Evolution of smart lenses, dominant presence of CMOS based image sensors, social media connectivity of consumer smart cameras are fuelling the global smart camera market.

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., one of the members of IBM's "fab club" or technology alliance, recently rolled out its 20-nm process, which is based on bulk CMOS.

Fabricated with 90-nanometer low-power CMOS technology, the 32-bit PowerPC e300-based multimedia SoC is clockable up to 400MHz.