As mentioned previously in Building a Point and Shoot Camera to Compete with Smart Phones – Part 1, any Camera built today really, really needs wireless connectivity. Basically, they need a SmartPhone without the Phone. You might get away with a WiFi only device. In this case, you want the WiFi device to use SSIC […]
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Posted in 4K Video, Digital Video, DSC, MIPI, Smartphone, SSIC, Success Stories, SuperSpeed USB, USB 3.0, USB 3.0, USB Power, USB Power Delivery, USB WiFi, WiFi | Comments Off on Building a Point and Shoot Camera to Compete with Smart Phones – Part 2
Falling Shipments of Point and Shoot Cameras The Wall Street Journal reported that Point and Shoot Sales are down 42% in the first 5 months of 2013. That seems like a lot to me. If you read the article, you’ll learn the major manufacturers are forecasting further drops. They are introducing 10 instead of 20 […]
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Posted in Digital Video, DSC, Server, Success Stories, USB 3.0 | Comments Off on Building a Point and Shoot Camera to Compete with Smart Phones – Part 1
Just to support the argument that Video Camera Makers should integrate flash( because a 4 part article isn’t enough) and we can expect Smartphones and Tablets to integrate more memory. The primary drivers to greater NAND flash are the increasing demands of Smart Phone and Tablet users to run more apps, store more high resolution pictures (like the 13MP camera […]
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Posted in Digital Video, DSC, DVC, NAND Flash, Smartphone, SSD, Storage, Tablets, USB 3.0 | Comments Off on NAND Flash Prices to drop to 17 cents per Gigabyte
So here’s the projected retail price of a 256GB SSD with fast flash inside it What this tells you/me is that the same SSD Crucial drive I bought from Amazon in February 2013 will drop in Retail Price to $18-40. Remember, since you’ve read the other 3 articles, this means you can now take this super fast […]
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Posted in Digital Video, DSC, DVC, NAND Flash, USB Video | Comments Off on Why my Video Cameras and Digital Cameras really need USB 3.0 – Part 4
If I were building a camera today, I would build 1 chip. I would offer 3 versions of that Camera 1) SDXC Card Slot Only – The cheapest version 2) 16 GB embedded Flash with SDXC Card Slot 3) 64 GB embedded Flash with SDXC Card Slot The question you might ask is, how would I […]
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Posted in Digital Video, DSC, DVC, USB 3.0 | Comments Off on Why my Video Cameras and Digital Cameras really need USB 3.0 – Part 3
Camera makers can make more money by embedding NAND Flash in their cameras. How Camera Makers Limit Themselves Why haven’t camera makers embedded NAND Flash? Because of cost and profit margins. They don’t include it because most camera makers and the decision makers a conservative bunch of chip makers. More importantly, they value image quality […]
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Posted in Digital Video, DSC, DVC, Smartphone, USB 3.0, USB 3.0, USB WiFi, WiFi | Comments Off on Why my Video Cameras and Digital Cameras really need USB 3.0 – Part 2
On my last Ski Vacation, I overfilled my GoPro video camera with videos. I used a 32 GB SD card. I have 3 32GB SD Cards. I decided to stop buying them because I don’t want to keep buying cards. I know several people who just buy the cards, and store them forever. I have […]
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Posted in Digital Home, Digital Video, DSC, NAND Flash, SD, USB 3.0 | Comments Off on Why my Video Cameras and Digital Cameras really need USB 3.0
Eric started working on USB in 1995, starting with the world’s first BIOS that supported USB Keyboards and Mice while at Award Software. After a departure into embedded systems software for real-time operating systems, he returned to USB IP cores and software at inSilicon, one of the leading suppliers of USB IP. In 2002, inSilicon was acquired by Synopsys and he’s been here since. He also served as Chairman of the USB On-The-Go Working Group for the USB Implementers Forum from 2004-2006. 
Michael (Mick) Posner joined Synopsys in 1994 and is currently Director of Product Marketing for Synopsys' DesignWare USB Solutions. Previously, he was the Director of Product Marketing for Physical (FPGA-based) Prototyping and has held various product marketing, technical marketing manager and application consultant positions at Synopsys. He holds a Bachelor Degree in Electronic and Computer Engineering from the University of Brighton, England.