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Firmware development for all Nikon digital cameras and interchangeable lenses will now be undertaken by a new company named Nikon Imaging Systems. The new company is a joint venture between Fujitsu Broad Solution & Consulting Inc. and Nikon Systems, a subsidiary of Nikon Corporation. The initial investment will be around $1m and the company will employ 100 people.

70% of the initial ¥95m ($989,000) capital and 4 board members will come from Nikon Systems with 1 board member and the remaining 30% of the investment coming from Fujitsu BSC. The new company will begin operations next month.

Press Release:

Nikon Systems Inc. and Fujitsu Broad Solution & Consulting Inc. establish a joint company
June 30, 2009: Nikon Corporation (Michio Kariya, President) announces that Nikon Systems Inc. (Masao Hagimoto, President), a subsidiary of Nikon Corporation, and Fujitsu Broad Solution & Consulting Inc. (Takao Kaneko, President; hereafter, Fujitsu BSC) establish a new joint company, named "Nikon Imaging Systems Inc.". The company will be solely responsible for the firmware development in Nikon digital cameras. Nikon Imaging Systems Inc. will initiate operations in August 2009.

Firmware is the software built into devices that provides fundamental control over hardware. As the performance of digital devices becomes higher, so does the importance of firmware. To date, all firmware installed in Nikon digital cameras has been developed by Nikon Corporation and its subsidiary, Nikon Systems Inc.

The new company is dedicated exclusively to the firmware development for Nikon digital cameras. The objective of the company will be to proceed with the establishment of firmware platforms and to accelerate the speed and quality of firmware development by merging the long experienced mechatronics control and image processing technologies established in Nikon Corporation and Nikon Systems Inc. with the software technology, know-how, and resources provided by Fujitsu BSC.

固件開發的所有尼康數碼相機和可互換的鏡頭現在將開展一個新的公司命名為尼康成像系統。新公司的合資企業富士通寬帶解決方案與諮詢公司和尼康系統的子公司，尼康公司。最初的投資將達到100萬美元，該公司將僱用100人。

70 ％的初始¥九十五米（九百八十九點○○○美元）資本和4董事會成員將來自尼康系統1董事會成員，其餘30 ％的投資來自富士通BSC的。新公司將在下個月開始運作。

新聞稿：

尼康系統公司和富士通寬帶解決方案與諮詢公司成立一家合資公司
2009年6月30號：尼康公司（美智刈谷主席）宣布，尼康系統公司（正雄Hagimoto ，主席） ，一個附屬的尼康公司，富士通寬帶解決方案與諮詢公司（雄金子，庭長;稱，富士通平衡計分卡）建立一個新的合資公司，名為“尼康系統公司” 。該公司將全權負責固件發展的尼康數碼相機。尼康公司將開始在2009年8月。

固件是軟件內置的設備，提供基本的控制硬件。隨著數碼設備性能的越來越高，所以不固件的重要性。迄今為止，所有固件安裝在尼康數碼相機開發了尼康公司及其附屬公司，尼康公司

這家新公司是專門致力於固件發展尼康數碼相機。的目標，公司將著手建立固件平台，並加快速度和質量，通過合併固件發展的長期經驗的機電控制和圖像處理技術建立的尼康公司，尼康公司的軟件技術，訣竅，並提供資源，由富士通BSC的。