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Sony Semiconductor Solutions to Release X-ray CMOS Sensor with Industry’s Fastest(*1) Imaging and Low-Noise Performance for Inspection and Measurement Instrumentation

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High-accuracy energy measurements and photon-level data acquisition on a single chip

ATSUGI, Japan, June 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation (Sony) today announced the upcoming release, mass-production, and shipment of the IMX711 direct conversion charge-integrating X-ray CMOS image sensor.

The IMX711 is an X-ray image sensor for inspection and measurement instrumentation which directly detects X-rays and outputs signals proportional to their energy. The new sensor offers the industry’s fastest*1 maximum 26,100 fps high-speed imaging, achieved thanks to Sony’s proprietary circuit technology, suppressing charge saturation for accurate measurements. It also significantly reduces noise to enable improved signal detection precision in low-flux conditions, detecting differences in photon energy. It provides both high-accuracy measurements of integrated X-ray energy at a wide dynamic range and energy information acquisition at the photon level on a single sensor, a feat that has been difficult with conventional sensors. This unique feature will contribute to the advancement and diversification of X-ray inspection and measurement technologies, which are used in a wide variety of applications, from cutting-edge device inspection to scientific measurements.

*1     Among charge-integrating X-ray CMOS image sensors. According to Sony research (as of announcement on June 9, 2026)

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Model name

Mass-production shipment date

IMX711 3.73-type (27.88 mm × 52.85 mm HW), 
approximately 280,000 effective pixel*2 direct conversion charge-
integrating X-ray CMOS image sensor

First quarter of FY2026

*2    Based on the image sensor effective pixel specification method.

The IMX711 was developed with the collaboration between Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation and RIKEN. Based on a pixel structure invented by Dr. Takaki Hatsui of RIKEN, the two parties worked together on the technological development required to make it viable as a practical X-ray image sensor, including improving sensitivity and achieving high resistance to X-ray irradiation and high-voltage tolerance. Sony developed its circuit technology, manufacturing processes and packaging technology for mass production.

X-ray inspection and measurement are widely used in a variety of fields, including inspection of advanced devices such as batteries and semiconductors, and scientific measurement in materials development and life sciences research. As these methods become more sophisticated along with advances in data analysis technology including AI, X-ray sensors are also required to evolve to deliver more efficient and highly reliable data acquisition. However, with conventional sensors,*3 it has been challenging to improve measurement accuracy and meet the requirements of diversifying downstream analysis, due to the photon counting errors in high-flux conditions and the impact of noise under low-flux conditions.

The new sensor enables the industry’s fastest*1 maximum frame rate of 26,100 fps and low-noise performance of 34 e-rms*4 (random noise of approximately 34 electrons per pixel), thereby helping to resolve the above-mentioned technical challenges. It not only accurately detects signals across a wider dynamic range than conventional sensors, but also resolves photons of varying energy levels at high resolution while offering the advantage of a charge-integrating sensor to output both integrated X-ray energy data and photon energy data. The highly reliable data acquired by this product will not only improve the performance of X-ray inspection and measurement equipment, but also contribute to the development of new analysis methods using energy information, as described below.

*3    There are two types of conventional X-ray sensors: photon-counting and charge-integrating. With photon-counting sensors that process the X-ray signal based on thresholds, the measurement precision is high under low-flux conditions, but some photons may not be counted correctly as the signal becomes stronger. On the other hand, charge-integrating sensors output photon energy as a signal with integrated energy, but the impact of noise results in reduced measurement precision under low-flux conditions.
 

*4    An evaluation result. This result is calculated based on the average value of pixels in the sensor’s effective area in an environment where the sensor’s internal operating temperature is at or below 20 ℃. The functional guaranteed value is 60 e-rms.

Examples of Potential Applications

Improving precision and throughput in high-speed inspection of moving objects for battery and semiconductor applicationsElemental mapping for distinguishing photons of different energy levels and rendering two-dimensional distributionSimultaneous measurement of crystal structure analysis and element analysis using photon energy information and spatial information

Main Features

High-accuracy measurements in a wide dynamic range thanks to the industry’s fastest,*1 low-noise imaging
This product achieves the industry’s fastest*1 maximum frame rate of 26,100 fps thanks to Sony’s proprietary circuit technology. Lowering the amount of accumulated charge per frame enables superior saturation characteristics compared to conventional sensors. At the same time, random noise, which is a technical challenge on charge-integrating sensors, has been reduced to 34 e-rms*4 so that even faint X-ray signals are not obscured by noise and can be reliably detected. This improves measurement precision under low-flux conditions, offering photon level detection. These features enable accurate measurement of integrated X-ray energy for all pixels across low- to high-flux conditions, supporting inspection and measurement with significant differences in brightness on a single sensor, contributing to improved device throughput and an expanded dynamic range.High energy resolution enabling inspection and measurement using photon energy
The new sensor uses the charge-integrating method, which makes it possible to acquire photon energy information without the need to set a threshold in advance. Furthermore, noise and signal variation are suppressed during reading to achieve high energy resolution for clear identification of differences in photon energy. Enabling acquisition of highly reliable data via high energy resolution will contribute to streamlining and improving precision in advanced inspection and measurement, which previously required several measurements in applications such as detecting differences in constituent elements at the element level and structural and material analysis to quantitatively evaluate minute state changes. It also enables post-processing under various conditions such as collecting the measurement data for all pixels, combining it with spatial information, and extracting specific energy data contributes to multifunctional inspection and measurement.

Related Link
IMX711 product page: https://www.sony-semicon.com/en/products/is/scientific/x-ray.html

Key Specifications

Model name

IMX711-AABY

Image size

Diagonal 59.8 mm (Type 3.73)
27.88 mm (H) × 52.85 mm (V)

Number of active pixels

384 (H) × 728 (V) – 16*5
Approx. 0.28 megapixels

Unit cell size

72.6 μm (H) × 72.6 μm (V)

Substrate material

Silicon

Sensor thickness

650 μm

Frame rate
(All-pixel readout)

26.1 k fps (Mode-A)
17.4 k fps (Mode-C Cont, HDR)

Noise

Typ 34 e-rms*6
Max 60 e-rms

Saturation count rate (12keV)

0.94 Mcps/pixel (Mode-A)

33 Mcps/pixel (Mode-C Cont)

600 Mcps/pixel (Mode-C HDR)

Output interface

SLVS-EC

Package

Chip Size Package (CSP) : 30.36 mm (H) x 69.74 mm (V)

*5    Black pixels

*6    Typical value, averaged from measured values of active pixels at Tj = 20℃.

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Bit Digital, Inc. Announces Third Quarter 2026 Earnings Release Date and Conference Call

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NEW YORK, Oct. 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Bit Digital, Inc. (Nasdaq: BTBT) (“Bit Digital” or the “Company”) today announced that it will release its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2026, before the market opens on Thursday, November 12, 2026.

Senior management will host a live webcast and conference call to discuss the results at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, November 12, 2026.

To register for the webcast, please click here. Participants may also join the conference call by dialing 1-800-330-6730 and, when prompted, entering the passcode: 489157.

About Bit Digital

Bit Digital (NASDAQ: BTBT) is a Strategic Asset Company (SAC) focused on active participation in Ethereum infrastructure and controlling equity exposure to AI/HPC infrastructure through its majority ownership stake in WhiteFiber (NASDAQ: WYFI). The Company purchases and stakes ETH to generate protocol-native yield and participates directly in the Ethereum network. Bit Digital allocates capital with a focus on long-duration, foundational infrastructure, and disciplined balance sheet management. For additional information, please contact ir@bit-digital.com, visit our website at www.bit-digital.com or follow us on LinkedIn or X.

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Investing in our securities involves risks worth considering, before making an investment decision. All current and potential investors are advised to regularly review the risks, uncertainties and forward-looking statements described under “Risk Factors” in Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025 (Annual Report) and any subsequently filed quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and any Current Reports on Form 8-K. If any material risks were to occur – including those not presently known to us or currently deemed immaterial – our business operations may be impaired, and our financial condition or operating results would likely suffer. In that event, the value of our securities could decline, and you could lose part or all of your investment. In addition, our past financial performance may not be a reliable indicator of future performance, and historical trends should not be used to anticipate results in the future. See “Safe Harbor Statement” below.

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This press release may contain certain “forward-looking statements” relating to the business of Bit Digital, Inc., and its subsidiary companies. All statements, other than statements of historical fact included herein are “forward-looking statements.” These forward-looking statements are often identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “believes,” “expects,” or similar expressions, involving known and unknown risks and uncertainties. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, they do involve assumptions, risks and uncertainties, and these expectations may prove to be incorrect. Investors should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. The Company’s actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of a variety of factors, including those discussed in the Company’s periodic reports that are filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and available on its website at https://www.sec.gov. All forward-looking statements attributable to the Company or persons acting on its behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by these factors. Other than as required under the securities laws, the Company does not assume a duty to update these forward-looking statements.

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Polish Creator Łatwogang Named Impact Creator of the Year as Tiltify Unveils the Creator Impact Class of 2026

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From livestreams and gaming to road trips and stadium events, inaugural honorees celebrate the creativity and community shaping a new culture of giving

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Tiltify, the platform behind more than $500 million in creator-driven charitable fundraising worldwide, today named the Creator Impact Class of 2026, the inaugural class of its annual Creator Impact Honors. Co-founder and CEO Michael Wasserman announced the winners during a livestream on twitch.tv/tiltify.

Polish internet creator Łatwogang received the program’s top honor, Impact Creator of the Year, along with the Grassroots Mobilization Award and the Storytelling for Impact honor. In April 2026, Łatwogang hosted a nine-day charity livestream on YouTube as part of “Diss na raka” (Diss Cancer), an initiative involving Cancer Fighters, rapper Bedoes 2115 and other creators and supporters. Bedoes recorded the song “Ciągle tutaj jestem (diss na raka)” with Maja Mecan, an 11-year-old receiving cancer treatment. Donations, auctions, charity events and partner and creator initiatives brought the campaign’s total to more than $76 million.

The honors also recognize creators whose smaller audiences have come together to make an outsized difference. Atheenabean, a Twitch creator whose community fundraises as the Bean Squad, won the Small-But-Mighty Fundraiser award for raising $27,865 for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and Project HOPE. Of the 531 donations across her two campaigns, 478 were under $100. Creator couple Taz Zammit and Alessia Allfree received the First Light award for their 2025 annual 24-hour fundraiser, which raised $11,404 for Altru, an all-volunteer charity the pair had volunteered with the year before.

“This class covers just about every way a creator can raise money for a cause, from a nine-day livestream in Poland and a bike ride across Japan to a football match at Wembley and a Minecraft server where donors bought their names onto signs,” said Michael Wasserman, co-founder and CEO of Tiltify. “These honorees give people creative, meaningful ways to help. They make generosity part of their communities’ lives, and that’s what we built the Honors to celebrate. We’re grateful to every creator, moderator and community member whose work made this year’s class.”

Other honorees include the ZEvent team, whose September 2025 marathon in Montpellier brought together nearly 350 French-speaking streamers and raised more than $18 million for healthcare workers, patients and cancer research. The Sidemen’s Charity Match drew a reported 2.26 million peak concurrent viewers and 90,000 live fans in attendance at Wembley Stadium, and raised more than $8.2 million for Bright Side and M7 Education. Ryan Trahan and Haley Pham’s 50 States in 50 Days series raised $11,662,411 for St. Jude, and any single donation of $50,000 or more triggered a spin of the “Wheel of Doom,” which added a new constraint to the trip. Hermitcraft’s Minecraft charity weekend for Gamers Outreach, where donors could buy their names onto signs in the game, received two honors. Yogscast’s Jingle Jam 2025 also received two, including the fan-voted Community Choice Award, and John and Hank Green received both the Livestream Impact Award and the Legacy of Giving honor.

An independent eight-member jury that included creator MatPat selected the winners after reviewing nominations and impact data supplied by Tiltify. Tiltify administered the program and had no vote. Nominations were open to creators on any platform, whether or not they had fundraised through Tiltify.

The full Creator Impact Class of 2026:

Impact Creator of the Year: Łatwogang, “Diss na raka” (more than $76 million)Big Heart Award: jesthehuman (more than $813,000 across 17 Tiltify campaigns and two itch.io game bundles, No ICE in Minnesota and No ICE in California)Small-But-Mighty Fundraiser: Atheenabean and the Bean Squad ($27,865 for St. Jude and Project HOPE)Community-Powered Fundraiser of the Year: ironmouse (more than $1.3 million for the Immune Deficiency Foundation)Grassroots Mobilization Award: Łatwogang, “Diss na raka”First Light: Taz & Alessia ($11,404 for Altru)Behind-the-Scenes Impact Award: ZEvent Team, ZEvent 2025 (more than $18 million)Fandom Impact: Helldivers 2 Freedom Alliance, HEROES ’26 ($270,163 for Save the Children)Storytelling for Impact: Łatwogang, “Diss na raka”Livestream Impact Award: John and Hank Green, Project for Awesome 2026 (approximately $4.2 million)Most Innovative Fundraising Concept: Ryan Trahan, 50 States in 50 Days ($11,662,411 for St. Jude)Interactive & Incentive Design: Hermitcraft, Gamers for Giving ($1,126,229 for Gamers Outreach)Best IRL Fundraising Event: The Sidemen, Sidemen Charity Match (more than $8.2 million for Bright Side and M7 Education)Marathon / Endurance Fundraising Award: Cdawg, Cyclethon 5 (more than $1.47 million for the Immune Deficiency Foundation)Collaborative Campaign of the Year: Yogscast & Community, Jingle Jam 2025 (more than $4.6 million across eight charity partners)Charity–Creator Collaboration of the Year: Hermitcraft x Gamers OutreachCommunity Choice Award (fan-voted): Jingle Jam 2025Legacy of Giving: John and Hank Green

View the Creator Impact Class of 2026 at https://creatorimpacthonors.com/awards.

About Tiltify

Tiltify is the essential fundraising infrastructure connecting creators and causes at scale. With enterprise-grade technology, interactive engagement tools, and unmatched access to next-generation donors, Tiltify powers campaigns for more than 8,000 nonprofits and 1,000,000 users worldwide. Learn more at tiltify.com.

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Six Data Integration Solutions Named Champions in Infotech’s 2026 Emotional Footprint Report

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Drawing on verified end-user reviews from SoftwareReviews, Infotech’s peer-review platform, the 2026 Data Integration Emotional Footprint Report recognizes six champions for customer experience and vendor relationships. The findings help organizations assess user sentiment alongside technical capabilities when evaluating data integration solutions.

ARLINGTON, Va., Oct. 28, 2026 /CNW/ — Organizations use data integration solutions to connect disparate systems, improve data quality, and make timely, informed decisions. Infotech’s 2026 Data Integration Emotional Footprint Report identifies six champions that stand out for delivering strong user satisfaction, trust, and overall customer experience. The recognition is based on verified feedback collected through the global research and advisory firm’s SoftwareReviews platform.

Modern data integration solutions connect organizational data by bringing together information from applications, databases, and cloud environments. These platforms provide capabilities such as data extraction, transformation, synchronization, quality management, and monitoring of data flows. With centralized oversight and automated workflows, they help IT and data teams maintain consistent, reliable information, support governance requirements, and deliver timely data for analytics and business operations.

Infotech’s Emotional Footprint measures high-level user sentiment by aggregating responses across 25 proactive questions, creating a powerful indicator of overall user feeling toward the vendor and product. The result is the Net Emotional Footprint (NEF), a composite score that reflects the overall emotional tone of user feedback.

The 2026 Data Integration Emotional Footprint Champions are as follows:

AWS Glue, +94 NEF, rated highly for being altruistic.Microsoft SQL Server, +89 NEF, rated highly for its reliability.Zapier, +90 NEF, rated highly for enabling productivity.Boomi, +86 NEF, rated highly for its trustworthiness.Azure Data Factory, +85 NEF, rated highly for friendly negotiations.Flowgear, +91 NEF, rated highly for its transparency.

Analyst Insight:

“Choosing a data integration platform means choosing a vendor your team may depend on for years. When an integration fails, the impact can extend to every process relying on that data,” says Abbas Jaffery, principal advisory director at Infotech. “Vendors can build trust by helping their clients adapt their integrations as business needs change and by being clear about what their products can support. For buyers, hearing from existing users helps them understand what they can expect from that relationship after implementation.”

User assessments of software categories on SoftwareReviews provide an accurate and detailed view of the constantly changing market. Infotech’s reports are informed by data from users and IT professionals who have direct experience with the software throughout the procurement, implementation, and maintenance processes.

Read the full report: 2026 Data Integration Emotional Footprint Champions

To learn more about Infotech’s Vendor Awards, including how Data Quadrant and Emotional Footprint recognition are determined using verified end-user feedback and the underlying evaluation criteria, visit Infotech’s Vendor Awards page, powered by SoftwareReviews.

About Infotech
Infotech (formerly Info-Tech Research Group) provides an API-driven advisory model to over 30,000 IT leaders globally to systematically improve their organizations. With 30 years of trusted expertise and proven impact, Infotech equips technology leaders with industry-leading expert guidance, proven methodologies, practical tools, training, coaching, and consulting to accelerate decisions and deliver measurable outcomes. To learn more about Infotech’s HR research and advisory services, visit McLean & Company.

Media professionals can register for unrestricted access to research across IT, HR, and software and hundreds of industry analysts through the firm’s Media Insiders program. To gain access, contact pr@infotech.com.  

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SoftwareReviews is a peer-review platform from Infotech, a global research and API-driven advisory firm. The platform provides verified end-user insights that help organizations evaluate software based on features, vendor experience, and overall value. In addition to end-user insights, the firm offers peer-driven resources and advisory services, including buyer reviews, marketing and product guidance, and go-to-market support. These offerings enable technology providers to better understand customer needs, refine product strategies, and clearly communicate differentiated value to the market.

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