16.1 Megapixel Sensor

Last year, Sony was able to create the worlds first 16.1 Mexapixel camera sensor and set a target date of April 2011 for shipment. Since that time, Sony has already starting manufacturing these sensors with at least one cellphone utilizing this sensor, well ahead of the mass production month. Not to be outdone, Sony has again created a world first, a 17.7 Megapixel SMOS sensor for cellphones. In this round, Sony not only upped the resolution, but added a 34.8Gbps bandwidth which is roughly 5 times faster then any previous offerings. This allows the sensor which can be utilized in both cellphones and digital cameras to record at 120fps. There is no product announcement to follow this new sensor and we don’t expect to see it being used anytime soon. However with greater speeds and offerings, this will help push down costs of current sensor like Sony’s own 16.1 Mexapixel sensor, which means the consumer will see them sooner in products.

[Via Engadget]