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Thursday 29 May 2014
Computex 2014: Etron to showcase 3D image sensor chips
Etron Technology will showcase its 3D image sensor chip, the eSP870, at Computex Taipei 2014 from June 3-7. The chip supports dual sensors for 3D image capture and real-time depth...
Monday 26 May 2014
Foundry houses, IC design vendors vying for fingerprint sensor orders
Wafer foundry houses as well as more Taiwan-based IC vendors will vie for the growing fingerprint identification sensor orders from the smartphone sector in the second half of 2014,...
Monday 12 May 2014
Pixart Imaging expects gesture sensor shipments to take off in 2H14
Taiwan-based CMOS and imaging sensor design house Pixart Imaging has won adoption of gesture sensors from South Korea-based smartphone vendor Pantech and expects shipments of such...
Thursday 8 May 2014
TXC sets aside NT$600 million for 2014 capital expenditure
Quartz crystal component maker TXC, in order to expand production capacity, has set aside a budget of NT$600 million (US$19.8 million) for capital expenditure in 2014, the company...
Friday 18 April 2014
Sensor hubs make big gains while enabling the future of sensing, says IHS
Sensor hubs that offload tasks from power-hungry application processors and let mobile devices like smartphones and tablets run longer on a single battery charge are reaping gains...
Wednesday 13 November 2013
Atmel moves its groundbreaking XSense touch sensor into mass production
In response to the increasing demands for curved and edgeless designs of various touch-enabled products, Atmel announced its revolutionary XSense flexible touch sensor is shipping...
Tuesday 12 November 2013
OmniVision rolls out 13-megapixel image sensor for mobile devices
OmniVision Technologies has announced the OV13850, a 13-megapixel image sensor for mobile devices. The OV13850's power efficiency makes it a camera solution for high-end smartphones...
Thursday 7 November 2013
Atmel achieves Windows 8 certification for XSense, the innovative flexible touch sensor material
Atmel Corporation, a global leader in microcontroller (MCU) and touch technology solutions, announced the company's groundbreaking XSense flexible touch sensor has achieved Windows...
Tuesday 5 November 2013
Apple spurs massive growth in smartphone fingerprint sensor market, says IHS
As it has done so often before, Apple is triggering a new technology boom, with its integration of a fingerprint sensor on the iPhone 5s inspiring a wave of imitators that will drive...
Wednesday 23 October 2013
Opto, sensor and discrete IC market growth slows in 2013, says IC Insights
Several years after a strong recovery from the 2008-2009 downturn, the market for optoelectronics, sensors/actuators, and discrete semiconductors (O-S-D) is bumping and grinding its...
Friday 18 October 2013
Semiconductor magnetic sensor market to rise 7% in 2013, says IHS
Semiconductor magnetic sensors are on track to attain 7% revenue growth in 2013, thanks to widespread adoption in the automotive sector, according to IHS.
Thursday 17 October 2013
QuickLogic introduces low-power sensor hub solution
QuickLogic has unveiled its ArcticLink 3 S1, an ultra-low power platform for managing sensors of mobile devices. The S1 platform integrates sensor management and fusion, optimizes...
Monday 9 September 2013
Gesture-based user interfaces in smartphones and tablets spur fast growth for proximity sensors, says IHS
The market for sensors that track hand movements in conjunction with touch screens is growing explosively as smartphones, tablets and other products increasingly incorporate gesture...
Monday 12 August 2013
Delayed fingerprint sensor production to limit initial shipments of iPhone 5S to 3-4 million units in 3Q13, say sources
Production of Apple's next iPhone, commonly referred to be the iPhone 5S and is scheduled to be unveiled on September 10, could reach only 3-4 million units in the third quarter of...
Wednesday 24 July 2013
Apple shifts touch sensor structures toward in-cell in mobile phones, film in tablets, says DisplaySearch
Apple's adoption of two new touch sensor structures, in-cell for the iPhone 5 and GF2 (double-sided ITO film) for the iPad, has produced shifts in the touch-panel industry supply...