Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology, one of the world’s largest suppliers of video surveillance cameras, plans to buy a second-hand lithography machine made by Dutch firm ASML Holding for its in-house chip manufacturing operation, according to a source familiar with the matter, marking a big move for the company toward tech self-sufficiency amidContinue Reading

Samsung and Omnivision Claim Smallest Camera Pixels 

Each has made CMOS camera chips with pixel pitches of just 0.56 micrometers Last month, two companies said they have reached the next stage in shrinking the pixels on CMOS camera chips. Both Santa Clara–based Omnivision and South Korea’s Samsung claimed pixels with a pitch of just 0.56 micrometers (measured from the center ofContinue Reading

The IMX715-AAQR1-C is a diagonal 6.4 mm (Type 1/2.8) CMOS active pixel type solid-state image sensor with a square pixel array and 8.46 M effective pixels. This chip operates with analog 2.9 V, digital 1.1 V, and interface 1.8V triple power supply, and has low power consumption. High sensitivity, lowContinue Reading

As part of our continuing mission to reduce cybersecurity risk across U.S. critical infrastructure partners and state, local, tribal, and territorial governments, CISA has compiled a list of free cybersecurity tools and services to help organizations further advance their security capabilities. This living repository includes cybersecurity services provided by CISA,Continue Reading

Atsugi, Japan — Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation today announced the upcoming release of IMX585, a 1/1.2-type 4K-resolution CMOS image sensor for security cameras, which delivers approximately 8 times the dynamic range of conventional model*1 in a single exposure. The new product uses Sony’s proprietary “STARVIS™ 2” technology, which delivers high sensitivityContinue Reading

Diagonal 21.77 mm (Type 4/3) CMOS Image Sensor with Square Pixel for Color Cameras Ver.0.1 Tentative DescriptionThe IMX472-AAJK is a diagonal 21.77 mm (Type 4/3) CMOS active pixel type image sensor with a square pixel array and 21.46 M effective pixels. This sensor incorporates maximum 27 dB PGA circuit andContinue Reading