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Article: With Help from Digital Cameras, Flash Card Revenues Will Exceed $474 Million in 1999, According to IDC Flash Card Format Battle to Intensify.
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- PR Newswire
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- October 4, 1999
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FRAMINGHAM, Mass., Oct. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Buoyed by increasing popularity of digital cameras, shipments of flash cards are expected to surpass 12 million in 1999, almost twice as much as in 1998. Revenues will also buck the downward trend of the overall memory market and pass $474 million, according to International Data Corporation (IDC). Other fast-emerging markets such as smart phones and digital music have the potential to drive flash card applications even further.
"The growth of flash card shipments affirms the medium as an important mass-storage option," said Xavier Pucel, manager of IDC's semiconductor research program. "The increasing popularity of ...