Mobile devices are the most consumer electronics products sold in the world, with more than one billion shipping per year. Nevertheless, the market is in a state of rapid change. Three or four years from now, no mobile devices vendor - no matter what their position in the market today - will be in the “comfort zone”. Developed and developing markets for mobile devices are being shaped in the form of various forces. Developed markets in particular are typically highly saturated, highly competitive and highly segmented, with strong product Innovation…

“No Comfort Zone” for Mobile Device Vendors in the Future

Mobile devices are the biggest-selling consumer electronics products in the world, with more than one billion shipping every year. However, the market is in a state of rapid flux. “Three or four years from now, no mobile device vendor – no matter what their market position today – will be in a ‘comfort zone’,” says ABI Research vice president and research director Stuart Carlaw, in a new webcast available on the firm’s website.

The STv0986 is a new high-performance, stand-alone Image Signal Processor with dual-camera support that brings DSC-like performance to mobile imaging applications. The STv0986 mobile imaging processor implements a fully-featured image correction chain (from noise reduction to smooth digital zoom) and includes a dedicated hardware JPEG encoder with programmable quantization tables and compression factors…

STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a world leader in CMOS imaging technology, has introduced a new high-performance, stand-alone Image Signal Processor with dual-camera support that brings DSC-like performance to mobile imaging applications. Capable of controlling the entire imaging subsystem in a mobile phone, ST’s newest digital image processor supports a wide range of camera modules including SMIA-compatible (Standard Mobile Imaging Architecture) sensors with up to 5-megapixel resolution.

The SSD1961 Graphic Controller designed for mobile applications including smartphones and portable media players (PMPs), but also for energy sensitive applications such as room temperature controllers or controls for window blinds. The SSD1961 supports different types of monochrome, color, active and passive LCD displays including 4/8-bit monochrome/color STNs, 12/18-bit active matrix TFTs and 16-bit HR TFTs with 160 x 160 pixels and 320 x 240 pixels…

Solomon Systech (Distribution: Gleichmann Electronics) has introduced the SSD1961 graphic controller for mobile applications including smartphones and portable media players (PMPs), but also for energy sensitive applications such as room temperature controllers or controls for window blinds. The SSD1961 supports resolutions of up to 640 x 480 pixels (VGA) at up to 18-bit color depth. Furthermore, key product features of the device include 675 Kbytes of embedded display SRAM, which serves as frame buffer between the host processor and the LCD display.