Canon to build $451 million factory to make image sensors

Canon has announced plans to construct a $451 million factory to construct CMOS components for its cameras. Expected to start production in July next year, the factory will be built on an existing site near Tokyo and will be be dedicated entirely to churning out the complementary metal oxide semiconductors (we prefer the acronym) required to detect light in every digital camera. It should have a capacity of around 3 million chips a year, which is only a fraction of the 24 million cameras that Canon hopes to produce this year. Good for Canon, we say.

[strider_mt2k @ Jul 15th 2007 2:29PM]

It's rumored that a small town is being built adjacent to the factory to house and entertain the workers to be named "CMOS-eisly".

We must be cautious...

[l.rawlins @ Jul 15th 2007 3:38PM]

I'd rather they spent $451 million on a factory to build SED's... but then I'm feeling bitter about that whole damned fiasco.

*Sulks*

...

Want one.

[Alex @ Jul 15th 2007 4:07PM]

ceramic metal oxide semiconductor

[ollpal @ Jul 15th 2007 5:36PM]

Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society

[ronak @ Jul 15th 2007 5:17PM]

++ for the Star Wars reference strider_mt2k

[Lunatrik @ Jul 15th 2007 5:26PM]

If thats the case, they must be particularly wary. I have heard Toshiba Raiders travel single file to hide their numbers.

[strider_mt2k @ Jul 15th 2007 7:38PM]

You looked at the blast points, didn't you?

[craig @ Jul 15th 2007 6:41PM]

CMOS sensors are not "required to detect light in every digital camera", they are but one way of doing it. As usual, Engadget authors can't be bothered with correctness. It's a good thing we know that the factory will be near Tokyo though.

[Lance Wexler @ Jul 15th 2007 7:02PM]

Engadget said: "the complementary metal oxide semiconductors ...required to detect light in every digital camera."
EVERY digital camera? I don't think so. There are CCDs as well as Foveon sensors in cameras that do not use CMOS sensors at all. Might wanna update that.

[Ty @ Jul 15th 2007 7:21PM]

Lance... Shhhh.

[Steven @ Jul 15th 2007 8:49PM]

the world has enough factories.

[Akiosarin @ Jul 15th 2007 8:59PM]

hope Godzilla doesnt go an knock it down, lolololololololololololeleventy!!!!one

But will they make doom?


this isnt iPhone, so it suckz0r


I'm done =D

[Jeff @ Jul 16th 2007 3:03AM]

Nobody cares about your myspacecollector....somewhat.

[supermeerkat @ Jul 16th 2007 4:02AM]

I hope that nobody in that factory, whilst working latre, gets struck by lightning thereby becoming some kind of monster.

Happens all the time in Japan, don't you know? It's something to do with the climate.