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OmniVision’s New Smartphone Sensor Promises the Industry’s ‘Highest Dynamic Range’

Image sensor maker OmniVision announced a new Type-1 image sensor for flagship-grade smartphones. The image sensor promises improved video performance and “the mobile phone industry’s highest dynamic range.” The new OV50X image sensor, as reported by Digital Camera World, promises an industry-leading “close to” 110 decibels of dynamic range. “Smartphones are used in the majority…

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Who is Yu Renrong, China’s only chip industry representative at Xi Jinping’s symposium?

Who is Yu Renrong, China’s only chip industry representative at Xi Jinping’s symposium?

Yu Renrong, the only semiconductor executive to attend a symposium hosted by Xi Jinping with other Chinese entrepreneurs earlier this week, has quickly become the face of the nation’s chipmakers. In a video released by the mainland’s state broadcaster CCTV, the 58-year-old founder of Shanghai-listed Will Semiconductor – wearing a black coat – was seen…

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