Business Wire: PrimeSense announced that its Immersive Natural Interaction solutions will be embedded in WAVI Xtion, a next generation user interface device developed by ASUS for PC-based media centers. WAVI Xtion is scheduled to be commercially available during Q2 2011 and released worldwide in phases.
In addition, ASUS also adopts PrimeSense solutions to introduce the world’s first PC-exclusive 3D sensing professional development solution, Xtion PRO, for software developers to easily create their own gesture-based applications and software. Xtion PRO is scheduled to be commercially available in February 2011.
PrimeSense and ASUS are also working together to promote and support the OpenNI developer community with developer kits.
Toshiba New Division Focuses on Image Sensors
Toshiba announced a series of measures to transform its System LSI business, with the goal of boosting profitability by switching to fabless and fablite models, effective on January 1, 2011. The main focus has been on promoting analog ICs, CMOS image sensors and digital SoCs, discontinuing unprofitable products, and restructuring the back-end process through consolidation and increasing overseas production ratio.
The System LSI division will be reorganized into two: the Logic LSI Division, and the Analog and Imaging IC Division. The Analog and Imaging IC Division will concentrate on analog ICs and imaging ICs, particularly CMOS image sensors, and use existing production lines at Oita Operations, including 300mm wafer lines, and Iwate Toshiba Electronics Co., Ltd.
The System LSI division will be reorganized into two: the Logic LSI Division, and the Analog and Imaging IC Division. The Analog and Imaging IC Division will concentrate on analog ICs and imaging ICs, particularly CMOS image sensors, and use existing production lines at Oita Operations, including 300mm wafer lines, and Iwate Toshiba Electronics Co., Ltd.
Nokia N8 Uses Toshiba Sensor
In October I missed Chipworks N8 reverse engineering report revealing that the Nokia's best camera phone uses 12MP 1.75um-pixel sensor from Toshiba (no surprises). The sensor die has HES7 mark on it:
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