Samsung Galaxy S9 coming soon with a 1000 fps camera
It seems that Samsung is developing a camera of 1000 frames per second to be integrated on the next top of the range: coming a Super Slow Motion mode even for Koreans?
Samsung is developing a new camera for mobile devices that can record up to 1000 images per second. The Korean technology giant, according to the latest rumors, is moving into the final stages of technology testing and will begin volume production of the new module by the end of November. In other words, the new camera could arrive in time to be implemented on the next flagship, Galaxy S9.
According to the rumors reported by the ETNews website, the company is working on a ” three-layer image sensor “. Normally, the modules for mobile devices are composed of the usual image sensor and a logic card responsible for processing the shot, before passing it to the device storage. By adding a DRAM chip in the margin of the two components, the camera will be able to record video at a higher frame rate than traditional technologies.
This approach is not really new. Already today Sony uses the same system on the new Sony Xperia XZ Premium, which is able to record video at 720p with a frame rate of 960 fps for a short amount of time. It seems that Samsung has been impressed by the possibility of the top of the Japanese range, and wants to emulate it by improving it. The Samsung sensor seems to integrate a lower number of compromises.
Where Sony’s approach is cheaper and simpler to produce, Samsung’s approach will be more complete and certosino (even if the source has not revealed the technical details of the new sensor). In addition, the Koreans do not seem willing to pay licenses to use the competitor, probably aiming to remove the limits of Sony technology. Developing the chip internally, then, Samsung will have greater control over the implementable features.
Samsung could offer better performance, but there is doubt about the yields: working on a three-layer sensor is enough a problem on only one of the components to compromise the operation of the entire sensor, thus increasing the cost of the reflection. However, we are in the era of $1000 flagships, so it is natural that research and development are calibrated on the new price thresholds to which we are subject.
