OmniVision has agreed to allow a consortium of private investors purchase the company for about $1.9 billion. OmniVision makes digital imaging products, such as camera sensors for smartphones. Apple has, for example, used OmniVision’s sensors in the iPhone. OmniVision is based in California, but has manufacturing facilities in Taiwan. The private equity investors purchasing the […]
Apr 30 2015 | Posted in
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OmniVision Technologies today announced that it is working with Almalence to improve the low-light capabilities of its products. Specifically, OmniVision is pairing Almalence’s computational imaging algorithms with its own OV10823 and PureCel OV13850 image sensors. The result, says OmniVision, will be dramatically better image and video capture with these two sensors. For example, Almalence’s low-light […]
Feb 18 2015 | Posted in
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OmniVision has announced two new camera modules for high-end smartphones. The OV23850 and OV21840 PureCel-S are capable of capturing images as large as 23.8 and 21.4 megapixels, respectively. Both sensors use OmniVision’s staked die technology. According to OmniVision, this separates the imaging array from the sensor so OEMs can place other sensors and functionalities in […]
OmniVision on Thursday brought out a new 720p camera sensor tailored just towards shrinking the size of camera-equipped mobile devices. Its OV9724 uses the compan’s most recent 1.4-micron, backside-illuminated pixels to make a dense sensor just slightly under 0.1 inches thick. A smallert option, the OVM9724, is available for tablets or ultralight notebooks where the […]