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Ambarella’s latest 5nm AI SoC family runs vision-language models and AI-based image processing

Ambarella, Inc., an edge AI semiconductor company, announced during the ISC West security expo, the continued expansion of its AI system-on-chip (SoC) portfolio with the 5nm CV75S family. These new SoCs provide the industry’s most power- and cost-efficient option for running the latest multi-modal vision-language models (VLMs) and vision-transformer networks. This efficiency makes these cutting-edge AI technologies feasible for a broad range of cost- and power-constrained devices wi...

Ambarella enlarges AI SoC portfolio with new 5nm CV75S family exhibited at ISC West 2024

Ambarella, Inc., an edge AI semiconductor company, announced during the ISC West 2024 security expo, the continued expansion of its AI system-on-chip (SoC) portfolio with the 5nm CV75S family. Power- and cost-efficient option These new SoCs provide the industry’s most power- and cost-efficient option for running the latest multi-modal vision-language models (VLMs) and vision-transformer networks.  This efficiency makes these cutting-edge AI technologies feasible for a broad range o...

IDS NXT malibu camera combines advanced consumer image processing and AI technology from Ambarella and industrial quality from IDS

IDS NXT Malibu marks a new class of intelligent industrial cameras that act as edge devices and generate AI overlays in live video streams. For the new camera series, IDS Imaging Development Systems has collaborated with Ambarella, a pioneering developer of visual AI products, making consumer technology available for demanding applications in industrial quality. CVflow® AI vision system It features Ambarella’s CVflow® AI vision system on chip and takes full advantage of the SoC&...

Newest systems-on-chips (SOCs) to expand AI inside cameras, says Ambarella

When it comes to security cameras, the end user always wants more—more resolution, more artificial intelligence (AI), and more sensors. However, the cameras themselves do not change much from generation to generation; that is, they have the same power budgets, form factors and price. To achieve “more,” the systems-on-chips (SoCs) inside the video cameras must pack more features and integrate systems that would have been separate components in the past.  For an update on t...

Ambarella launches 4K, 5nm edge AI SoC for mainstream security cameras at ISC West 2023

Ambarella, Inc., an edge AI semiconductor company, announces in advance of ISC West the CV72S 4K, 5nm AI vision system-on-chip (SoC) for mainstream professional security cameras, built on its latest CVflow® 3.0 AI architecture. That architecture allowed Ambarella to create this new CV72S SoC with the security industry’s highest AI performance per watt and fusion of radar and camera data, for better nighttime and all-weather AI perception. Its dedicated AI hardware efficiently runs th...

i-PRO to showcase body-worn cameras, in-vehicle systems, evidence management software and ALPR solutions at IACP 2022

At IACP 2022, on booth 3405, i-PRO Americas Inc., (formerly a division of Panasonic), a pioneer in professional security solutions for surveillance and public safety, will showcase its latest range of security solutions for law enforcement professionals. Featuring an extensive range of imaging and evidence management offerings and advanced AI-driven software and analytics, i-PRO’s comprehensive portfolio of public safety and law enforcement solutions includes body-worn cameras, in-vehicle...

i-PRO to exhibit the latest AI multi-sensor pan/tilt/zoom (PTZ) cameras at GSX 2022 (Global Security Exchange 2022) event

At GSX 2022 (Global Security Exchange 2022), in booth 3633, i-PRO Co., Ltd., a globally renowned company in professional security solutions for surveillance and public safety, will showcase its latest range of AI-empowered cameras and AI-based analytics. i-PRO has focused its development on compact designs, easy installation and an open platform that supports industry-renowned AI-based edge analytics, powered by Ambarella SoC’s. Equipped with the highest levels of cyber security, the new...

i-PRO announces the addition of AI to their PTZ cameras and a revamp of the entire PTZ range

i-PRO Co., Ltd., a pioneer in professional security solutions for surveillance and public safety, announces the addition of AI to its PTZ (Pan, Tilt, Zoom) cameras and a revamp of the entire PTZ range, adding a total of 35 new cameras. The PTZ cameras also benefit from a new modern design in a smaller form factor that is similar in size to many dome cameras. The S-Series cameras include a powerful built-in AI processor enabling advanced automatic tracking to make operators’ lives much eas...

i-PRO Americas Inc. announce the release of the new 4K Panoramic Front Camera for police vehicles, the WV-VCF41P

i-PRO Americas Inc., a globally renowned company in professional security solutions for surveillance and public safety, has announced the launch of its new 4K Panoramic Front Camera for police vehicles, the WV-VCF41P. A component of i-PRO’s powerful ICV4000 in-car video (ICV) system, the new WV-VCF41P camera is ideal for law enforcement agencies, seeking wide-angle coverage and high-resolution capture of video evidence from the vehicle. WV-VCF41P 4K Panoramic Front Camera The WV-VCF41P...

Top 10 articles of 2021 reflect a changing security marketplace

Our most popular articles in 2021 provide a good reflection of the state of the industry. Taken together, the Top 10 Articles of 2021, as measured by reader clicks, cover big subjects such as smart cities and cybersecurity. They address new innovations in video surveillance, including systems that are smarter and more connected, and a new generation of computer chips that improve capabilities at the edge. A recurring theme in 2021 is cybersecurity's impact on physical security, embodied by a hi...

Next wave of SoCs will turbocharge camera capabilities at the edge

A new generation of video cameras is poised to boost capabilities dramatically at the edge of the IP network, including more powerful artificial intelligence (AI) and higher resolutions, and paving the way for new applications that would have previously been too expensive or complex. Technologies at the heart of the coming new generation of video cameras are Ambarella’s newest systems on chips (SoCs). Ambarella’s CV5S and CV52S product families are bringing a new level of on-camera...

Ambarella, Lumentum, On Semiconductor organise a live webinar on 3D sensing and AI processing for the real world

One of the most practical ways that the growing convergence of AI and IoT, or AIoT, will impact everyone’s lives in the near term is interaction with the world, from unlocking doors, to entering an office building, to checking in at an airport, to elder and in-patient care. Integrating AI with 3D sensing IoT devices are getting smarter through the integration of AI that obtains insights from data. At the same time, when immediate actions are required from an IoT device, the user experien...

Ambarella, Lumentum and ON Semiconductor collaborate on AI processing based 3D sensing for next-gen AIoT devices

Ambarella, Inc., an AI vision silicon company, Lumentum, a designer and manufacturer of innovative optical and photonic products, and ON Semiconductor®, a provider of CMOS image sensor solutions announced two new joint reference designs that accelerate AIoT device deployment across verticals, building on the companies’ previous joint solution for contactless access systems. Intelligent 3D solutions By combining the data from Lumentum’s high-performance VCSEL array illuminators...

Next-gen face recognition uses 3D sensing, AI depth processing and lower power

Facial recognition is becoming more popular in newer systems for access control — a shift that began before the pandemic and has intensified with a market shift toward “touchless” systems. A new facial recognition platform is emerging that responds to the access control industry’s increased interest in facial recognition by expanding the concept with a new higher level of technology. At the core of the new system is high-performance, true-3D sensing with facial depth ma...

March Networks unveils AI-enabled ME6 Series IP Cameras for accurate detection of security incidents and threats

March Networks, a globally renowned video security and video-based business intelligence solutions, announced that it is pleased to introduce its ME6 Series IP Cameras, a new 6 MP camera line powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI). ME6 Series IP Cameras Incorporating advanced system-on-chip (SoC) technology from California-based company, Ambarella, the ME6 Series use Deep Neural Network processing power to accurately distinguish between people and vehicles. This built-in intelligence is combi...

Ambarella, Lumentum and ON Semiconductor launch a joint 3D sensing platform and demonstrate at CES 2020

Ambarella, Inc., an AI vision silicon company, Lumentum, a designer and manufacturer of innovative optical and photonic products, and ON Semiconductor, a provider of CMOS image sensor solutions, announced a joint 3D sensing platform for the development of intelligent access control systems and smart video security products, such as smart video doorbells and door locks. The platform is based on Ambarella’s CV25 CVflow AI vision system on chip (SoC), structured-light powered by Lumentum&rsq...

Ambarella collaborates with AWS and enables AI on connected cameras using Amazon SageMaker Neo

Ambarella, Inc., an artificial intelligence (AI) vision silicon company, announced that Ambarella and Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS) customers can now use Amazon SageMaker Neo to train machine learning (ML) models once and run them on any device equipped with an Ambarella CVflow-powered AI vision system on chip (SoC). Until now, developers had to manually optimise ML models for devices based on Ambarella AI vision SoCs. This step could add considerable delays and errors to the application deve...

Ambarella announces CV22FS and CV2FS automotive camera SoCs for advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS)

Ambarella, Inc., an AI vision silicon company, announced the CV22FS and CV2FS automotive camera system on chips (SoCs) with CVflow AI processing and ASIL B compliance to enable safety-critical applications. Both chips target forward-facing monocular and stereovision ADAS cameras, as well as computer vision ECUs for L2+ and higher levels of autonomy. Featuring extremely low power consumption, the CV22FS and CV2FS make it possible for tier-1s and OEMs to surpass New Car Assessment Program (NCAP)...

Ambarella, Lumentum and ON Semiconductor announces a joint 3D sensing platform

Ambarella, Inc., an AI vision silicon company, Lumentum, a designer and manufacturer of innovative optical and photonic products, and ON Semiconductor, a provider of CMOS image sensor solutions, announces a joint 3D sensing platform for the development of intelligent access control systems and smart video security products such as smart video doorbells and door locks. The platform is based on Ambarella’s CV25 CVflow® AI vision system on chip (SoC), structured-light powered by Lumentum...

Ambarella to demonstrate its new robotics platform based on CVflow architecture at CES 2020

Ambarella, Inc., an AI vision silicon company, announces that it will demonstrate its new robotics platform during CES 2020. Based on Ambarella’s CVflow® architecture, it targets automated guided vehicles (AGV), consumer robots, industrial robots, and emerging Industry 4.0 applications. The robotics platform provides a unified software infrastructure for robotics perception across Ambarella’s CVflow SoC family including the CV2, CV22, CV25, and S6LM. It provides easy access and...

Ambarella to showcase advanced ADAS and AD applications at a private event during CES 2020

Ambarella, Inc., an AI vision silicon company, will demonstrate advanced ADAS and AD applications based on Ambarella’s CVflow® SoC family at a private event during CES 2020 in Las Vegas. Ambarella will perform autonomous driving and parking demonstrations using its Embedded Vehicle Autonomy (EVA), a self-driving vehicle, on Las Vegas roads. EVA builds upon 20 years of autonomous vehicle research and utilises CVflow embedded processors to run AI-based computer vision algorithms. Its ca...

Home monitoring at the edge: Advanced security in the hands of consumers

Imagine a home surveillance camera monitoring an elderly parent and anticipating potential concerns while respecting their privacy. Imagine another camera predicting a home burglary based on suspicious behaviors, allowing time to notify the homeowner who can in turn notify the police before the event occurs—or an entire network of cameras working together to keep an eye on neighborhood safety. Artificial Intelligence vision chips A new gen of AI vision chips are pushing advanced capabili...

Vaion to showcase its innovative end-to-end security system at GSX 2019

Vaion, just a few months out of stealth mode, today announces its launch into the North American market with comprehensive demonstrations at GSX 2019. Vaion will exhibit in booth #1819 with a rapidly expanding commercial team ready to provide custom demos. Visitors will examine real-world scenarios which showcase how machine learning delivers operator efficiency, provides a rich understanding of surroundings, and offers new operational benefits for improved ROI. Embedded machine learning Vaio...

Ava Security announces launch into the North American market with comprehensive demonstrations at GSX 2019

Ava Security (Vaion), just a few months out of stealth mode, has announced its launch into the North American market with comprehensive demonstrations at GSX 2019. They will exhibit in booth #1819 with a rapidly expanding commercial team ready to provide custom demos. Visitors will examine real-world scenarios that showcase how machine learning delivers operator efficiency, provides a rich understanding of surroundings, and offers new operational benefits for improved ROI. Innovative end-to-en...

ISC West 2019 wrap-up: an ecosystem of apps, chips and systems to come

The excitement of ISC West 2019 continued until the very end – almost. Exhilarated by the first two busy days of the show, attendees and exhibitors seemed to welcome a slower third day. There were no complaints about booth traffic, and still plenty of thoughtful conversations taking place, everyone determined to maximise the value of face time with customers until the last second. Building an IoT ecosystem in SAST At a show lacking in high-profile new technology announcements, the bigges...

Ambarella unveils S6LM camera SoC with 4K imaging technology for professional and home security cameras

Ambarella, Inc., global developer of high-resolution video processing and computer vision semiconductors, has unveiled the S6LM camera SoC (System-on-Chip) for both professional and home security cameras. The S6LM includes Ambarella's latest high dynamic range (HDR) and low-light processing technology, highly efficient 4K H.264 and H.265 encoding, multi-streaming, on-chip 360-degree de-warping, cyber-security features, and a quad-core Arm(r) CPU. Fabricated in 10nm process technology, the SoC ha...

Ushering in a new wave of video surveillance capabilities

Where are video surveillance cameras headed? At the core of next-generation Internet Protocol (IP) cameras are advanced chips with artificial intelligence (AI) at the edge, enabling cameras to gather valuable information about an incident: scanning shoppers at a department store, monitoring city streets, or checking on an elderly loved one at home. Thanks to advanced chip technology, complex analytics operations are becoming more affordable across the full spectrum of surveillance cameras &mdas...

The Open Security & Safety Alliance membership doubles within six months; attracts players from different sectors

The newly established Open Security & Safety Alliance (OSSA or 'the Alliance'), a non-profit, non-stock corporation formed to outline specifications for a common standardised platform for security and safety solutions, announced that since its formation in Fall 2018, the organisation has grown by 50% and initiatives are in full-swing. The Alliance is quickly attracting players ranging from device manufacturers, software developers and system integrators to distributors and system on a chip (...

Ambarella unveils the CV25 camera SoC with CVflow computer vision processing required for the next generation of intelligent solutions

Ambarella, Inc. a developer of high-resolution video processing and computer vision semiconductors, introduced the CV25 camera System-on-Chip (SoC), the latest in the CVflow family, combining advanced image processing, high-resolution video encoding and CVflow computer vision processing in a single, extremely low power design. The CV25's CVflow architecture provides the Deep Neural Network (DNN) processing required for the next generation of affordable and intelligent home monitoring, professio...

Innovation dominates CES 2019 in new security technologies

Security is among the defining topics at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2019 this week in Las Vegas. More than 4,500 exhibiting companies are participating, including some 1,200 startups, highlighting the next wave of innovation in consumer electronics – and security. Twenty-four product categories at CES feature solutions to transform how consumers live, work and play. Technologies being highlighted include 5G connectivity, artificial intelligence (AI), augmented and virtual reality...

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