Micron Unveils New CMOS Sensor

Micron has long been a smaller player in the digital camera market as it uses CMOS sensors for its cameras, which are traditionally not as good as the CCD sensors currently used in most mainstream digital cameras, but that could be shifting as Micron has come up with an 8 megapixel CMOS sensor that is the same size as the chips used in current digital cameras.

Micron started producing CMOS image sensors in recent years to help diversify its product portfolio and move away from the volatile market for DRAM (dynamic random access memory) chips, which are used in personal computers.

Micron said it will be the first company to market an eight-megapixel CMOS image sensor that is the same size as most image chips used in digital cameras on the market. Other eight-megapixel chips are much larger, company officials said.

“You don’t have to worry about missing the moment, so to speak,” Venkatraman said. “If your kid is about to score a shot with the soccer ball, you can just hold the shutter down. … You don’t have to worry about whether you got the right shot.”

IdahoStatesman.com

May 18th, 2006 Posted by David in News at 9:43 am Comment Now! »
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