Cell phones boost image sensor demand
By Staff -- Purchasing, 1/18/2007 2:00:00 AM
The image sensor market will post 27% annual growth driven by their use in camera-equipped cellular phones.
Mobile phones have emerged as the single largest market for image sensors. Revenue from shipments of image sensors for cell phones will rise from $1.7 billion in 2005 to $5.9 billion in 2011, says researcher iSuppli. Unit shipments of image sensors used in mobile phones will grow from 484 million to 1.2 billion by 2010.
In 2005, 199 million image sensors were sold for all other applications outside of mobile phones—including digital still cameras. By 2010, this disparity will grow more, with nearly 1.2 billion sensors shipped for mobile handsets and slightly less than 350 million shipped for other applications.
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