Inside ToF Proximity Sensor of iPhone 7 PlusSystemplus Consulting publishes reverse engineering report of ST SPAD-based proximity sensor inside Apple iPhone 7 Plus. "The custom Apple device measures 2.80 mm x 2.40 mm, half the size of the rest of STMicroelectronics’s p…Read More
EETimes on ST SPAD Imager in iPhone 8EETimes quotes Yole's analyst Pierre Cambou findings that ST SPAD imager might appear in the oncoming Apple iPhone 8. Few quotes:"Yole’s educated guess is that ST is bringing a brand new 3D (array) imager to Apple iPhone 8 — …Read More
Taiwan Distributors Report High CIS DemandDigitimes: Taiwan-based Coasia Microelectronics and Sunnic Technology & Merchandise, report 17.7% and 18% YoY sales growth, according to industry sources. Coasia distributes CMOS sensors mainly for Samsung, while Sunnic s…Read More
ST SPAD PresentationST kindly permitted me to publish few slides from Bruce Rae presentation "Fully industrialised Foundry SPAD in an optimised 130nm CMOS imaging technology" at Image Sensors Europe in London, UK, on March 15, 2017:Update: ST as…Read More
Rockchip Compares its ISP with AppleEmbedded Vision publishes Rockchip article comparing its AP image processing engine with one from Apple:"The RK1608 utilizes the CEVA-XM4 DSP core to perform frame-based processing, rather than line-based as in ISP. Because i…Read More