB 3.0 and a HDMI output, 802.11 b/g/n WiFi, gigabit Ethernet, storage aspects equipped with a SSD and HDD, storage space were 40 GB / 640 GB or 64 GB / 750 GB.
NVIDIA watched the tablet computer chip market cautiously
On Thursday, NVIDIA released beyond analysts' expectations in the third quarter earnings of the company, and the company's share price up 7% +. Although often high-profile attend each big famous global electronics show, including January every year in the United States at the Las Vegas international consumer electronics show (CES), but when the need to calm down thinking, you know HuangRenXun but the importance of clear your mind.
The development of weida Tegra series chip has become the focus of hot debate market products. The success of this chip for cargo has signed some products use the contract, but also miss the next Tuesday will include the amazon Kindle Fire on sales, part of the tablet PC tablet computer key product.
Therefore, when the company the third quarter earnings show Tegra chip sales than expected, HuangRenXun wording cleverly inhibited his excitement. In talking about upcoming sales of Tegra chips using part of the mobile phones and tablet computer products, he told analysts said: "we will be keeping a close watch on the product in the market on performance." The cargo is facing other chip maker from the new round of competition challenges, so the above product market performance of the company is very important.
In early 2011, the cargo is absolutely global chip market leader. MOTOROLA mobile launched the first private brand Xoom tablet computer had adopted the Tegra chip of the cargo, and in several other brands of smart mobile phones are also using the dragon chip. But as competition gradually increasing, other rivals but robbed should have the aura of the cargo belongs to.
JMP Securities analysts Securities company Alex-high (Alex Gauna) on Wednesday issued a report, he is very worried about competition will seriously affect the cargo of the chip business. For MOTOROLA mobile Xoom upgrade edition Xoom 2 and the hottest selling smartphone Droid Razr used another big chip manufacturers Texas Instruments (Texas Instruments) chip products.
High in the report, also noticed, samsung Galaxy S II has become the global market of one of the hottest selling smartphone, but this cell phone use is not the samsung has its own chip is qualcomm Snapdragon chips of the company, and not the English weida chip products.
Amazon's Kindle Fire use instrument chip decision seems to make the UK weida rather depressed. This type of up can be purchased for $199 tablet computer seems to be starting a new low flat boom.
In earnings conference held on Thursday, analysts told the cargo is research and development of a new generation of Tegra chip can have questioned the market competitiveness. Because once smartphone and tablet computer costs more DiJiaHua, these products must seek the price lower chip products.
However, this does not necessarily mean the wai tak will not miss the next win Kindle Fire such as this sensational product opportunities.
By the closing on Friday, British weida's share price at $14.98 a barrel, and the city is filled with lead (P/E Ratio) to 13.5, but is still less than analysts expected P/E Ratio of 20 level. This again reflects, the British weida did not defend their own lives of market share.
Dell will face a shortage of hard disk
Dell said on Friday, Thailand floods will lead to PC hard disk tight supply.
Dell in the mail sent to AFP statement said: "dell is actively look at Thailand flooding, although we expect the supply chain hard disk in the next few weeks is restricted, but we are and hard disk vendors closely, in order to ease it to the customer influence. As for has affected suppliers, our engineering team has been working with the industry, to determine the condition, in the most effectively manage our hard disk supply chain."
Industry analysts say, because of Thailand for 2 months outbreak of floods, lead to many of the local hard disk factory shut, this may shock PC manufacturers, influence spread to the next year. Thailand supply 40% of the world's hard disk storage, component supplies are key.
According to industry analysts IDC Florence-Ralph di (Loren Loverde) revealed that, because the factory closed, in the worst case, next quarter shipment may reduce 20% PC. Ralph dean said: "it is the biggest manufacturer will face a shortage of hard disk, especially portable PC market, this one will have more integration."
IHS iSuppli said the, Thailand flooding will lead to this quarter shipment of 51 million drop in hard drive, to 125 million pieces. The report said: "because of hard disk was expected to be presented the shortage, prices have already started to rise, its price may continue to stay high, may be the next few season by more than 10%."
MSI has issued an iOS version of Afterburner app to remotely overclocking graphics card
MSI has issued an iOS version of its Afterburner app for remotely overclocking a compatible MSI graphics card.
Back in June, MSI launched an Android app that allowed users to safely overclock their MSI graphics card without having to crack open the case. Named after the popular Afterburner overclocking utility, the app installs on any Android-based smartphone and tablet, and connects via Wi-Fi to a PC with the Afterburner software installed. It's currently listed on the Android Market here.
"For enthusiasts who like to monitor the operation of their graphics cards, they can now do so through their mobile phone or tablet, even while playing the FPS games, without having to use a separate display," the company said during Computex 2011. "For extreme overclocking enthusiasts, they can use their mobile phone to monitor frequency, temperature and voltage parameters in real time while their computer is running full-screen testing software. Key parameters can even be adjusted on the fly for specific testing scenarios to make breaking world records in performance even easier."
"You can even connect to your home computer and check how the graphics card is running when you are away, a particularly convenient feature when running scientific computing programs that utilize the GPU," MSI added.
On Wednesday MSI launched the Afterburner app for iOS 3.2 and later. As with the Android version, this new Afterburner utility allows iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad devices to adjust or monitor MSI Afterburner settings on PC over a Wi-Fi connection. In addition to monitoring the temperature, voltage and fan speed, the utility can also be used for overclocking and overvoltaging.
To use MSI's app, enthusiasts will need the following:
1. A Windows XP SP3 (with .NET 2)/Vista/7 system with an MSI-based discrete graphics card and is able to connect to internet/intranet.
2. An iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad with Wi-Fi function. (the O/S should be higher v3.2)
3. The system and iOS device can connect to each other over internet or intranet.
4. The RemoteServer utility which can be downloaded separately from MSI.
5. Afterburner 2.1.0 or above installed and running on the PC.