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Toshiba launches 14.6 megapixel CMOS sensor with backside illumination for cellphones
Toshiba launches 14.6 megapixel CMOS sensor with backside illumination for cellphones
Backside illumination may sound like something a proctologist would use in a poorly-lit examining room, but it's actually a re-imagining of the CMOS sensor that brings the photodiodes closer to the action, thus delivering brighter images from smaller packaging. OmniVision and Sony both have ...
News Release 22 Oct, 2009
News Release 22 Oct, 2009
toshiba.co.jp — Image of Dynario TM 3 TOKYO Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO: 6502), a world leader in the development of... fuel-cell technology for handheld electronic equipment, today announced the launch of its first direct methanol fuel-cell product: Dynario , an ... (more) News Release 22 Oct, 2009
Toshiba Dynario fuel-cell: the battery revolution begins October 29th
Toshiba Dynario fuel-cell: the battery revolution begins October 29th
engadget.com — We can hardly believe it but the day has finally arrived: Toshiba just launched the first Dynario... fuel-cell for portable consumer electronics. That's right, the long promised and highly anticipated direct methane fuel-cell (DMFC) with dedicated ... (more) Toshiba Dynario fuel-cell: the battery revolution begins ...
News Release 27 Oct, 2009
News Release 27 Oct, 2009
toshiba.co.jp — TOKYO Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO: 6502) today announced the launch of a new CMOS image sensor that will... bring 14.6 million pixels to digital still cameras and to mobile phones supporting video imaging. The sensor, the latest addition to Toshiba's ... (more) News Release 27 Oct, 2009
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Toshiba: We’ll be mass producing a 14.6 megapixel CMOS sensor for fones in Q3 2010
IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis — ... is still up in the air. Nokia (NYSE: NOK) only has one 8 megapixel camera on the market, and Sony Ericsson (NYSE: SNE) is just now starting to ship their 12 megapixel beast, so 14.6 feels like a millennium away. Remember this however, at the end of the day it’s the optics and image processing algorithms that make or break a camera phone. Don’t let the number on the side of the box fool you. [Press Release, via: Engadget] Related News from IntoMobile: Sony Ericsson planning ...

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