Novatek Milestones

Novatek site confirms the internal image sensor design efforts and mentions a number of image sensor accomplishments over 2011-13 years:

• Oct 2013:
  Introduce Novatek's 1/4" VGA CMOS Sensor with CVBS output
  Introduce Novatek's first 1/7" HD CMOS Sensor with MIPI Interface
• Sep 2011:
  Introduce Novatek's first HD CMOS sensor
• Feb 2011:
  Introduce Novatek's first CMOS sensor in 1.75um cell size technology

All these sensors are not mentioned among the current products, and their status is unknown.