Last year marked another step in the slow discontinuation of CCD sensors. The biggest impact had the announcement of end of life status for large format KAI sensors from ON Semiconductor (originally from Kodak and later Truesense) like the 11 Mpix KAI-11002, 16 Mpix KAI-16000 or KAI-16070 and 29 Mpix KAI-29052. XIMEA was utilising these sensors among others in the family of compact X-ray cameras called xiRAY.

XIMEA has announced new camera models with Sony CMOS Pregius S sensors. The initial line up will start with camera models based on IMX540, IMX541, IMX542 and continue with other sensors from the Sony 4th Generation Pregius S family. The next evolution of Sony CMOS sensors have a small pixel size in combination with BSI - backside illumination technology.