New CMOS imager threatens CCD supremacy

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Foveon Corp., Santa Clara, CA, is working on a CMOS-based image sensor that the company says can produce images as clear and sharp as those generated by charge-coupled devices (CCD). Until now, CCDs have been the technology of choice for use in digital cameras. CMOS sensors are less expensive than CCDs and are easier to use. According to Richard Lyon, Foveon's chief scientist, a 50 percent saving for CMOS is probably conservative, and 90 percent is not out of the question.

Product development, Photographic equipment and supplies, Photographic and Photocopying Equipment Manufacturing, Computer Peripheral Cameras, Planning, Product information, Camera industry, Digital cameras, Electronic cameras, Digital camera, Company technology development, Company product planning, Foveon Inc.

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Seeing stars with digital eyes

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Charge-coupled devices (CCD) installed in a telescope on board NASA'a Orbiting Chandra X-Ray Observatory demonstrate how such devices can be used to facilitate astronomical research. The worldwide market for CCDs, used in applications such as digital cameras, is currently valued at about $1 billion, with scientific applications being a specialized market worth approximately $100 million annually. The market for CCDs could be eroded by another promising technology, CMOS image sensors.

Optoelectronic Devices, Usage, Equipment and supplies, Astronomical research, Optoelectronics industry, Optoelectronic device

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Germs that build circuits: with viruses serving as construction crews and DNA as the blueprint, biotechnology may hold the key to postlithography ICs

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Research involving biological self-assembly could represent the future of postlithography integrated circuits (IC). Viruses directed by genes encoded in DNA would assemble nanometer-scale structures.

Semiconductor Devices, Forecasts, trends, outlooks, Biological Product (except Diagnostic) Manufacturing, Integrated & Hybrid Circuits, Drugs, Integrated Circuits, Molecular Biological Products, Innovations, Semiconductor chips, Semiconductor device, Electronic components, Integrated circuit fabrication, Specialty chemicals, Nanotechnology, Biotechnology, Standard IC

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