Forecast in Japan market

Results in 2007 and Forecast in 2008 of media cards.

The major demands for the memory card were for recording the photograph of the digital camera. However, more and more people download music and the image contents to their portable digital devices and the moboile phones in recent years.

Therefore, the memory card demands increased including SD and mini SD adopted by the mobile phone.
It will shift to micro and mini SD by the spread of the equipment for micro SD in the future.

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Unit: 1000 pieces

2008 Media Market in Japan

Unit: Hundred million yen
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