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Comment by pritovido

5 years ago

Thanks. I hate it so much when people do not explain the acronyms they use, at least once.

It is like a map without a legend. It is so confusing.

And I am an expert on electronics, I can guess it, most people will read that as nonsense.

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rorykoehler  5 years ago

My wife was talking about OHP which she used when teaching while explaining something today. I was a bit confused as we didn’t have anything called OHP when I was in school. After a bit of explaining we realised she had only ever known it as OHP. She has never stopped to think about what it was an acronym for. Turns out she was talking about the overhead projector which we had plenty of in school. Reminded me of the five monkeys experiment https://workingoutloud.com/blog/the-five-monkeys-experiment-...

ksec  5 years ago

That is the part I dont understand.

CMOS is widely known. And in the context of Image Sensor, as long as you write CMOS everyone should understand. But CIS isn't, not to mention it keep repeating itself like this sentence below

"In the face of Samsung's close pursuit, Sony decided to expand its partnership with TSMC, hoping to win 60% of the global Market Share of CIS Image Sensors by 2025."

What exactly is CIS Image Sensors? CMOS Image Sensor Image Sensor?

Just call it CMOS Image Sensor. Not everything has to be an acronyms.

  • dtech  5 years ago

    > What exactly is CIS Image Sensors?

    It's what you use to take a picture of the LCD display in an ATM Machine. An ATM machine runs on AC current and you need to enter your PIN number, which it will verify over its LAN network connection.

4ad  5 years ago

This article is not intended for most people.

  • bryanlarsen  5 years ago

    Yes, I wouldn't think you'd need to expand "CMOS Image Sensor" on a site named "Image Sensor World".

    • rasz  5 years ago

      You would think a site named "Image Sensor World" would know what CIS stands for and not write "...hoping to win 60% of the global Market Share of CIS Image Sensors by...".

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  • waheoo  5 years ago

    I don't know why you're being downvoted, when was the last time you saw someone spell out central processing unit? Random access memory? Hard disk drive?

    Given the context, its not always required to reiterate acronyms.