Galaxy S9 super slow-motion feature will be available on other devices

Concluding updated: Feb 26th, 2018 at 09:eighteen UTC+01:00

Samsung demonstrated the Galaxy S9 super slow-motion characteristic yesterday during the launch event for its new flagship smartphone. As expected, the handset is capable of capturing slow-motility video at an incredible 960 frames-per-second. This is fabricated possible past Samsung's new 3-stack ISOCELL Fast 2L3 prototype sensor with an integrated DRAM.

Since this is a component that Samsung itself manufactures, we can expect to meet the Galaxy S9 super boring-motion feature go far on other devices also. It may even country on devices from OEMs other than Samsung.

Milky way S9 super slow-motility characteristic

The 3-stack ISOCELL Fast 2L3 sensor is the latest add-on to Samsung's ISOCELL image sensor family. This 1.4-micrometer 12-megapixel image sensor has an integrated DRAM which delivers fast data readout to capture rapid movements in slow-move and sharper still photos.

Typical prototype sensors are synthetic with 2 silicon layers which include a pixel array layer that converts light information into an electric signal and an analog logic layer which processes that signal into digital code.

That code is then sent via MIPI interface to the device'south processor for further processing before it's saved to the DRAM. These steps piece of work very well to implement features like zippo-shutter lag but they can't allow the device to capture super slow-motion video since information technology requires epitome readouts at a significantly higher charge per unit. Samsung'southward ISOCELL Fast 2L3 sensor is a iii-stack CMOS prototype sensor that has been designed with Samsung'southward two-gigabit LPDDR4 DRAM attached beneath the analog logic layer.

This enables the sensor to temporarily store a large number of frames taken in high speed quickly onto the DRAM layer before sending them out to the device'south processor. This implementation allows the sensor to capture a full-frame snapshot at 1/120 of a second and to also let super slow-motion video recording at upwardly to 960 frames per second.

Fast readout also improves the photography feel considerably since the sensor is capable of capturing an prototype at very loftier speeds, it reduces image distortion when taking a picture of fast-moving objects like a car on a highway. It supports 3-Dimensional Racket Reduction for clearer pictures in low-light weather and real-fourth dimension HDR imaging likewise.

The Samsung ISOCELL Fast 2L3 image sensor is now beingness mass produced. The Galaxy S9 and the Galaxy S9+ are the kickoff devices to characteristic this new sensor which will also be sold to other device manufacturers this yr.