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- CCD
- (1) Consumer Computing Device A low-cost consumer-oriented product that contains a computer, such as a PDA, Internet appliance or specialized mobile device.
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- In 2004 CMOS image sensors passed CCD sensors
- In 2004 Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor CMOS image sensor shipments surpassed Charge-Coupled Devices CCDs, reports In-Stat. This shift was the result of the exploding camera phone market, with shipments more than doubling from 2003 to 2004. While CMOS has surpassed CCDs, CCDs are not going away. They maintain substantial market...
- Tags: CMOS, CCD
- Blog posts 2006-01-10
- CCD market shares: Sony - 41%, Matsushita - 14.6%, Sharp - 13.8%
- Sony dominates the market for CCD chips, which last year generated $1.04 bln in revenues for the firm. With 41% of the market, Sony is three times bigger than its nearest rivals, Matsushita Electric Industrial, with 14.6%, and Sharp with 13.8%, according to market research firm iSuppli.
- Tags: Sony Corp., CCD
- Blog posts 2004-10-13
Additional Resources
- Technology: where on the scale from cure to curse?
- Technology: where on the scale from cure to curse?.....Personally I do believe that eventually when the stark reality hits home, we will pull our collective selves our of the pit, but not before some really hard times around the world. ]:)strategic bee coloniesIf CCD or future bee pandemics became severe...
- Tags: Food & Beverage, bee, colony, strategic colony, bee population, bee colony
- Discussion threads 2008-08-20
- No retail channel for laptop Linux
- No retail channel for laptop LinuxPlease do not forgetthat many of the reviews posted online at Wal-Mart their disatisfaction with the system.Yes these were in most cases "newbies" but the point:That unless the person is very sure of what they are buying, in the end if they dislike it, they...
- Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, laptop computer, Linux, netbook, Dell Computer Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-08-13
- Nikon announces six new Coolpix cameras: P6000, S710, S60, S610c, S610, and S560
- Nikon announces six new Coolpix cameras: P6000, S710, S60, S610c, S610, and S560Megapixel WarI think the megapixel war is getting a bit out of hand. 14.5MP is a small point and shoot? Those things use such tiny CCD's. On a big SLR with ~1" CCD is fine, but these are...
- Tags: S560, S610c, S610, P6000, Coolpix, S710, Nikon Corp., camera
- Discussion threads 2008-08-08
- Nikon AF-S DX VR 18-200mm f3.5-5.6G IF-ED
- One of the blessings of an SLR can also be a curse: having to choose which lenses to carry, which means finding the right balance between weight and bulk, and having the focal lengths you need. The Nikon AF-S DX VR 18-200mm f3.5-5.6 G IF ED lens offers Nikon shooters...
- Tags: Nikon Corp.
- Product reviews 2008-07-21
- Nikon AF-S DX 16-85mm f3.5-5.6 G ED VR lens
- For those looking to go beyond what a kit lens has to offer their Nikon dSLR, there's Nikon's AF-S DX 16-85mm f3.5-5.6 G ED VR. Compatible with all Nikon DX digital SLRs including the D300, D60, and D40, there's an awful lot to decipher in its name. geekbox...
- Tags: Nikon Corp., aperture
- Product reviews 2008-06-11
- Pentax K20D (body only)
- Photo gallery:Pentax K20DIn case you haven't been paying close attention to the digital SLR market lately, there's been a shift toward CMOS sensors. Though Pentax has stuck with CCD for its entry-level K200D SLR, they have moved to a 14.6-megapixel CMOS chip in their new flagship K20D. That puts it...
- Tags: body design, Pentax K20D, Pentax
- Product reviews 2008-05-28
- Via open sources laptop designs; Will it make Via relevant as a chipmaker again?
- Via has open sourced a laptop--computer assisted design documents, 3D models and all of the specifications--but let's be clear about the motives. Via wants to sell more chips and motherboards to power this device with hopes to become a little more relevant. Via calls this contraption the...
- Tags: Open Source, Motherboard, Laptop Computer, Laptop Design, Wireless Module Option, Module Option, Chipsets, CAD, Notebooks, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Software, Notebooks & Tablets, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-27
- Photos: What you see is how you drive
- An eye-tracking system from Japan's Nac Image Technology watches you watching the road to help automakers create safer cars.Built-in cameras are now standard issue with cell phones. Could they someday become a common feature in your car? Automakers are starting to offer, for instance, backup cameras to augment or maybe...
- Tags: Automobile Company, Photograph, Camera, It', Manufacturing, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2008-05-23
- Olympus E-520 dSLR debuts
- Cue "The Price is Right" music -- Olympus E-520 dSLR, come on down! In today's news, Olympus announced their E-520 this morning, the replacement for the E-510. Notable improvements in the new body include sensor-shift stabilization (including an updated system with a mode that...
- Tags: Body, Olympus Corp., ISO, Iso standards, Process Improvement, Pricing, Quality, Business Operations, Marketing, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-05-13
- Forget WiFi, how about built-in GPS in your digital camera?
- While camera makers like Panasonic and Nikon are busy adding Wi-Fi capability to their cameras, Taiwanese ODM Altek has announced a point-and-shoot with built-in GPS and automatic geotagging capabilities which it expects to begin shipping by summer. So now it looks like the 3G iPhone isn't the...
- Tags: Janice Chen
- Blog posts 2008-04-21
- Ricoh GR Digital II
- Zoom lenses have become so ubiquitous in cameras these days that a lot of people take them for granted, despite the fact that they have no trouble using a one-time-use camera at a wedding or on an action-packed vacation. Ricoh is banking that there are enough people who can skip...
- Tags: GR Digital II, camera, Ricoh Corp., adapter
- Product reviews 2008-04-04
- Panasonic HDC-SD9
- With its eye-catching, compact body and relatively low price, the Panasonic HDC-SD9 seems to be quite an attractive buy for a flash-based AVCHD camcorder. At 11.7 ounces with battery and SD card and only 3.6 inches long, it's certainly one of the smallest and lightest full-size camcorders we've ever tested,...
- Tags: Engineering, face-detection mode, battery, Panasonic, LCD, camcorder
- Product reviews 2008-03-17
- Datasqueeze (bin)
- Datasqueeze is a graphical interface for analyzing data from 2D x-ray diffraction detectors (wire, image plate, CCD), running on Windows, Linux, and Macintosh OS X. The interface is simple and intuitive, and the program is easy to use even for those new to x-ray diffraction analysis. Datasqueeze is particularly useful...
- Tags: Polymer, Analysis, Datasqueeze Software
- Software downloads 2008-02-27
- Sony announces two new line-topping cameras: Cyber-shot DSC W300 and DSC-H50
- Apparently announcing 10 cameras at PMA wasn't enough for Sony. Today the electronics company announced two more cameras to top off its Cyber-shot W and H series: the Cyber-shot DSC-W300, a 13.6 megapixel compact point-and-shoot and the Cyber-shot H50, a 9.1 megapixel megazoom model.Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W300 Showing no signs...
- Tags: Sony Corp., Camera, Noise Reduction, Janice Chen
- Blog posts 2008-02-25
- Lensless camera for nanoscale imaging
- Australian and U.S. scientists have developed a lensless camera which uses X-rays to view nanoscale materials and biological specimens. As says one researcher, 'there is no lens involved at all; instead, a computer uses sophisticated algorithms to reconstruct the image.' Future microscopes equipped with these lensless cameras could be used...
- Tags: Imaging, Scientist, Image, Camera, Argonne National Laboratory, Advanced Photon Source, X-ray, X-ray Energy, Document Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-02-25
- Datasqueeze (msi)
- Datasqueeze is a graphical interface for analyzing data from 2D x-ray diffraction detectors (wire, image plate, CCD), running on Windows, Linux, and Macintosh OS X. The interface is simple and intuitive, and the program is easy to use even for those new to x-ray diffraction analysis. Datasqueeze is particularly useful...
- Tags: Polymer, Analysis, Datasqueeze Software
- Software downloads 2008-02-04
- ACH Universal (exe)
- ACH Universal allows you to easily create ACH transactions for: Collections from customers Payments to vendors and governmental agencies Payroll to employees Consolidating funds between accounts in different banksEasily installed on a desktop computer, SQL, or Citrix Meta Frame Server, ACH Universal provides an easy-to-use, affordable, automated file creation and...
- Tags: Accounting, Payroll, ACH Universal, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Finance
- Software downloads 2008-01-24
- IRIS (zip)
- IRIS offers numerous and powerful functions of image processing in the field of the digital astronomical images. Iris is particularly optimized to exploit the images that come from CCD cameras. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: Image, Iris
- Software downloads 2008-01-16
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