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New digital camera reference design announced

24.03.2007

Texas Instruments Corporation, a leading manufacturer of semiconductor products, announced the development of a new reference design based on the DaVinci image processor that increases the performance of digital compact cameras "to the level of SLRs."

The main advantage of the new idea is to increase the speed of serial shooting of digital compacts up to 5 frames per second. Recall that even entry-level and mid-level digital SLR cameras cannot boast of such speed, for example, the rate of fire of such models as the Canon EOS 400D, Nikon D80 and Sony DSLR-A100 is "only" 3 frames per second.

The reference design includes Micron Technology's new 8-megapixel CMOS sensor and a proprietary high-definition (HD) video hardware codec capable of "bringing HD video to sub-$99 models."

Moreover, according to the official press release, the new image stabilization system, coupled with the high performance of the DaVinci processor, reaching 10 megapixels per second, will enable manufacturers of digital cameras to set the sensitivity of new models up to ISO 10000.

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