DALSA Develops 100 MP Image Sensor
DALSA Semiconductor has unveiled (are you ready for this?) a 100 Mega Pixel CCD Sensor! Yes guys and gals that’s not a typo and nothing but the truth. This is as you have guessed by now the world’s highest resolution image sensor chip and measures just four inches by four inches. Let me just again run the resolution of this technological marvel, over 111 million pixels (10,560 pixels x 10,560 pixels at 9µm)!
This rare feat was achieved with help of Navy’s Small Business Innovation Research Program who funded this project. DALSA has made this chip exclusively for the Astrometry Department of the U.S. Naval Observatory (“USNOâ€) and this will help them to gather info regarding positions and motions of stars, solar system objects and other astronomy related stuff. So looks like its gonna stay there ,anyways what will we ever do with a 100 MP camera!
“As with past custom image sensor projects, I’m very satisfied with the versatility and capability of DALSA Semiconductor’s foundry to collaborate on new process enhancements and to manufacture challenging custom CCD image sensor products such as this,†commented STA President, Richard Bredthauer.
“I’m very pleased that we were able to deliver, ahead of schedule, this custom CCD image sensor to our long time DALSA foundry customer, STA,†added Ralf Brooks, President of DALSA Semiconductor. “Completing this challenging, yet successful, project once again illustrates our strong process technology portfolio and our ability to work closely with our customers to create truly unique products.â€
Stumble It! | Posted by Paul on June 23, 2006 10:13 AM
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