Marketwire: In-Stat predicts MIPI CSI-2 penetration is to surpass 70% in computing and consumer electronic devices with image sensors by 2016. Smartphones and handsets will account for the largest percentage and highest growth rate of CSI-2 and CSI-3 penetration.
In-Stat expects over 225 million Tablet PC image sensors to ship using MIPI in 2016, with MIPI CSI-3 representing about 20% of these, and MIPI CSI-2 representing 80%.
"Proprietary interfaces prevent devices from different manufacturers from working together and result in industry fragmentation," says Jim McGregor, Chief Technology Strategist. "MIPI’s CSI-2 and CSI-3 provide the entire electronics industry, not just mobile devices, with a standard that is high-speed, low-power, cost-effective, and scalable."
Not surprising. Well, what's new in this prediction. I don't know...
ReplyDeleteCudos to the camera working group that wrote the spec :-)
ReplyDelete@ "Well, what's new in this prediction. I don't know..."
ReplyDeleteYou are right, not so much new. I even think CSI-3 forecasts are too conservative.
QUESTION: Why are there no FPGAs that take MIPI in natively? We are still forced to build level shifters between the MIPI port and the FPGA, to send in a standard LVDS input... what is the best bench top capture solution out there for multi-lane MIPI?
ReplyDeletewhat are the signaling levels then? the fpga lvds specs have very wide Vcm ranges and are capable to accept very low differential voltage inputs..
ReplyDeleteI think the issue is that MIPI runs in a low power single ended mode to send control information (slower) and then runs in a high speed differential mode for data transfer. Each of these two modes run and different levels, frequencies, single vs differential...
ReplyDeletestill not the slightest problem on FPGA's..
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