I received this email yesterday from our sensor supplier (I am part of a development group for integrating the IMX sensors into machine-vision cameras).
It is bad news for the Astro-Imaging community
I am checking with Sony as to the validity of it, but the supplier has confirmed the news this morning.
Subject: SONY to discontinue their entire CCD image sensor products portfolio
Importance: High
Dear Customer,
This message is to inform that SONY has decided to discontinue all their CCD image sensor products.
Attached please find the official letters from SONY!
The CCD End-of-Life plan of SONY is the following:
- customers need to order their last-time-buy quantities by end of Aug 2015
- SONY fab will shut-down March 2017
- deliveries can be made until March 2020