Olympus Imaging Corporation (President Masaharu Okubo) has announced plans for the release of accessories, including electronic flahes, eye cups and a power battery holder, for the Olympus E-System of interchangeable-lens digital SLR cameras.

Seiko Epson Corporation ("Epson") has developed the S1C17701, a new 16-bit RISC MCU which contains 16 MB of memory space and features low power consumption and circuit size equivalent to an 8-bit microcontroller. Shipments of samples of this product will commence in September 2007. Volume shipments, with a monthly output of 500,000 units, are scheduled to begin in October 2007.