Dialog, Zeiss sign for camera-phone collaboration

Dialog Semiconductor plc, a leading European fabless chip company, has signed a collaborative deal with the camera lens division of Carl Zeiss AG and the two companies have jointly developed an imaging module, reports Comms Design.

"The battle for the next generation of camera phones will be decided by the combination of CMOS image sensors with innovative optics - as 10 megapixel camera phones "to be well within reach.

"Camera phones have attained the quality of everyday photography. The various possibilities arising from combining the mobile telephone and the camera promise an exciting market," said Winfried Scherle, general manager of the camera lens division of Carl Zeiss.

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