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Samsung targets 2025 for human-eye-beating 576 MP camera sensor
A confidential slide shown during a recent Samsung presentation has revealed that the company is targeting a 2025 timeframe for producing a 576 MP camera sensor. Samsung has already announced its plans to eventually release a sensor that can beat out the human eye resolution perception of 500 MP.
[...] Back in 2020, Samsung discussed how producing a 600 MP camera sensor was one of its aims, with an official editorial opining that this would go beyond the 500 MP resolution at which human eyes view the world. This recent information refines that 600 MP goal to 576 MP and even puts a target date of 2025 on it. However, don't expect a 576 MP main camera to make an appearance on a Galaxy S25 smartphone, as the giant sensors are more likely planned for use in future self-driving cars.
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(Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 09 2021, @12:25AM (6 children)
So the size of the element makes it too big for smartphones, but they intend to use it in self driving cars.
That means the cost goes up along with all the hardware needed to process the data.
Also, anyone shooting video or trying to work with those files will need a pretty beefy workstation setup.
Let's see...if the 400Mp makes 2.4Gb files what does a 576Mb make?
400/576 = 2.4/x So x =3.1Gb
Doubt a 4Gb system will allow you to even work on one file after OS overhead.
Better have a good internet connection too if you plan to shit those files down the pipe.
No doubt there are plenty of gaming rigs out there ready for the job.
Lastly, this will be kickass for the Amature Astronomy buffs out there.
Look forward to seeing the benifits of this tech hit that group.
Enjoy!
(Score: 2) by legont on Thursday September 09 2021, @02:02AM (2 children)
Human brain processes only a tiny bit of information it's eyes is collecting. We need to change software accordingly.
"Wealth is the relentless enemy of understanding" - John Kenneth Galbraith.
(Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Thursday September 09 2021, @06:33AM (1 child)
We already do to an extent. That's what lossy image compression is. However we cannot go the complete way for image storage, as our brain processing treats different parts of the image from our eyes differently. On the other hand, you don't look just at one spot of an image on screen. Therefore you need to treat the full image the way our brain only treats the tiny central spot.
The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.
(Score: 2) by legont on Thursday September 09 2021, @01:40PM
In the end we'll have to process and store only a small part of the image that the software decides is important. At this point we'll have our AIs having all the human artifacts such as false memories and hallucinations. I did not see that motorcycle officer, sir, sorry; and the memory dump, if still available, will confirm.
"Wealth is the relentless enemy of understanding" - John Kenneth Galbraith.
(Score: 2) by driverless on Thursday September 09 2021, @02:03AM (1 child)
What the press release doesn't mention is that they're targeting a 2030 timeframe for figuring out what you're supposed to do with a 576 MP camera sensor.
(Score: 2) by Freeman on Thursday September 09 2021, @01:47PM
Easy Microfiche reading, without a special lens/setup?
Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"
(Score: 2) by aim on Thursday September 09 2021, @01:47PM
Not really, I'll gladly use a lower resolution sensor if it is less noisy and has greater dynamic range. I'm not convinced binning will help that much.
Higher rez also won't help with clouded skies and Starlink sats.