At 17:11 2/11/02, Winsor Crosby wrote:
The end of 35mm just arrived: http://www.eetimes.com/story/OEG20000912S0048
SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Foveon Inc. here today announced the
world's highest resolution image sensor based on a 0.18-micron CMOS
process developed by National Semiconductor Corp. The startup
company and National also claimed that the new 16.8 million-pixel
sensor was the industry's largest mixed-signal IC, with nearly 70
million transistors on a chip
--
Winsor Crosby
Long Beach, California
Winsor,
An interesting find and a "breakthrough."
Haven't done the math yet, but I believe memory devices will need to
make a quantum leap if someone is going to use this at full
resolution! Also imagining the cost of it, for at least a while,
will be astronomical.
-- John
Apparently it is immediately going into a Sigma SLR for $3000. Like
the usual chip improvement rate there should be a 33 megapixel model
by the end of 2003, and the 16 meg will be cheap. The era of
disposable pro cameras is upon us. Three year life?
Here is a review with some images of a preproduction version of the chip.
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0202/02021103foveonx3preview.asp
--
Winsor Crosby
Long Beach, California
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