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Wafer capacity for image sensors: East Asia domination

By sensing-aiot June 5, 2022Image Sensing

From Semiconductor Digest news: Global installed capacity for image sensors was one million 200mm-equivalent wafers per month at the end of 2021. According to the new Global Wafer Capacity 2022…

Rethinking Camera and Algorithm Design for Task-Specific Imaging

By sensing-aiot May 22, 2022Image Sensing

A team from MIT Media Lab has posted a new arXiv preprint titled “Physics vs. Learned Priors: Rethinking Camera and Algorithm Design for Task-Specific Imaging”. Abstract: Cameras were originally designed…

Image Sensor Market Updates

By sensing-aiot April 4, 2022Image Sensing, Market Invest

Sigmaintell report on smartphone image sensors According to Sigmaintell, the global mobile phone image sensor shipments in 2021 will be approximately 5.37B units, a YoY decrease of about 11.8%; among which,…

SWIR Sensor Tech Intro

By sensing-aiot January 15, 20224D Sensing, Image Sensing, Market Invest

Photonics Spectra conference held on-line this week (with free registration) features IDTechEx analyst Matthew Dyson presentation “Emerging Short-Wavelength Infrared Sensors.” Few slides from the presentation: Originally published at http://image-sensors-world.blogspot.com.

TrendForce: 4-camera Modules in Smartphones Become Less Popular

By sensing-aiot January 15, 2022Image Sensing, Market Invest

According to TrendForce, triple camera modules surpassed dual camera modules to become mainstream in 2020 and drove the continued growth of smartphone camera module shipments. Annual smartphone camera module shipments…

Photon Counting Camera Use Cases

By sensing-aiot December 12, 2021Image Sensing

Hamamatsu publishes a new flyer for its Orca-Quest qCMOS camera with example applications for its photon resolving capability:

Evolution of Scientific Image Sensors

By sensing-aiot December 12, 2021Image Sensing

IEEE Buenaventura Section publishes a presentation “Evolution of Scientific Image Sensor ICs — Past, Present, and Future” by Atul Joshi , CEO and chief innovation officer of SAAZ Micro Inc.

The latest development trends in CMOS Image Sensors.

By sensing-aiot December 6, 2021Image Sensing, Market Invest, Time of Flight

Techinsights releases a free ebook “The latest development trends in CMOS Image Sensors.” This is a recap of a presentation given by Ziad Shukri at IISW 2021: the latest analysis…

Smartphone Rear Cameras Resolution Grows, Front Resolution Stays Flat

By sensing-aiot November 13, 2021Image Sensing, Market Invest

Counterpoint publishes a report on smartphone camera resolution trends: “ Despite supply shortages, smartphone rear cameras are increasingly adopting high-resolution image sensors, which continue to penetrate lower-end smartphone segments. According…

Thermal Imaging Market 2021-26

By sensing-aiot November 7, 2021Image Sensing, Market Invest

Yole Developpement: In 2020, thermal imaging and sensing took center stage in the fight against COVID-19. After an Elevated Body/Surface Temperature (EBT/EST) camera sales gold-rush for a great many manufacturers,…