23 news items tagged Aptina
Aptina benefiting from product differentiation via CIS chips, says executive
Thursday 8 November 2012Aptina, 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 opens engineering center in Taiwan
Friday 6 May 2011Aptina 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.
Japan earthquake: Toshiba closes down CIS plant; may result in further tightening of supply
Tuesday 15 March 2011Toshiba 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...
Aptina to supply CIS for white-box handsets
Wednesday 2 December 2009CMOS 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...
Aptina creates 14-megapixel high performance 1.4-micron camera image sensor
Wednesday 25 November 2009San 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...
High-end CIS orders from Japan DSC vendors to grow in 2010
Wednesday 25 November 2009With 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 adds Micron 8-inch fab in Japan to its production line
Friday 20 November 2009Aptina 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...
Global demand for HD CIS to take off in 2010, say Taiwan makers
Tuesday 15 September 2009Competition 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...
Supply of OmniVision CIS to remain tight in 4Q09
Thursday 10 September 2009The 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 aims at 20% notebook CIS market share in 2009, say IC distributors
Tuesday 25 August 2009Samsung 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...
CIS supply continues to tighten
Wednesday 12 August 2009The 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 to stir up CIS controller IC market
Friday 7 August 2009Richtek 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 to be sole supplier of 1.3-megapixel CIS for new Xbox 360, say sources
Wednesday 22 July 2009Aptina 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...
Advasense looking to cooperate with foundries for next-generation CIS technology
Tuesday 21 July 2009Israel-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, Samsung share CIS supply for HTC Hero
Thursday 2 July 2009Aptina 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,...
CIS market to see more consolidation: Q&A with Aptina marketing VP Sandor Barna
Thursday 14 May 2009More 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...
Aptina adopts A-Pix solutions for 1.4-megapixel CIS
Wednesday 13 May 2009While 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...
Samsung expected to increase supply share of CMOS image sensors to HTC
Friday 10 April 2009The 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...
Camera phones, embedded PC cameras propel image sensor market, says In-Stat
Tuesday 7 April 2009Continued 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 lands CIS orders for next-generation iPhone
Friday 3 April 2009OmniVision 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...
Aptina CMOS image sensor supply may not be able to meet demand from notebook makers
Wednesday 17 September 2008Due 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 negotiating with Taiwan wafer fabs and DRAM makers for CMOS image sensor manufacturing
Friday 5 September 2008Aptina, 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...
Aptina and OmniVision competition heats up
Wednesday 25 June 2008Competition 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...