It will be nice when we get an idea regarding which products they are targeting...whether that means retail end products or product parts/chipsets, kernals etc etc., because it is a market that continues to grow, indicating any success locking on target could yield some substantial settlements.

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Flash card market to top $27 billion in `08, Semico says

EE Times

(05/16/2006 3:58 PM EDT)

SAN FRANCISCO — Led by the growing popularity of camera phones, the market for falsh cards is expected to grow in value from $8 billion in 2003 to more than $27 billion by 2008, according to market analyst Semico Research Corp.

``The displacement of cameras as the flash card leading application is due partly to the incredible growth of camera phones coupled with consumers interest to play music on their cell phones,`` said Jim Handy, Semico`s director of non-volatile memory services, in a statement.

Semico (Phoenix) said it believes that digital cell phones and card-based camcorders (CBCs) will offer significant opportunities for card manufacturers in the near future. The firm is currently offering for sale a recent study of the flash card market and end markets.