Another interesting observation is that "All of OmniVision’s devices are back illuminated, while all of Aptina’s and Toshiba’s are front illuminated. Sony and Samsung had a mix of front and back illuminated devices winning primary camera sockets (although the majority of sensors from both companies are back illuminated)."
There is a lot of other interesting data in the Chipworks article, well worth reading. Thanks to PD for the link!
I was right last week Aptina does not have any bsi image sensor in production despite the claims by its notorious marketing.
ReplyDeleteSurely one can conclude very little from a limited set of teardowns. Also, the pie chart is a little silly to publish since it is just data from the phones. One model, one count. Doesn't say much about how many of each model is sold or which models were not even purchased for teardown. I am pretty sure right now Samsung is #1 in mobile devices, for example.
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