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| Production
in Japan (Source: JEITA) |
| Electronic
Devices |
7.2 trillion yen
forecast (up 12.3%) |
| Electronic
Components |
3.4 trillion yen
forecast (up 2.8%) |
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Electronic
Devices & Components
Production Topics |
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Production to climb, stimulated
by digital home appliance demand |
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Demand to grow for highly
reliable automotive devices
and environmental protection
measures |
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Fast-evolving
LCD technologies to sustain
expanding PDP market; expectations
high for organic EL displays |
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New demand for flash memory,
CCD & CMOS devices for
cellular telephones and digital
cameras |
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Strong demand for optical
devices for broadband equipment & systems |
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Technological reforms to
continue in 1-chip IEEE 802.11g
devices & high-speed wireless
LAN technologies |
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Advances foreseen in ultrahigh-speed,
energy-saving UWB chips, leading
to rapid diffusion of wireless
communications |
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Usage of wireless tags to
spur full-scale RF-ID chip
production |
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Highly complex and high-value-added
products to emphasize strengths
of Japanese components manufacturers
with leading technologies |
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Full-scale birth of nanotechnology
components; growing demand
for 0603-size mini-chip components |
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GMR head technologies to
approach the much awaited age
of 1 terabit/square inch |
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Demand to rise for embedded
narrow-pitch connecting components;
FPCs to achieve 0.2 millipitch
level |
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Car installed electronic
component technologies to advance,
creating new market potential |
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Increasing attention on environmental
technologies to expand development
of lead-free board technologies |
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Development of fuel batteries
for mobile equipment to accelerate,
with commercialization not
far away |
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Noise reduction, a highly
topical theme in the ubiquitous
network age, to sustain advances
in EMC technologies |
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Overall
Domestic Production by the
Japanese Industry to Recover
to 20 trillion yen for First
Time in Three Years
Spurred by demand for digital
home appliances, mobile network
products and car-related demand,
overall domestic production
is forecast to increase 6.5%,
to 20.3 trillion in 2004.
(Source: JEITA) |
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