SUNNYVALE, CA — October 11, 2002 — OMNIVISION Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: OVTI), a market-leading independent supplier of CameraChip™ solutions for high-volume imaging applications, today announced it is shipping 2Mega-Pixel CameraChips™ in volume. The 2M Pixel OV2610 CameraChip™ is designed to replace Charge Coupled Device (CCD) image sensors and is used by volume manufacturers of Digital Still Cameras where high image quality and low power constraints place stringent demands on CameraChip™ providers.
“OMNIVISION has already shipped hundreds of thousands of our 2M Pixel CameraChips™ for the Christmas shopping season and we have orders for hundreds of thousands more” stated John Lynch, Vice President Sales and Marketing at OMNIVISION, “With more than a dozen individually branded cameras coming to market with our CameraChips™ inside, we see this as strong market validation of our technology.”
The OV2610 is a 1/2-inch optical format CMOS CameraChip™ with 1200 x 1600 pixels. 1200 x 1600 pixels is generally considered the resolution needed to produce quality 8″ x 10″ prints. Manufactured using standard CMOS fabrication technology, the OV2610 does not have the production capacity limitations of traditional CCD image sensors which are manufactured in dedicated fabrication plants. This latest CameraChip™ offering by OMNIVISION outputs Bayer Pattern raw RGB data and integrates auto-white balance, auto-exposure, auto-gain control and performs correlated double sampling. The OV2610 is pin-for-pin compatible with OMNIVISION’s currently shipping 48-pin package OV9620 1.3M Pixel CameraChip™. It draws < 50mA at 3.3 volts, significantly less than comparable CCD based multi-chip image sensor solutions currently available on the market. CMOS CameraChips™ generally require fewer supporting components than comparable CCD offerings. This allows manufacturers to reduce the overall size and complexity of their camera design and speed the camera manufacturers' time-to-market.
For More Information
For more information on OMNIVISION’s OV2610 CameraChip™ or the Early Access Partner program, please contact OMNIVISION by phoning 408-733-3030, via e-mail at sales@ovt.com or visit our website at www.ovt.com.
About OMNIVISION
OMNIVISION Technologies, Inc. is an independent CameraChip™ solutions provider. Utilizing proprietary design technology for its highly integrated still-photo and video camera solutions for high-volume imaging applications, OMNIVISION integrates multiple image processing and capture functions into a single CameraChip™ design. With the addition of only a lens, the result is a low-cost CameraChip™ that consumes less power, has a greater environmental functioning range and has a smaller footprint than typical CMOS multi-chip image sensor solutions. OMNIVISION’s CameraChip™ solutions are in cell phones, personal digital assistants, automobiles and industrial machine vision applications, as well as surveillance and biometric security applications. OMNIVISION is based in Sunnyvale, California. For more information about the company, visit our Website at www.ovt.com.
OMNIVISION and CameraChip™ are trademarks of OMNIVISION Technologies, Inc.
Safe Harbor Language
These forward looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding orders for the 2M Pixel CameraChips™ and a dozen cameras coming to market which contain the Company’s 2M Pixel CameraChips™. These forward-looking statements are subject to significant risks and uncertainties. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the Company’s forward looking statements include: the continued good relations between the Company and its camera manufacturers; the cancellation of orders for the Company’s 2M Pixel CameraChips™; failure of camera manufacturers to bring their cameras to market or to bring their cameras to market with the Company’s 2M Pixel CameraChip™ designed into such cameras and latent defects in the 2M Pixel CameraChip™ which could increase the Company’s costs and damage its customer relationships. These risks and other risks affecting the Company’s business, results of operation and financial condition are detailed from time to time in the Company’s Securities and Exchange Commission filings and reports, including, but not limited to, the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2002 and its quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended July 31, 2002. These forward-looking statements are made only as of the date hereof, and OMNIVISION disclaims any obligation to update or revise the information contained in any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.