Hynix Begins Mass Production of 0.7um Pixels

BusinessKorea: Keeping an earlier promise, SK Hynix has started to mass-production of 50MP sensors with 0.7㎛ pixels. The image quality is said to be "at the same level as Sony products."

Samsung has been manufacturing a 50MP sensor with 0.64㎛ pixels since June 2021. Omnivision announced 200MP sensor with 0.61㎛ pixels.

SK Hynix is expected to supply its 50MP 0.7um sensor to Samsung for use in Galaxy A series of smartphones scheduled to be released in the 2H2021. Previously, SK Hynix supplied 1.0㎛ pixel-based 13MP sensors for Samsung's foldable smartphone Galaxy Z Flip 3.