Samsung CMOS Image Sensor


Taipei (iTers News) – Samsung Electronics today opened its eighth annual Samsung Mobile TauSolutions Forum at the Westin Taipei Hotel, Taipei, Taiwan, throwing a spotlight on an array of groundbreaking low-power mobile semiconductor technologies.


Highlighting its exhibits was a 32 nanometer (nm) dual-core application processor, Exynos 4212, an ultra high-speed LPDDR3 memory, an advanced CMOS image sensor solution, and a 20nm –class high-performance eMMC embedded NAND solution.


Kicking off the conference with his welcome remark, Dr. Oh-hyun Kwon, president of Device Solutions, Samsung Electronics, said, “The role of hardware solutions in improving system performance will continue to grow as the increased level of software sophistication and the introduction of new interfaces call for ever more powerful hardware components operating at minimal energy levels.”


Added he, “Early development and timely market availability of next generation semiconductor technology in collaboration with industry partners, creates new market values and greater opportunities for customers and end users,”


The 32 nanometer Exynos 4212 applications processor is built around a dual core ARM Cortex A9 processor and other peripherals like memory controllers, interface bus and applications firmware.


The Exynos 4212 chip is now powering a wide array of smart phones, including Samsung’s Galaxy S II.


The advanced CMOS image sensor solutions include a 1/8.2 inch 1.2 megapixel imager and a 1/2.3 inch 16megapixels high-sensitivity imager. The 20nm-class high-performance eMMC solution is a multichip package architecture that makes up of an embedded storage solution with MMC interface, NAND flash memory chips and microcontroller in a small ball grid array (BGA) package.


Samsung said those mobile chip portfolios can all combine together to provide a power-thriftier and user-friendlier hardware platform that will be able to power a variety of intuitive and user experience-richer mobile devices like smart phones and tablet PCs.


Dr. Kwon said, “User interfaces and software have become driving forces in the rapidly growing mobile industry. But, enriching the user experience requires a proliferation of powerful and highly efficient hardware that can form an innovative platform of building blocks for next generation of interfaces and more sophisticated software. We think our mobile chip offerings are good fit for those requirements.”


Samsung also announced a new microsite, designed to serve as an informational hub for the company’s customers, partners and the general public. The microsite will provide information on specific processor products, various partnership programs and the overall Exynos family.


 


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