Japan's NHK prepares 8K image sensor
(Credit: NHK)
While Japanese broadcaster NHK demonstrated 8K technology way back in 2008 at CommunicAsia, it only recently developed a smaller and lower-power image sensor for eventual commercialization.
Two supporting electronic components have been jointly produced by NHK and Shizuoka University to keep up with the sheer amount of data recorded by the chip. One of them is a high-speed output circuit connected to the sensor, while the other is an analog-to-digital converter to digitally encode the video.
It is unlikely that such 8K technology will find its way into digital cinemas anytime soon, though it is nice to know that companies such as NHK are trying to make 8K a reality.
Via The Verge
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