A little over two years ago, Samsung announced that it intends to launch photo sensors with a resolution of 600 megapixels, higher than that of the human eye, during the current decade. In the meantime, it seems that the Korean manufacturer is advancing at an impressive pace towards the realization of the vision: the company has already launched photo sensors with a resolution of 200 megapixels, and according to rumors the next step may be a sensor with an amazing resolution of no less than 450 pixels.
The rumors are mostly based at this point on a new brand name that Samsung recently registered: Hexa²pixel. The very existence of the brand is a fait accompli: it is officially registered in Korea and undoubtedly associated with Samsung, which does not explain in the documents what exactly the access will be used for.
Hence, a speculation that does not sound particularly far-fetched: the technology currently serving the company’s most advanced photo sensors is called Tetra²pixel, a name that refers to the fact that these sensors contain an array of four pixels in a row in each sensor (4×4). From this, it can be concluded that a technology called Hexa²pixel refers to an array of six pixels in a row (6X6). A photo array consisting of such sensors could easily reach a resolution of 400 or even 450 megapixels, if it maintains a composition similar to that of the existing ISOCELL HP1 sensors.
Of course, at this point it is only a theory, without any official confirmation from the manufacturer. It is also not known when exactly Samsung is expected to announce the new technology, so it is difficult to assess whether it can be expected already in the next generation of its flagship devices. As mentioned, sensors with a resolution of 450 megapixels and even more are undoubtedly part of the company’s stated roadmap, and it remains only to find out exactly when they will reach the market.