Press Releases - Aptina

Aptina Showcases Imaging Innovations At 2012 Mobile World Congress

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PST

Barcelona, Spain & San Jose, Calif. - Aptina, a leading provider of CMOS image sensor solutions to Tier 1 mobile device manufacturers and OEMs, will highlight and demonstrate its imaging technologies at their hospitality suite during the 2012 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Sp...

Aptina A-PixHS™ High-Speed BSI Technology Enables A New Class Of High Performance Smartphone Cameras

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PST

San Jose - Aptina, a leading provider of CMOS image sensor solutions to Tier 1 mobile device manufacturers and OEMs, announced today the launch of the 8-megapixel (MP) AR0833 image sensor with Aptina™ A-PixHS™ technology. The new 1/3.2" o...

Aptina Extends Automotive Viewing Application Portfolio With Dynamic SOC

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST

San Jose - Aptina, a leading provider of CMOS image sensor solutions to the industry’s automotive manufacturers and OEMs worldwide, announced today the launch of its new ASX340AT system-on-chip (SOC). This camera viewing solution was designed to mee...

Aptina Surveillance Image Sensor Receives Best Product Award from China's AET Magazine

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 00:00:00 PST

San Jose - Aptina, a leading provider of high performance image sensors for entry-level, mainstream and high-end surveillance camera makers, has received a Best Product Award from the China-based Application of Electronic Technique (AET) magazine for its ...

Aptina Surveillance Image Sensor Wins EDN China Best Product Award for Innovation

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:00:00 PST

San Jose - Aptina, a leading provider of high performance image sensors for entry-level, mainstream and high-end surveillance camera makers, has won a Best Product Award in EDN China's Innovation Awards 2011, for its AR0331 surveillance image sensor, in t...

Aptina Announces Native 1080p System On Chip Solution For High Definition Video Imaging Applications

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:00:00 PST

San Jose - Aptina, a leading provider of CMOS imaging solutions to the world's most popular consumer electronics manufacturers, today announced the AS0260 SOC (system on chip) imaging solution. The 2-megapixel native 1080p SOC delivers exceptional perform...

Aptina Announces 8-Megapixel Smartphone Sensor With Industry Leading Performance

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:00:00 PST

San Jose - Aptina, a leading supplier of CMOS imaging solutions, today announced the expansion of its extensive product portfolio with the production ready AR0832E backside illuminated (BSI) sensor. The AR0832E is a 1/3.2" optical format, 8-megapixe...

Aptina 5-Megapixel Image Sensor High Definition and Performance to Demanding Surveillance Market

Fri, 28 Oct 2011 00:00:00 PDT

Shenzhen, China and San Jose, CA - Aptina, a leading provider of CMOS image sensor solutions to the industry’s popular, mainstream and high-end surveillance camera manufacturers announced today the launch of its new MT9P006 high definition (HD) 5MP image sensor. Designed ...

Aptina Wins Imaging Innovation Award

Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 PDT

San Jose - Aptina, a leading provider of CMOS imaging solutions today announced that its Aptina™ MobileHDR™ technology received the I3A's VISION 2020 Imaging Innovation Bronze award at the 6Sight Mob...

Aptina Launches 2-Megapixel Image Sensor with 720P/30FPS for Mobile Video Applications

Mon, 20 Jun 2011 00:00:00 PDT

San Jose - Aptina, a leading provider of CMOS imaging solutions today announced the introduction of its MT9D015 mobile image sensor. The 1/5-inch, 2-megapixel (MP) sensor meets the growing needs of the mobile market for primary and front-facing cameras fo...

Aptina 8MP Complete Camera Solution Provides Winning Performance for Pantech Vega Racer Smartphone

Mon, 06 Jun 2011 00:00:00 PDT

San Jose - Aptina, a leading innovator of CMOS imaging technology, today announced that its CCS8140 imaging solution has been chosen by Pantech for its primary camera in the newly released Vega Racer smartphone. The smartphone is highly advanced with soph...

Aptina Named 2010 EDN Innovation Award Winner

Thu, 05 May 2011 00:00:00 PDT

San Jose - Aptina, a leading innovator of CMOS imaging technology, today announced that its high-performance,feature-rich APS-C format 16-megapixel (MP) MT9H004 image sensor was selected as a winner in the 2010 EDN Innovation Award competition. Leveraging...

New Aptina East Asia Engineering Center in Taiwan Strengthens Asia Pacific Engineering Support

Wed, 04 May 2011 00:00:00 PDT

Hsinchu, Taiwan and San Jose, CA - Aptina, a leading innovator of CMOS imaging technology, in response to the growing demand for its products and solutions from Asia Pacific markets is opening the Aptina East Asia Engineering Center in Hsinchu, Taiwan. The strategic location ...

Aptina Combines Full HD Resolution With Wide Dynamic Range to Create Next Generation Surveillance Image Sensor

Wed, 20 Apr 2011 00:00:00 PDT

San Jose - Aptina, a leading provider of CMOS image sensors to the industry's most popular surveillance camera manufacturers, announced today the launch of the AR0331surveillance image sensor. The 3.1-megapixel sensor was created to meet the needs of the ...

Aptina Technologies Named Golden Mousetrap Finalists by Design News

Wed, 06 Apr 2011 00:00:00 PDT

San Jose - Aptina today announced that its dynamic response (DR) pixel technology, called Aptina™ DR-Pix™ technology, and Aptina™ MobileHDR™ technology for enhancing dynamic range were named finalists in the 2011 Design News<...

Aptina Congratulates Dr. Eric Fossum on Induction Into The National Inventors Hall of Fame

Thu, 10 Mar 2011 00:00:00 PST

San Jose - Aptina, a leading developer of CMOS imaging solutions congratulates Dr. Eric Fossum on his recent induction into the National Inventors Hall of Fame™ for his invention of complementary metal-oxide semiconductor active pixel image sensor (...

Aptina Named 2010 EDN Innovation Award Finalist

Tue, 22 Feb 2011 00:00:00 PST

San Jose - San Jose, Calif. — February 22, 2011 —Aptina, a leading innovator of CMOS imaging technology, today announced that its high-performance, feature-rich APS-C format 16 megapixel (MP)
Aptina is pleased to announce that its MT9M033 High Dynamic Range (HDR) megapixel image sensor has been named a finalist in the Design News Golden Mousetrap Best Products contest. For more than two decades, Design ...

Aptina Nominated for EDN Innovation of the Year Award

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:00:00 PST

San Jose - Aptina announced today that its MT9M033 High Definition (HD) megapixel image sensor has been named a finalist in this year’s EDN Innovation Awards. Selected from hundreds of applicants, the MT9M033 image sensor is recognized for its uniqu...

Aptina Boosts Mobile Product Portfolio with HD Video Solutions

Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:00:00 PST

San Jose - Barcelona, Spain – February 15, 2010 – Aptina, the leading innovator of CMOS imaging technology, announced today that recent technology advances in addition to the recently released 14-megapixel 1080p60 MT9F011 have enhanced its por...

Aptina Delivers Full HD Video for Mobile Phones With New CMOS Image Sensor

Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:00:00 PST

Barcelona, Spain - Aptina, the leading innovator of CMOS imaging technology, announced today the availability of full HD video (1080p/60fps) for high-end mobile phones with the launch of its new high-resolution 14-megapixel, 1.4-micron MT9F011 mobile camera image...

Aptina Delivers Innovative New Medical Image Sensor Solution

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:00:00 PST

San Jose - Aptina announced today that Given Imaging Ltd.’s PillCam® COLON 2 includes Aptina’s MT9S526 medical image sensor. All three of Given Imaging’s patient-friendly, ingestible PillCam® products for small bowel, esophageal,...

Aptina and eASIC Announce High Definition H.264 Reference Design

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:00:00 PST

San Jose - Aptina, a global provider of image sensor solutions and eASIC Corporation, today announced the immediate availability of a H.264 High Definition (HD) reference design that is capable of supporting up to 720p/30fps rates. The new HD reference de...

Aptina Creates 14 Megapixel High Performance 1.4-Micron Camera Image Sensor

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST

San Jose - Aptina announced today the launch of the MT9F001 camera image sensor, the latest addition to its extensive portfolio of high performance image sensor solutions. The sensor’s high resolution, high speed snapshot and HD video modes, flexib...

Aptina Creates First-of-Its-Kind Surveillance Image Sensor

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST

San Jose - Aptina announced today the launch of the MT9M033 surveillance image sensor, the latest addition to its extensive portfolio of surveillance image sensors solutions. Increased resolution, low-light sensitivity, wide dynamic range a...

Greg Helton Appointed President and Managing Director, Aptina Japan

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:00:00 PDT

San Jose -

(Tokyo, Japan)—September 10, 2009—Aptina announced today the appointment of Greg Helton to President and Managing Director of Aptina Japan. Helton is the first appointment to this role and will b...

Aptina's Ultra-Small Imaging VGA SOC is Big on Quality

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:00:00 PDT

San Jose -

(San Jose, CA)—August 10, 2009—Adding to its growing portfolio of CMOS imaging solutions, Aptina announced today the launch of the MT9V114 VGA image sensor. The complete camera system-on-chip (SO...

David Orton Appointed Chief Executive Officer of Aptina

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:00:00 PDT

San Jose - Aptina’s Board of Directors announced today the appointment of David Orton to Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of Aptina as of August 5, 2009. David Orton succeeds Nicholas Brathwaite who has been the CEO sin...

Micron Technology Reaches Agreement with Riverwood Capital and TPG Capital To Sell Aptina Imaging Corporation

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:00:00 PDT

Boise, Idaho and San Jose, CA - Micron Technology, Inc. (NYSE: MU) today announced that it has signed an agreement to sell a majority interest in its imaging solutions business, Aptina Imaging Corporation, to Riverwood Capital and TPG Capital. As part of the agreement, Micron...

New Aptina Imaging SOC Redefines PC Imaging

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:00:00 PDT

San Jose - Aptina announced today the launch of the MT9V117 VGA camera sensor, a complete system-on-chip (SOC) designed to meet the needs of embedded Notebooks and webcam applications with low module height form factor. The MT9V117 has exceptional l...

Aptina Imaging Expert Awarded 2008 Takayanagi Memorial Award

Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:00:00 PDT

San Jose - Aptina is pleased to announce Junichi Nakamura, Ph.D., Managing Director for Aptina’s Tokyo CMOS Image Sensor Design Center is a recipient of the 2008 Takayanagi Memorial Award for Encouragement. This prestigious honor which is accompanie...

Aptina Expands Mobile Handset Portfolio With 8MP Image Sensor

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 00:00:00 PST

San Jose - Aptina, a leading provider of CMOS image sensors to the industry’s most popular, mainstream and high-end mobile phone manufacturers, announced today the launch of the MT9E013 8MP image sensor. Aptina’s newest multi-megapixel sensor ...

Aptina Ships One Billionth CMOS Image Sensor

Mon, 08 Dec 2008 00:00:00 PST

San Jose - Aptina, a subsidiary created by Micron Technology earlier this year, announced today that it recently shipped its one billionth image sensor. The achievement points to the growing demand for Aptina’s high quality CMOS imaging sensors as w...

New Aptina Image Sensor Created For High End 5mp Mobile Phones

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:00:00 PST

San Jose - Aptina, a leading provider of CMOS image sensors to the industry’s most popular, mainstream and high-end mobile phone manufacturers announced today the launch of the MT9P013 5MP image sensor. Like the image sensor’s predecessor, the...

Aptina Introduces New Image Sensor Solution With Exceptional Low Light Performance To Security Market

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:00:00 PST

San Jose, CA and Munich, Germany - Aptina announced today the launch of the high sensitivity MT9V136 image sensor solution. The sensor’s all-in-one single chip enhanced SOC design offers exceptional low light performance exceeding requirements expected from CCD sensors and...

Aptina Introduces Breakthrough Automotive-Grade Imaging SOC

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 00:00:00 PDT

San Jose, CA and Detroit, MI - Aptina, a global provider of CMOS imaging innovations, today announced the launch of its new multi-function automotive imaging SOC. The single-chip design of the MT9V126 provides new scene viewing functionality that automotive and after-market ...

Aptina Introduces Industry's First 5-Megapixel SOC With 1/4" Optical Format

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:00:00 PDT

San Jose - Aptina Imaging, a leading provider of CMOS image sensors to the industry's most popular, mainstream and high-end mobile phone manufacturers announced today the launch of the industry's first 5MP SOC (System on a Chip) with 1.4-um pixel design a...

Aptina Imaging Introduces First 10-Megapixel CMOS Image Sensor For Point-And-Shoot Digital Cameras

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:00:00 PDT

San Jose - Continuing to push the capabilities of high performance CMOS image sensors, Aptina Imaging, today introduced its new 10-megapixel (part number MT9J001) sensor for digital still camera, digital video and hybrid camera applications. The sensor pr...

Aptina Imaging Boosts Technology Portfolio with New CMOS Enhancements

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:00:00 PDT

San Jose - Aptina Imaging announced today that recent advancements in its CMOS image sensor technology portfolio will be integrated into an array of new products for the mobile phone, high performance, surveillance and automotive markets. Aptina was...

Aptina Imaging 5MP Image Sensor Meeting Demand for Increased Image Quality

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 PDT

San Jose - Aptina Imaging, a leading provider of CMOS image sensors to the indus...

Aptina Introduces New Feature-Rich ISP Companion Chip

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 PDT

San Jose - Aptina Imaging announced today the launch of its new image signal proce...

Aptina Imaging Introduces New High Performance CMOS Sensor for High Definition Broadcasting Video Camera

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT

San Jose - Aptina Imaging, a division of Micron Technology, Inc., today introduced its latest high performance CMOS image sensor (part number MT9E501) which was designed to accommodate super high definition projects for NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation...

Aptina Imaging Integrates Scalado Encoder Technology to Accelerate JPEG Performance Management

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT

San Jose - San Jose and Lund, June 4, 2008—Aptina Imaging, a division of Micron Technology, Inc. today announced that it will integrate Scalado SpeedTags™ technology into future mobile 3 MP and above multi-megapixel SOC designs. Scalado’...

Aptina Imaging Introduces New Image Sensor For Security And Surveillance Cameras

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 PDT

San Jose - Aptina Imaging, a division of Micron Technology, Inc., today introduced its latest high-performance wide-VGA image sensor (product number MT9V033) for surveillance camera applications. The new sensor, available in both color and monochrome vers...

Texas Instruments and Micron’s Aptina Imaging deliver HD quality for IP surveillance networks at analog video camera prices

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:00:00 PDT

Houston and San Jose - As security camera system designers move from aging CCTV to high-quality Internet Protocol (IP) networks, they are challenged with keeping overall system costs down, increasing image quality and reducing camera design complexity and implementat...

Micron Introduces Tiny 2-Megapixel System-on-Chip For Today's Popular Thin Mobile Phones, PC Cameras and PDAs

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:00:00 PST

Boise - Expanding its portfolio of industry-leading digital imaging solutions, Micron Technology, Inc., today introduced a one-fifth inch 2-megapixel (MP) imaging system-on-chip (SOC) for thin mobile phones, PC cameras and personal digital assistants. ...

New Micron Imaging Solution Extends High-Definition Video Capabilities to Ultra-Compact Portable Devices

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:00:00 PST

BOISE, ID and LAS VEGAS - Expanding its portfolio of industry-leading high-definition (HD) digital imaging solutions, Micron Technology, Inc., today introduced a new imaging solution that enables ultra-compact HD digital video cameras for a number of portable devices in...