The 26 million units will constitute about 30 percent of the world's total DSC output this year, estimated at about 90 million units.
Nevertheless, the rosy picture of the world DSC industry will not last too long -- probably no longer than 2007 -- according to analysts from IDC, a global IT market intelligence firm.
Cliff Liu (劉燈桂), president of Premier Image Technology, Taiwan's largest DSC manufacturer and a firm featured as a rising star by Merrill Lynch's Asia-Pacific Technology Forum in 2002, was not at all disturbed by the IDC forecast.
Liu said that although global production may slow down by 2007, Taiwanese makers are expected to continue to enjoy brisk business in the following years, given that Japanese DSC producers will continue to release their orders to Taiwan to deal with mounting pressure to reduce costs.
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