Re: Photokina rumour mill has started...

[Paul Stenquist]

Mitusubishi is bleeding money, due to huge loses in their automotive 
business. They're trying to get DaimlerChrysler, a major shareholder, 
to bail them out.
Paul
On May 12, 2004, at 6:01 PM, Mark Roberts wrote:

Graywolf wrote:
Mark Roberts wrote:
graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Mark Roberts wrote:
The chances of Nikon building/buying a semiconductor fab capable of
making APS-size or larger sensors is only marginally greater than 
zero.
What about the chances of their parent company doing it? The have 
some of the
most advanced fabs in the world.
Who's their parent company?
Mitsubishi.
<Gag> Wow! Now I'm *really* glad I don't own any Nikon gear! (I'm
suppressing memories of when I was an electronics technician and worked
on Mitsubishi audio and video gear...)
Anyway, the chances of Mitsubishi getting into a fab of this kind are
only slightly greater than those of Nikon doing so.
--
Mark Roberts
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