Revolutionary new chip delivers better pictures
Monday, 12 December 2005 12:40 GMT
Two professors at the University of Rochester in New York have designed a prototype CMOS chip that uses a fraction of the energy used today, captures better images and can run for years on a single battery. Mark Bocko, professor of electrical and computer engineering and assistant Zeljko Ignjatovic, are also working to incorporate further technology that will compress the image with far fewer computations than current compression techniques. It's likely that the technology will be tested first in wireless security cameras, and, Bocko says, as the chips are developed further, they will look into using them in consumer cameras and cell phones.
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