OmniVision Technologies
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| Type | Public |
|---|---|
| Traded as | NASDAQ: OVTI |
| Industry | Semiconductors |
| Founded | 1995 |
| Founder(s) | Lin Hsueh Cheng Chiu Chih Chung Shaw Hong Raymond Wu |
| Headquarters | Santa Clara, California, U.S. |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Key people | Shaw Hong (CEO and President) Anson Chan (CFO) |
| Products | CMOS Image sensors |
| Employees | 1300 (2009) [1] |
| Website | www.ovt.com |
OmniVision Technologies Inc. is a corporation that designs and develops digital imaging products. Headquartered in Santa Clara, California, OmniVision Technologies has offices in the USA, Western Europe and Asia, including a design center and testing facility in Shanghai, China.[2] The company supplies Apple Inc. with the back-illuminated CMOS sensor found in the iPhone 4's backside camera.[3]
History [edit]
In 2005, OmniVision Technologies acquired CDM-Optics, a company founded to commercialize wavefront coding.[4]
Products [edit]
In August 2011, OmniVision announced that it was working on a sensor that would allow smartphone cameras to be even smaller.[5]
References [edit]
- ^ "Corporate Fact Sheet". 2010. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
- ^ "OmniVision Locations". Retrieved 13 September 2010.
- ^ Pamela Tufegdzic (3 September 2010). "iPhone 4 Drives Adoption of BSI Image Sensors in Smart Phones". iSupply. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
- ^ Michael R. Tomkins (28 March 2005). "OmniVision acquires CDM Optics". The Imaging Resource. Retrieved 25 September 2010.
- ^ Joshua Goldman, CNET. "Will this sensor power your next smartphone's camera?" August 5, 2011. Retrieved August 5, 2011.
