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Samsung and SK Hynix, both South Korean-based sensor manufacturers, are reportedly putting heavy emphasis on integrating AI tech directly onto an image sensor.

Samsung has published the details of a new Isocell GNK image sensor that has its Dual Pixel Pro technology as well as new "advanced" HDR capabilities.

Samsung has published a blog post explaining its technology in response to accusations it fakes photos of the moon taken with its Galaxy smartphones and details the steps its artificial intelligence (AI) goes through to produce improved moon photos.

Samsung has been accused of doctoring moon photos taken with the Galaxy S Ultra smartphones with pre-existing images using artificial intelligence to make it look as though the quality is better than usually possible with such a small sensor.

Samsung's new ISOCELL HP2 is the company's third 200-megapixel smartphone sensor that promises improved pixel technology and the capability to produce "stunning" mobile images.

In two videos published to its Weibo account in China, Samsung has teased both high resolution and improved low light sensitivity in its coming Galaxy S23 smartphone.

Samsung has announced that it is beginning mass production of what it claims has the smallest pixels in the industry: 0.64μm-pixels. The 50-megapixel sensor is called the ISOCELL JN1 and is equipped with ISOCELL 2.0, Smart-ISO, and "Double Super PDAF."

Over the last several months, Samsung has published several detailed and easy-to-understand videos that discuss specific aspects of its imaging technology. Its most recent video combines many of these topics into a succinct and informative overview of its 108-megapixel ISOCELL HM3 sensor.

Samsung appears to be unsatisfied with stopping with its already-announced 108-megapixel smartphone sensor, as a leaked slide from the company's presentation on its ISOCELL sensor technology shows it is at least entertaining the idea of a whopping 600-megapixel version.

Samsung unveiled the world's first 108-megapixel smartphone camera sensor back in August 2019, but that sensor is only a taste of what may be to come. Samsung is aiming to one day make a 600-megapixel sensor that's superior to the human eye.

After unveiling the Galaxy S20 Ultra with its monstrous (or ridiculous?) 108MP image sensor, Samsung has decided to pull back the curtain and reveal some details about this chip and the technology that made it possible.

In a world where "bigger" pixels and "deeper" pixels dominate discussions around smartphone sensors, Samsung has decided to go... another way. The image sensor giant has revealed the world's first 0.7μm-pixel mobile image sensor, which allowed it to pack 43.7 megapixels into a sensor that's less than 5mm wide.

Less than a week after Xiaomi teased an upcoming smartphone with a whopping 108MP of resolution, Samsung has officially unveiled the image sensor that will power the pocket-sized beast. Meet the Samsung ISOCELL Bright HMX: the world's first 100MP+ smartphone image sensor.

First launched in the iPhone 7 Plus, Apple's 'Portrait Mode' uses depth data from dual rear cameras to generate faux blur for a shallow depth-of-field effect. Google's new Pixel 2 has a similar mode that's done with a single "dual pixel" sensor. Now Samsung has unveiled a new "dual pixel" sensor that may bring this tech to an even wider audience.

Although the pixel war probably isn't ending anytime soon, a new sensor technology from Samsung shows how yet another company is focusing on improving the tech instead of stacking the spec sheet.

We've seen amazing low-light sensors and dual-pixel AF tech from Canon, organic sensors with insane dynamic range from Fuji and Panasonic, and now new ISOCELL technology from Samsung, which promises substantial increases in color and light sensitivity.