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Friday 23 January 2009
Demand from traditional notebooks is recovering, say CMOS image sensor makers
CMOS image sensor makers have seen a warming up of image sensor orders for low-end traditional notebooks mostly from Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Dell. Order visibility extends until...
Wednesday 12 November 2008
Korean CMOS image sensor maker expands in China white-box handset market
Seti, a Korea-based CMOS image sensor maker, has succeeded in expanding its CMOS image sensor market share in China to 50%, according to market watchers. Seti's monthly shipments...
Monday 13 October 2008
Image sensor packaging house XinTec to ship 300,000 WL-CSP wafers in 2008
Image sensor and MEMS-chip packaging house XinTec is expected to ship 300,000 wafer-level chip-scale packaging (WL-CSP) wafers in 2008, with shipments to gain more momentum in 2009,...
Monday 6 October 2008
Murata uses robot to highlight sensor products
During the recently concluded CEATEC Japan 2008, Japan-based Murata Manufacturing used a unicycle-riding robot to guide visitors to its booth and highlight the company's products...
Wednesday 24 September 2008
National Semiconductor introduces tool for developing sensor signal path solutions
National Semiconductor claims the industry's first sensor signal path design tool that enables engineers to quickly move from concept to simulation to prototyping of common sensor...
Tuesday 23 September 2008
Taiwan CISM maker Creative Sensor opens new plant in China
Taiwan based contact image sensor module (CISM) maker Creative Sensor Incorporated (CSI) announced the opening of its US$30 million Nanchang plant in China. The company indicated...
Tuesday 16 September 2008
Samsung introduces CMOS image sensor dies to compete with OmniVision
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...
Friday 5 September 2008
Automotive MEMS sensor market to nearly double by 2012, says iSuppli
Driven by new government mandates, global shipments of automotive micro electromechanical systems (MEMS) sensors are expected to nearly double from 2006 to 2012, according to iSupp...
Friday 5 September 2008
OmniVision may be looking to regain China CMOS image sensor market share
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...
Thursday 26 June 2008
Seti cuts VGA CMOS image sensor ASP to below US$1
Seti, a Korea-based CMOS image sensor maker, recently cut its average selling price (ASP) for VGA-resolution CMOS image sensors to below US$1 (US$0.7-0.8), posing a potential threat...