LiDAR vs RADAR for self-driving cars
LiDAR vs RADAR LiDAR vs RADAR is an interesting topic, especially after recently in Feb Tesla has announced to remove RADAR mainly because of accuracy and signl/noise issue. Tesla CEO also…
How to write a business plan (explained in bullets and pictures)
Basically, answer the following 4W and 1H questions. Why?Why now?Why you?What to do?How to win? Reference: How to write a business plan in 9 steps https://www.shopify.com/blog/business-plan Draft an executive summary.Describe…
1Mpix iToF depth camera module from Analog Devices
The ADTF3175 is a complete Time-of-Flight (ToF) module for high resolution 3D depth sensing and vision systems. Based on the ADSD3100, a 1 Megapixel CMOS indirect Time-of-Flight (iToF) imager, the…
Phone camera market is slowing
According to a market report from China “global mobile phone image sensor market is declining, and it is recommended to deploy multi-level product lines, combined with production capacity advantages, to…
Stacked Image Sensor Architectures
In a paper titled “Evolution of Image Sensor Architectures With Stacked Device Technologies” in IEEE TED (June 2022) Y. Oike writes: The evolution of CMOS image sensors and their prospects…
Global Mobile and Notebook Market Decline in 2022
Global Mobile Market Decline by ~5% in 2022. MizuhoSecurities maintains their fundamental view that momentum will be stronger for high-end smartphones than for middle- and low-end smartphones and stronger for…
Wafer capacity for image sensors: East Asia domination
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
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…
China Smartphones and iPhone Sales
China’s smartphone sales declined for 10 consecutive weeks since the 6th week of 2022 when compared to the same period in 2021, according to Counterpoint Research. Weakened consumer sentiment caused…
Semiconductor Trends: Qualcomm, MTK, Intel, Samsung
In Feb 2022, Qualcomm announced its fifth-generation 5G modem design: the Snapdragon X70. Qualcomm has announced new features and milestones for the Snapdragon X70 5G modem ahead of its commercial availability. Qualcomm…