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  • Photobit was a pioneer in the development of complementary metal-oxide semiconductors, or CMOS, sensor-chips that measure light and convert the data into an image.

    Micron to Spin Off Its Imaging Unit 2009

  • Recently, a competing imaging technology known as complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) has come to the fore, largely because of its lower power requirements.

    doggdot.us 2008

  • Recently, a competing imaging technology known as complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) has come to the fore, largely because of its lower power requirements.

    doggdot.us 2008

  • CMOS is an acronym for complementary metal-oxide semiconductor.

    Samsung Buys Chip Maker 2007

  • WTF is a complementary metal-oxide semiconductor setup utility?

    miss-k2 Diary Entry miss-k2 2006

  • Both teams are hoping their discoveries will fit within the present manufacturing framework — and can be built using the same techniques as silicon semiconductor chips technically, “complementary metal-oxide semiconductor,” or CMOS.

    Slow Light Steps Closer to Optical Computing | Impact Lab 2005

  • Both teams are hoping their discoveries will fit within the present manufacturing framework -- and can be built using the same techniques as silicon semiconductor chips (technically, "complementary metal-oxide semiconductor," or CMOS ).

    Chip the Light Fantastic 2005

  • Both teams are hoping their discoveries will fit within the present manufacturing framework -- and can be built using the same techniques as silicon semiconductor chips (technically, "complementary metal-oxide semiconductor," or CMOS ).

    Chip the Light Fantastic 2005

  • The big difference is the simplicity and potentially huge cost advantage of CMOS complementary metal-oxide semiconductor technology.

    The Rule of Three Jagdish Sheth 2002

  • The big difference is the simplicity and potentially huge cost advantage of CMOS complementary metal-oxide semiconductor technology.

    The Rule of Three Jagdish Sheth 2002

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