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1. Intel reverses semiconductor recession

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Tuesday, 13 October 2009

   CMOS giant Intel turned in its third quarter results and reported it had a gross margin of 58 percent.CMOS* giant Intel turned in its third quarter results and reported it had a gross margin of 58 percent. ...

2. SuperSpeed controller to boost adoption of USB 3.0

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Monday, 21 September 2009

   ... camera equipped with a three megapixel Sony IMX036 CMOS image sensor. The camera is reportedly capable of outputting 1080p HD images at 60 frames per second. The Intel Developer Forum takes place between ...

3. Point Grey debuts USB 3.0 digital video camera

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

   Friday, 18 September 2009

   ... showcase the "world's first" SuperSpeed USB-enabled digital video camera at the 2009 Intel Developer Forum (IDF) in San Francisco. The prototype camera utilizes a 3 megapixel (MP) Sony IMX036 CMOS image ...

4. USB 3.0 gets public viewing

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Thursday, 17 September 2009

   ... Grey Research Superspeed digital video camera, using a three megapixel Sony IMX036 CMOS image sensor to output 1080p HD images at 60 frames per second, will stream HD video to a notebook using a USB Express ...

5. Pentax camera aimed at first-time DSLR users

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

   Thursday, 17 September 2009

   ... digital SLR includes a high resolution 12.4 megapixel CMOS image sensor with sensor-shift Shake Reduction for stabilized image and video capture up to four stops.   A 2.7-inch LCD features Live View ...

6. Microsoft's Zune tunes in to HD Radio

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

   Monday, 14 September 2009

   ... that Zune users would enjoy HD radio without compromising battery life, form factor or cost. "The first issue we encountered was how to insert our chip - fabricated using TSMC's advanced RF CMOS process ...

7. Intel seeks to replace traditional CMOS with emerging technology

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Thursday, 21 May 2009

   A number of companies, including Intel, are attempting to design a viable replacement for traditional charge-based complementary metal–oxide–semiconductors (CMOS). CMOS technology, patented in 1967 ...

8. Up next for the iPhone: Video calls

   (Mobility/Mobility Opinion)

   Tuesday, 07 April 2009

   ... CMOS orders by Apple, the latter allegedly "for another Apple product expected to be launched later in the year." MacRumors posted screenshot of a tweaked Camera app that has a new function to switch between ...

9. Sony announces $1000 HDR-TG5V camcorder with GPS

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

   Friday, 03 April 2009

   ... augmented with an Exmor CMOS sensor, producing high quality images. It also has a 10x Carl Zeiss optical zoom using the Vaio-Tessar camera lens. It has a built-in flash and digitally reduces shadows in ...

10. National Inventors Hall of Fame invites Intel’s Gordon Moore

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 23 March 2009

    ... semiconductor (CMOS) Posthumous recognition Ross Freeman: Field programmable gate array (FPGA) Jean Hoerni: Planar process Dawon Kahng: MOS transistor Gordon Teal: Silicon transistor Robert Widlar: ...

11. Panasonic and Renesas jointly develop 32 nm SOCs

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Wednesday, 08 October 2008

    ... uses a new ultra-low-k material. There is also a complementary metal-insulator semiconductor (CMIS) technology, a type of complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) and an ultrathin film cap layer ...

12. Canon signals DSLR smackdown with 21.1-megapixel EOS 5D

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Wednesday, 17 September 2008

    ... "the ability to capture full HD video clips at 1920 x 1080 resolution ... a 21.1-megapixel full frame 24 x 36mm CMOS sensor, DIGIC 4 imaging processor and significantly lower noise, with an expanded sensitivity ...

13. Sony showcases 24.6-megapixel full frame DSLR

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Tuesday, 09 September 2008

    ... alone will cost you around $3000 with related accessories. It will hit store shelves in November. This is one big-boy of a digital camera, making use of a 24.6-megapixel, 35mm full frame CMOS sensor ...

14. Canon EOS 50D digital camera shoots pictures in 15.1 megapixels

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Tuesday, 26 August 2008

    ... mode's up to 35 individual forward-looking faces support. Canon says the 15.1-megapixel CMOS APS-C size image sensor is improved via the use of "newly designed gapless microlenses over each pixel to reduce ...

15. Canon rolls out ‘more affordable’ 10.1 megapixel DSLR camera

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 10 June 2008

    ... XS” in the U.S. will be positioned just below the EOS 450D, a 12.1 megapixel camera. The basic features include a 10.1 megapixel CMOS sensor, a 7-point autofocus, three frames per second shooting capability, ...

16. Samsung said to soon introduce 14.6-megapixel CMOS image sensor

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Wednesday, 14 May 2008

    Driven by attempts to grab a bigger market share in the digital single-lens reflex (DSLR) camera market, Samsung Electronics is said will introduce a 14.6-megapixel CMOS image sensor in June, possibly ...

17. TG Daily Hands-on: 4K RED One camera – Unwrapping the Lamborghini of video cameras

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Sunday, 06 April 2008

    ... that has a resolution that exceeds 35 mm film, while the dynamic range is coming very close to traditional cameras. At its core, the camera uses a Mysterium CMOS sensor: The physical resolution of this ...

18. VIDEO – Intel talks about CMOS-based Wi-Fi and WiMax chips

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Wednesday, 02 April 2008

      Chip-level wireless radios are an integral part of Intel’s ‘Carry Small, Live Large’ campaign, but what exactly does it take to design a digitally enhanced radio receiver, power amplifier and transmitters ...

19. Intel’s new catchphrase – ‘Carry Small, Live Large’

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 01 April 2008

    ... and connectivity and that will require CMOS level integration of network cards, wireless radios and other IO devices. Guess who is going to make all those new chips … Intel of course. Extra: Slideshow ...

20. CMOS image sensor makers extend to module production

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Tuesday, 25 March 2008

    Driven by attempts to shrink costs and enhance competitiveness, leading CMOS image sensor makers are said to extend their production from CMOS image sensors to module production, according to industry ...

21. Samsung announces 8 megapixel CMOS module for cellphones

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 18 March 2008

      Samsung engineers managed to squeeze a fully functional CMOS module providing 8 megapixels of image resolution or cellphone cameras in an area measuring just 28 x 15.3 x 8.5mm. Samsung said cellphones ...

22. Samsung unveils 14.6 megapixel DSLR camera

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 31 January 2008

    ... to the manufacturer, the GX20 has a proprietary CMOS sensor, providing the 14-megapixel resolution as well as support for 14-bit RAW images. Besides features such as ISO settings up to 6400, a shutter ...

23. 12 megapixels, 720p HD video for your cellphone

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 02 October 2007

    ... based on the firm's new VideoCore III multimedia processor. Provided the required CMOS image sensors are combined with the chip, the VideoCore III can process images with a resolution of up to 12 megapixels. ...

24. Sony debuts 12 MP digital SLR camera

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Thursday, 06 September 2007

    ... settings to be stored and easily recalled.  The maximum shutter speed is 1/8000th of a second, according to Sony, and it can shoot up to five frames per second. The 12.2 megapixel Exmor CMOS sensor ...

25. 10 things I have learned about the iPhone

    (Mobility/Mobility Opinion)

    Thursday, 05 July 2007

    ... quite good Now let’s put this into perspective first: A cellphone camera with a tiny CMOS chip, no matter what resolution it offers, will never be able to match the picture quality you can get from ...

26. New Kodak sensors help digital cameras see in the dark

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Thursday, 14 June 2007

    ... are sensitive to all wavelengths of visible light and can collect a significantly higher proportion of available light.   Kodak said that the technology will be compatible with CMOS and CCD image ...

27. Tessera unveils technology to produce tiny wafer-level digital cameras

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 11 June 2007

    ... the wafer level. Compared to the traditional way of building digital CMOS cameras, which involves optical elements that are created through plastic injection molding and glass molding as well as a relatively ...

28. Love at second sight? Another look at Microsoft’s HD Photo format

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Wednesday, 04 April 2007

    ... What is a niche-application today (but can reveal stunning results) could move into the mainstream in the not too distant future: CCDs and CMOS sensors of digital cameras are capable of recording much ...

29. Sony pitches new DRM technology “CLEFIA”

    (Security/Security Features)

    Friday, 23 March 2007

    ... pave the way to smaller and better performing AV devices. Apparently, the technology achieves a maximum data bandwidth of 1.42 Gb/s in 90 nm CMOS cell libraries, which - according to Sony - would be efficient ...

30. Micron announces HD image sensors for digicams, camcorders

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 08 March 2007

    Your next digital camera could be recording video in high-definition: Micron today said that it is sampling a 5 megapixel CMOS image senor that can record video in 720p resolution at 60 fps. Boise (ID) ...

31. Canon introduces 10 fps EOS-1D Mark III camera

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Thursday, 22 February 2007

    ... that will vibrate dust off the CMOS sensor. A tiny curtain inside the camera will shake for 3.5 seconds when the camera is turned on or off. The shaking can be stopped by pressing the shutter. Unlike point ...

32. Sony to scale back investments in Cell

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 14 February 2007

    ... to concentrate on CCD and CMOS sensors for digital still and video cameras as well as SoC solutions. The cut in investment apparently will not impact the further progress of the processor. Sony is currently ...

33. Canon expands HD camcorder lineup

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Wednesday, 31 January 2007

    ...  The HV20 records video in 1920x1080 interlaced (1080i) resolution on high definition miniDV media. It uses a 2.96 megapixel CMOS image sensor that is also used in the HV10 model and allows both camcorders ...

34. Blackberry 8100 Pearl: Ready for primetime?

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Wednesday, 13 September 2006

    ... cameras that were released over a decade ago deliver similar if not better image quality than the CMOS-chip in the Pearl. The image quality may be enough for MMS-messages, but it's no replacement for a ...

35. Canon's unveils 10.1-megapixel, self-cleaning new Digital Rebel XTi

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Thursday, 24 August 2006

    ... JPEG and 10 RAW images. The new XTi has the same 1.6x lens multiplier ratio as the previous Rebels because the 10.1 megapixels are crammed into the same sized CMOS sensor. Photographers hate dust and resort ...

36. Canon launches compact "full HD" camcorder

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Wednesday, 02 August 2006

    ... products and just recently announced devices one can carry easily in one hand. Canon's HV10 sports a look that resembles most camcorders on the market today, but offers a CMOS Sensor that Canon describes ...

37. HP's develops grain-sized memory chip

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Tuesday, 18 July 2006

    ... developed a tiny memory chip that could bring data storage capabilities to virtually and product. According to HP, the CMOS-based device is about the size of a rice grain and provides a capacity ranging ...

38. 8-megapixel mini-cameras coming

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Friday, 19 May 2006

    ... by Micron. The CMOS chip will also eliminate lag between taking pictures. 8-megapixel resolution images, traditionally restricted to high-end digital SLR cameras, will soon be possible with small point-and-shoot ...

39. Infineon unveils 65nm handset chip

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Friday, 12 May 2006

      Infineon Technologies today unveiled handset chips equipped with its 65nm CMOS process technology and said that products with this new technology are expected to be market-ready towards the end ...

40. New CMOS chip promises HD video for digital still cameras

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Wednesday, 19 April 2006

    Omnivision today announced the availability of a new CMOS image sensor that can record high-definition video. According to the manufacturer, the OV5620 CMOS chip is able to capture 5- megapixel still ...

41. High-definition video production headed for indie filmmaking market

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Monday, 17 April 2006

    ... out to see to just what extent this camera will be revolutionary. The CMOS detector chip used in Silicon Imaging's new MegaCamera HD series video camera...which is all the camera we're allowed to see, ...

42. IBM's WPAN chipset aims to replace high-def cables, Bluetooth

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Tuesday, 07 February 2006

    ... gigabit range. But will the CE industry greet IBM with open arms? San Francisco (CA) - The breakthrough bipolar CMOS (BiCMOS) chip announced today by IBM at the International Solid State Circuits Conference ...

43. CES 2006: Freescale beating WiMedia gang with real UWB products?

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    Wednesday, 04 January 2006

    ... more of a subdued focus on devices and reference designs. Staccato was displaying its Wireless USB reference design developed using a Fujitsu CMOS process and said the first products would likely be "dongles" ...

44. A teardown of iRiver's H10 5 GByte MP3 player

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 29 November 2005

    ... for 8 Mbit X 16 / 16 MByte. It is SST's CMOS Multi-Purpose Flash (MPF) manufactured with SST's proprietary high performance CMOS SuperFlash technology. The device uses a split-gate cell design and a thick ...

45. Micron intros improved image sensors for automotive applications

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 25 October 2005

      Image sensors are reaching into new volume markets beyond the digital camera, Micron one of the leading suppliers of CMOS-based image sensors, today announced the MT9V125 sensor which complements ...

46. CMOS more popular than CCDs for digital cameras

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Monday, 24 October 2005

      Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) image sensor shipments surpassed Charge-Coupled Devices (CCDs) in 2004, according to a report released today by market research firm In-Stat. Complementary ...

47. Sony announces 10-megapixel enthusiast camera

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Brief)

    Thursday, 08 September 2005

      Today Sony announced the Cyber-shot DSC-R1, a new high-end enthusiast digital camera that will include Sony's own large CMOS sensors. Today Sony announced the Cyber-shot DSC-R1, a new high-end ...

48. Samsung shrinks 5 megapixel image sensor

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Monday, 27 June 2005

    ... on mobile phones, digital cameras and camcorders. The 5M CMOS sensor has a 1/2.5" lens aperture with a pixel measurement of 2.2 by 2.2 microns, developed using 0.13-micron process technology, this new ...

49. Micron lays out 2005 projections for CMOS image sensors

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Wednesday, 09 March 2005

      Farhad Rostamian, the strategic marketing director of Micron Technology, explained to DigiTimes in a recent interview how he believes that more applications are going to help boost demand for CMOS ...

50. Taiwan second-tier DSC brands turn to CCD digital camera production

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Wednesday, 28 July 2004

      Taiwan second-tier digital still camera (DSC) makers, in light of decreasing sales of three-megapixel CMOS-based models, have recently turned to producing CCD DSCs. Taiwan second-tier digital ...