Micron Technology, Inc., Introduces Advanced Feature Set with New 2-Megapixel System-On-A-Chip Image Sensor for Mobile Handsets.BOISE, Idaho “Boise” redirects here. For other uses, see Boise (disambiguation). Boise is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Idaho. It is the county seat of Ada County and the principal city of the Boise metropolitan area. & CANNES, France -- New Sensor enables high resolution and small form factor cameras for multimedia-capable handsets Micron Technology Micron Technology ("Micron") NYSE: MU is a multinational company based in Boise, Idaho, USA, best known for producing many forms of semiconductor devices. This includes DRAM, SDRAM, flash memory, and CMOS image sensing chips. , Inc., (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :MU) a leading, global memory and image sensor An image sensor is a device that converts a visual image to an electric signal. It is used chiefly in digital cameras and other imaging devices. It is usually an array of charge-coupled devices (CCD) or CMOS sensors such as active-pixel sensors. supplier, today announced the launch of their new 2-megapixel system-on-a-chip (SOC) sensor featuring DigitalClarity(TM) technology. The new ultra low-power MT9D111 integrates Micron's advanced 2-megapixel sensor core with a new generation of image processing image processing Set of computational techniques for analyzing, enhancing, compressing, and reconstructing images. Its main components are importing, in which an image is captured through scanning or digital photography; analysis and manipulation of the image, accomplished technologies in one monolithic integrated circuit The common form of chip design, in which the base material (substrate) contains the pathways as well as the active elements that take part in its operation. . The MT9D111 is currently sampling to select customers with general sampling expected in April. The MT9D111 introduces advanced features that enable easier design implementation and faster time-to-market for mobile phone makers. This camera-on-a-chip SOC device provides newly-incorporated functions, including an integrated microcontroller that achieves more efficient image processing, global reset to avoid image bending, and pixel binning for enhanced image viewing. The microcontroller also increases the device's flexibility to adjust color and other image processing functions, and the integrated auto focus and JPEG JPEG in full Joint Photographic Experts Group Standard computer file format for storing graphic images in a compressed form for general use. JPEG images are compressed using a mathematical algorithm. compression save design cost and space normally incurred by a required companion chip. The MT9D111 is one of the first SOC devices with integrated and flexible auto focus and real-time JPEG compression. "Micron's new SOC sensor integrates advanced technology that delivers expanded functionality to better support handset manufacturers' product offerings at a time when consumers are demanding superior imaging quality," said Farhad Rostamian, Micron's Strategic Marketing Director. "Handset manufacturers require flexible solutions without compromising image quality, ease of integration or time-to-market. This new sensor device is designed to provide a level of image quality and performance essentially in the same class as digital still cameras with similar resolution. Additionally, the ease of use and overall performance of the new device has been validated by our leading customers." "The novelty of cameras in phones has evolved into customers demanding lasting picture quality," said Rostamian. "People want a photo they can be proud of. On a separate yet equally compelling level, service providers want their customers to carry a camera phone that captures images they'll want to email - again and again. That requires more than just a higher resolution sensor. It demands one that can capture a high quality image in any lighting condition, and process that image into a compressed format the handset can then store and transmit - and do it all at a low-power threshold. Micron's MT9D111 achieves these performance requirements." Additional features enabling new handset designs include: a sophisticated image flow processor, 10 bit on-chip ADC (1) See A/D converter. (2) (Apple Display Connector) A peripheral connector from Apple that combines digital video display, USB and power in one cable. , advanced color interpolation interpolation In mathematics, estimation of a value between two known data points. A simple example is calculating the mean (see mean, median, and mode) of two population counts made 10 years apart to estimate the population in the fifth year. for truer colors and sharper details; and very fast auto white balance with gray-scale detection providing better color across a wide range of lighting conditions. Visit Micron's Web site, www.micron.com, to obtain more information on this new 2-megapixel SOC device, product evaluation kits and software support for easy integration. Micron Technology, Inc., is one of the world's leading providers of advanced semiconductor solutions. Through its worldwide operations, Micron manufactures and markets DRAMs, Flash memory, CMOS image sensors, other semiconductor components and memory modules for use in leading-edge computing, consumer, networking, and mobile products. Micron's common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. (NYSE) under the MU symbol. To learn more about Micron Technology, Inc., visit its Web site at www.micron.com. |
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