OmniVision Technologies Inc (OVTI)

OmniVision Technologies, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, and markets semiconductor image-sensor devices worldwide. The company’s principal products comprise CameraChip image sensors that capture an image electronically for use in various consumer and commercial mass-market applications; and CameraCubeChip imaging devices that are image sensors with integrated wafer-level optics. It also supplies companion chips used to connect its image sensors to various interfaces, such as the universal serial bus and other industry standard interfaces; and companion digital signal processors, which perform compression in standardized still photo and digital video formats. In addition, the company designs and develops software drivers for Linux, Mac OSX, and Microsoft Windows, as well as for embedded operating systems comprising Android, Blackberry OS, Symbian, Windows CE, Windows Embedded, and Windows Mobile. Further, it offers OV5670, a PureCel image sensor designed for front and rear-facing camera applications in smartphones and tablets; OV10640, an automotive image sensor; OV490, a companion chip that enables high-quality image and video processing; OV2740, a PureCel image sensor designed for front-facing cameras in smartphones, tablets, and notebooks; OV7676, a VGA image sensor; OV13860, OV16850, OV23850, OV21840, and OV16880, which are PureCel-S image sensors; OV10642 and WVGA OV10625 that are sensors designed primarily for automotive applications; and OV9750, an image sensor for the security market. The company sells its products directly to original equipment manufacturers and value added resellers; and indirectly through distributors. It serves mobile phone, entertainment, notebook and Webcam, digital still camera, security and surveillance, and automotive and medical markets. It has strategic collaboration with High Speed Interconnects, LLC; and partnership with Nextchip Co., Ltd. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.