Aptina, which supplies a complete lineup of CMOS image sensors, will benefit from the increasing emphasis on camera functionalities and the image processing capabilities of smartphones...

Aptina has announced the opening of a new enginnering center in Hsinchu, Taiwan, in response to growing demand for its products and solutions from the Asia Pacific market.

Toshiba has closed down its plant that produces logic ICs and CMOS image sensors (CIS), including those for handsets, in Iwate, Japan because of the power failure caused by the March...

CMOS image sensor (CIS) supplier Aptina Imaging plans to enhance its VGA level products for 2010, gearing up to tap China's white-box handset market, according to industry sources...

San Jose, CA, November 10, 2009 - Aptina announced today the launch of the MT9F001 camera image sensor, the latest addition to its extensive portfolio of high performance image sensor...

With more Japan-based DSC vendors stepping into the hybrid camera segment, major CMOS image sensor (CIS) suppliers Aptina and OmniVision are expected to vie for growing orders from...

Aptina Imaging plans to use Micron Technology's 8-inch fab in Japan as a CMOS image sensor (CIS) production site since it is still unable to immediately support short lead-time orders...

Competition among Aptina Imaging, Samsung Electronics and OmniVision Technologies in the high-definition (HD) CMOS image sensor (CIS) market is expected to lower product price and...

The supply of CMOS image sensors (CIS) from OmniVision will remain tight in September as well as in the fourth quarter of 2009 as demand from OEM notebook makers and terminal device...

Samsung Electronics has set an internal goal of attaining a 20% share in the global notebook CMOS image sensor (CIS) market in 2009 and an over 30% share in 2010, according to Taiwan-based...

The supply of CMOS image sensors (CIS), which remains tight from Samsung Electronics and Aptina, has also recently fallen short from OmniVision, according to industry sources. The...

Richtek Technology is in talks with camera module makers worldwide for orders of its CMOS image sensor (CIS) controller ICs and is expected to grab market share from Sonix Technology...

Aptina has won exclusive rights to supply 1.3-megapixel CMOS image sensors (CIS) for a new version of the Xbox 360 console under Microsoft's Project Natal technology, and shipments...

Israel-based IC design house Advasense is in talks with several foundries, including Aptina, for future cooperation for the development of CMOS image sensor (CIS) technology, according...

Aptina and Samsung Electronics are supplying 60% and 40%, respectively, of the 5-megapixel CMOS image sensors (CIS) needed by High Tech Computer (HTC) for its new Hero smartphone,...

More designers are entering the CMOS image sensor (CIS) market, but Sandor Barna, vice president of marketing for Aptina, told Digitimes in a recent interview that smaller players...

While OmniVision has been supplying a backside illumination (BSI) solution for 1.4-megapixel CMOS image sensors (CIS) since the third quarter of 2008, Aptina Imaging will switch to...

The proportion of Samsung Electronics' CMOS image sensors (CISs) used in High Tech Computer's (HTC's) handsets is expected to reach 50% with a more competitive pricing at the end...

Continued uptake of cameras in handsets and notebooks is driving growth in the area-array image sensor market, reports In-Stat. Worldwide unit shipments of image sensors in cameraphones...

OmniVision has received 3.2-megapixel CMOS image sensor (CIS) orders for Apple's next-generation iPhone, according to market sources. The company is also said to have secured 5-megapixel...

Due to strong demand for the iPhone 3G, CMOS image sensor supplier Aptina Imaging may not have sufficient products to support notebook makers. The company has asked its 8-inch fab...

Aptina, a CMOS image sensor making subsidiary of Micron which was officially spun-off on October 3, is reportedly in negotiations with Taiwan-based wafer fabs and DRAM makers to outsource...

Competition between leading CMOS image sensor makers Aptina Imaging and OmniVision is intensifying, as both companies are said to be aggressively extending their presence beyond their...