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Intel-Tower deal shines light on machine vision
1 March 2022
Greg Blackman examines the importance of Tower foundries to machine vision sensor firms, following Intel’s acquisition
Tower Semiconductor
Gpixel enters 3D market with time-of-flight sensor
6 May 2021
The GTOF0503 sensor features a 5µm three-tap iToF pixel, incorporating an array with a resolution of 640 x 480 pixels
SWIR cost cut: Imec achieves 1.82µm pixels
18 February 2021
Greg Blackman speaks to Imec’s Paweł Malinowski about the institute’s new quantum dot SWIR sensor
Time-of-flight sensor for 3D imaging and face recognition
15 December 2020
Tower Semiconductor and Opix, a supplier of 3D time-of-flight (ToF) image sensors, have developed an iToF technology platform for 3D imaging
The Moon landing was 50 years old in 2019. Zeiss lenses were used to capture this image
The best of 2019
23 December 2019
The last year has been one of consolidation for the machine vision industry, along with a slowdown in the markets that machine vision serves
TowerJazz releases world's smallest global shutter pixel
28 January 2019
Image sensor foundry, TowerJazz, has released a global shutter CMOS image sensor with a pixel size of 2.5µm, the smallest global shutter pixel in the world, the company stated
Newsight and TowerJazz announce high-volume lidar CMOS production
10 May 2018
Israeli firm Newsight Imaging is to produce CMOS image sensors for high-volume automotive lidar markets using TowerJazz’s foundry in Israel
Gpixel 150 megapixel CMOS image sensor
31 March 2014
TowerJazz, a specialty foundry leader, and Gpixel, a custom IC design house in China, has released the Gpixel 150 megapixel full-frame CMOS image sensor using TowerJazz's TS18IS technology
Latest issue
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A roundup of some of the latest embedded vision technology
Glass inspection normally involves different illumination methods. Credit: MSTVision
Tim Hayes provides a window into how to find defects in glass
Mathias Bochow, GFZ Helmholtz Centre, Potsdam, is working on the Trace project to track marine plastic. Credit: Frank Schweikert, Aldebaran Marine Research & Broadcast (www.aldebaran.org/en/)
Abigail Williams speaks to scientists tracking marine plastic using satellite spectral imagery
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Tim Reynolds finds out how vision and AI algorithms are making cities safer
Anne Wendel, director of VDMA Machine Vision
Anne Wendel, director of VDMA Machine Vision, on how the mechanical engineering sector could be affected by the war in Ukraine
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Greg Blackman examines the importance of Tower foundries to machine vision sensor firms, following Intel’s acquisition
