Samsung Electronics’ System LSI Division and Sony will compete in the 16 million pixel complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensor market for smartphones.
Over the years, Sony had an absolute power in the high-pixel (13 million or more) CMOS image sensor (CIS) market. However, in the second half of this year, Samsung Electronics’ System LSI Division broke the market structure of monopoly by Sony and has since been catching up with Sony at a high speed.
