211 news items tagged CMOS image sensor
IC foundries, designers strengthening tie-up with backend houses
Monday 11 January 2021With demand for diverse chips solutions continuing to grow robustly, Taiwan's foundry houses, IC designers and even EMS providers are all strengthening tie-up with backend houses...
All-round OSAT: Q&A with PTI CEO Boris Hsieh
Monday 14 December 2020Taiwan-based Powertech Technology (PTI) is one of the world's top OSATs with major backend orders from non-Korean memory vendors. PTI has just completed a top management shakeup after...
VIS in talks to acquire 8-inch wafer fab from target seller
Monday 14 December 2020Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) is again seeking to expand its 8-inch wafer foundry capacity through acquisitions to meet ever-booming demand from vendors of power management...
Himax teams up with Edge Impulse for AI chips
Friday 11 December 2020Himax Technologies, dedicated to display driver ICs and timing controller (TCON) chips, is set to accelerate the development of AI chips in 2021 through a recent collaboration deal...
Sony estimates CIS sales for fiscal 2020 to fall 11.8% on weak handset demand
Tuesday 1 December 2020Sony has recently estimated its CMOS image sensor (CIS) sales for fiscal 2020 (April 2020-March 2021) to fall 11.8% on year compared to a 6.5% decline estimated earlier, due mainly...
ASE quietly enhancing CIS backend capability
Monday 16 November 2020ASE Technology's development of its CMOS image sensor backend business has been in a low profile, unlike the development of its other offerings such as wirebonding and system-level...
China CIS startup gets investments from Big Fund, Xiaomi, Huawei
Wednesday 28 October 2020China-based CMOS image sensor (CIS) developer SmartSens Technology has just raised CNY1.5 billion (US$225 million) in a funding round led by the country's second-phase National IC...
PTI to gear up logic IC backend business expansion
Friday 23 October 2020Backend house Powertech Technology (PTI) will step up efforts to expand its logic IC business, aiming to boost the revenue ratio for the segment from nearly 30% to over 40%, according...
CIS suppliers shifting focus to midrange parts
Monday 12 October 2020Major CMOS image sensor (CIS) suppliers including Samsung Electronics and OmniVision reportedly have been pushing sales of midrange CIS components to Chinese handset brands due to...
China pushing for homegrown CIS sector
Friday 14 August 2020China has stepped up the development of its homegrown CMOS image sensor (CIS) industry sector as part of the country's ambitions to achieve self-sufficiency in chips, with SmartSens...
CIS backend firms tap deeper into auto field with On-Semi, Sony
Tuesday 14 July 2020With major CMOS image sensor (CIS) vendors including On Semiconductor and Sony set to put increased focus on automotive applications, Taiwan-based backend houses including Tong Hsing...
CMOS image sensors to resume record run in 2021, says IC Insights
Friday 12 June 2020The fallout from the coronavirus pandemic in 2020 is expected to lower CMOS image sensor sales for the first time in 10 years, but new record-high revenues are seen next year, according...
XMC ramping 50nm SPI NOR flash output
Tuesday 9 June 2020Wuhan Xinxin Semiconductor Manufacturing (XMC), under China's state-owned Tsinghua Unigroup, has reportedly kicked off mass production of its in-house developed 50nm SPI NOR flash...
Yageo obtains massive loan
Wednesday 3 June 2020Yageo has obtained a 5-year syndicated loan of NT$48.5 billion (US$1.6 billion), an amount nearly 60% higher than the company's original expectation, from banks and will use the fund...
Fingerprint-on-display sensor market grows nearly 8-fold in 2019, says Omdia
Thursday 14 May 2020Global shipments of fingerprint-on-display (FoD) sensors expanded by nearly a factor of eight in 2019 as these devices increasingly replace conventional silicon-based capacitive chips...
Taiwan CIS, 3D sensor packagers see revenues rally on strong demand
Tuesday 14 April 2020CMOS image sensor (CIS) devices have seen a rapid surge in demand for security surveillance and video conferencing applications due to lockdowns amid the coronavirus pandemic. This,...
Intel shines in 2019 semiconductor market
Monday 6 April 2020It was a year when global semiconductor revenue fell by the greatest percentage in at least two decades, when eight of the top-10 chip suppliers suffered revenue declines and when...
CIS backend specialists expanding capacity
Tuesday 24 March 2020CMOS image sensor (CIS) backend specialists including Tong Hsing Electronic Industries and Xintec are expanding capacity seeking to satisfy growing demand for multi-lens camera pho...
VisEra to build new color filter plant to serve Sony
Tuesday 3 March 2020Color filter (CF) maker VisEra Technologies, a subsidiary of TSMC, will establish a new plant in Longtan, northern Taiwan and is eyeing new orders from Sony, according to industry...
Xintec turns profitable in 2019, set to gain more from 3D DOE devices
Friday 14 February 2020TSMC-reinvested backend house Xintec will see little seasonality impact on its revenues for the first half of 2020 as robust packaging demand for DOE (diffractive optical element)...
CIS, VCSEL makers see robust demand for ToF phone cameras in 2H20
Friday 7 February 2020Taiwan-based makers of CMOS image sensor (CIS) and VCSEL components are optimistic that multi-lens camera modules incorporating ToF (time of flight) sensing technology will be mass-adopted...
SK Hynix unveils PCIe NVMe SSDs
Wednesday 8 January 2020At the ongoing CES, SK Hynix has unveiled its PCIe NVMe consumer SSD series. The drives are built with SK Hynix' 128-layer 4D NAND flash, just six months after the company announced...
KYEC starting 2020 with robust test orders for 5G, AI, CIS chips
Friday 3 January 2020Taiwan-based testing house King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) is expected to see its first-quarter 2020 revenues hit the highest record ever for the same quarter with monthly revenues to...
Tong Hsing, Kingpak to merge into heavyweight CIS packager in Taiwan
Monday 30 December 2019A heavyweight CMOS image sensor (CIS) packaging firm will be born in Taiwan soon, as Tong Hsing Electronic Industries, a handset CIS backend and wafer reconstruction specialist, has...
Backend partners to gain from Sony CIS capacity expansion in 2020
Tuesday 10 December 2019Taiwan's CMOS image sensor (CIS) packaging specialists including Kingpak Technology, Xintec,VisEra Technologies and Tong Hsing Electronic Industries are expected to benefit significantly...

Samsung S5K8AA HD CMOS imager for ultra-slim smartphones and tablets
Photo: Company, Friday 7 October 2011