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Thursday 25 February 2010
Handsets may eat away entry-level DSC market, says iSuppli
The low-end digital still camera (DSC) market is coming under intensifying competitive pressure from cell phones that are sporting increasingly high-resolution image sensors, according...
Wednesday 10 February 2010
Pixart expects revenues to stay flat in 1Q10; optical touchscreen share to lift in 2H10
Pixart Imaging expects to see revenues stay flat in the first quarter of 2010. It has estimated a 5% revenue growth for mouse related products but a 30-40% decline in the PC webcam...
Wednesday 10 February 2010
Pixart to spin off CIS design subsidiary in March
Pixart Imaging will spin off its CMOS image sensor (CIS) design subsidiary - PrimeSensor Technology - at the end of first-quarter 2010, according to Pixart chairman Huang Sen-huang...
Thursday 4 February 2010
Samsung to add 8-inch CIS fab
Samsung Electronics plans to add one more 8-inch fab for CMOS image sensor (CIS) production in 2010 to satisfy increasing market demand, according to industry sources.
Wednesday 3 February 2010
Taiwan to develop and make satellite-loaded remote sensing instrument
The National Space Organization (NSPO) under Taiwan's government-sponsored National Applied Research Laboratories (NARL) on February 2 announced the formation of a group specifically...
Monday 4 January 2010
Pixart enters handset CMOS sensor market
CMOS image sensor (CIS) supplier Pixart Imaging has teamed up with MediaTek to enter the handset CIS market, according to industry sources. Under the partnership, Pixart has begun...
Wednesday 23 December 2009
OmniVision orders for iPhone expected to rise significantly in 2010
OmniVision Technologies is expected to see CMOS image sensor (CIS) orders for Apple's iPhone devices grow to 40-45 million units in 2010 from 20-21 million estimated this year, according...
Friday 18 December 2009
Pixart optical touch panel ICs bringing in solid sales contribution
CMOS sensor supplier Pixart Imaging has estimated that sales from its optical touch panel solutions for all-in-one PCs and notebooks will account for 5-10% of its total revenues in...
Wednesday 2 December 2009
Aptina to supply CIS for white-box handsets
CMOS image sensor (CIS) supplier Aptina Imaging plans to enhance its VGA level products for 2010, gearing up to tap China's white-box handset market, according to industry sources...
Monday 30 November 2009
STMicroelectronics ready to snatch low-cost handset CIS market share
STMicroelectronics plans to introduce low-cost auto focus (AF) CMOS image sensors (CIS) targeting high-end smartphones in 2010, according to the company. It will also provide 5-megapixel...
Wednesday 25 November 2009
High-end CIS orders from Japan DSC vendors to grow in 2010
With more Japan-based DSC vendors stepping into the hybrid camera segment, major CMOS image sensor (CIS) suppliers Aptina and OmniVision are expected to vie for growing orders from...
Friday 20 November 2009
Aptina adds Micron 8-inch fab in Japan to its production line
Aptina Imaging plans to use Micron Technology's 8-inch fab in Japan as a CMOS image sensor (CIS) production site since it is still unable to immediately support short lead-time orders...
Wednesday 18 November 2009
Hynix and Seti grab CIS orders for HP entry-level notebooks
Hynix Semiconductor and Seti have recently snatched CMOS image sensor (CIS) orders for most of Hewlett-Packard's (HP's) low-priced notebooks from OmniVision, by offering lower prices,...
Tuesday 27 October 2009
Toshiba launches highly sensitive CIS with BSI
TOKYO - Toshiba Corporation today announced the launch of a new CMOS image sensor that will bring 14.6 million pixels to digital still cameras and to mobile phones supporting video...
Tuesday 27 October 2009
OmniVision warns customers to prepare for limited CIS supply
OmniVision Technologies has notified clients to expect upcoming limited supply of CMOS image sensors (CIS) due to strong iPhone 3GS demand for the end-year holiday season, according...
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