Samsung Unveils 8.4 CIS Chip
Today in Korea, Samsung Electronics Co.,Ltd announced an 8.4 megapixel (Mp) CMOS image sensor (CIS) with a 1.4 megapixel design. The chip would produce high signal to noise ratio by using light sensing features and minimized noise levels. The CIS only uses one-tenth the power of a CCD image sensor and is ideal for mobile phones, digital cameras and camcorders.