CCD technology was the driving force behind early digital photography, and its popularity persisted until the late 2000s.

SI Sensors – a Specialised Imaging group company, is proud to announce a groundbreaking development in the field of high-speed imaging: the integration of Charge-Coupled Device (CCD) technology within ...

Guessing by the noise improvements... I'm going to say that they [the industry] just can't get noise levels down enough on CCD sensors hence the move to CMOS. Nikon made some serious leaps and bounds ...