Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) has announced that it has successfully developed a 0.11-micron CMOS image sensor (CIS) process technology. With this new...
MagnaChip Semiconductor has announced the closing of its Imaging Solutions business segment, subject to continued support for existing customers. In connection with this action, the...
CMOS sensor supplier Pixart Imaging will report better-than-expected profits for third-quarter 2008 as the result of adjustments to its product mix, cost down efforts, and the depreciation...
CMOS image sensor vendor OmniVision reportedly has been in talks with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC) for allocation...
Due to strong demand for the iPhone 3G, CMOS image sensor supplier Aptina Imaging may not have sufficient products to support notebook makers. The company has asked its 8-inch fab...
After deciding to employ another 8-inch fab for CMOS image sensor production, Samsung Electronics is said to be shipping CMOS image sensor dies instead of wafers to its downstream...
Following OmniVision's announced plan to grow its wafer starts amounts, industry watchers explained the move as being the company's strategy to regain its CMOS image sensor market...
Aptina, a CMOS image sensor making subsidiary of Micron which was officially spun-off on October 3, is reportedly in negotiations with Taiwan-based wafer fabs and DRAM makers to outsource...
Driven by attempts to enhance competitiveness, leading notebook OEMs in Taiwan, including Quanta Computer, are said to be growing their in-house CMOS image sensor development, according...
Pixart Imaging (PXI) is said to have secured CMOS image sensor orders from Asustek Computer with its VGA sensors expected to be used in Eee PCs, according to industry sources.
Samsung Electronics is being more aggressive over its CMOS image sensor deployment with positive feedbacks from notebook makers. By offering its 1.3-megapixel CMOS image sensor at...
A weakening handset market is affecting demand for CMOS image sensors, with CMOS image sensor supplier OmniVision planning on reducing its order volumes to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing...
Competition between leading CMOS image sensor makers Aptina Imaging and OmniVision is intensifying, as both companies are said to be aggressively extending their presence beyond their...
