Sony Launches AI Camera Sensors

By John Honovich, Published May 18, 2020, 07:52am EDT

Weeks after exiting the branded video surveillance business, Sony is making a splash announcing "the first image sensors in the world to be equipped with AI processing functionality".

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Inside this note, we examine:

  • What the Sony AI sensors do and, more importantly, do not
  • How the Sony AI sensor compares to Ambarella, Hisilicon, Intel, Qualcomm, etc.
  • What Sony AI sensors strongest structural strength is
  • What challenges or opportunities the Sony AI sensor has for video surveillance
  • How this impacts the competitive contest over where AI is processed

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Structural ******** - ***-***** *******

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Video ************ *************

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Competition ** **********

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******* *** *** *********, the ** **** **********, and *** ****'* ** sensor, ******* *** ******** for ******* ** ** the **** ** **********.

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Cloud **********

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Comments (1)

John Honovich

IPVM | 05/20/20 12:18am

******: **** *** *** partnered **** ********* *** these *******, **** ******* point** *** ************:

**** **** **** ****** a ***** ****** ******* app ******* ** ***** IoT *** ********* ******** that *********** *** ****** sensor *** ******* *** range *** ********** ** video ********* ************* *** enterprise *********. *** *********** of ***** *** ********* will ***** ******** ****’* cutting-edge ******* & ******* technologies, ********* *** ****** functionality ** ****-***** **** AI **********, **** *********’* cloud ********* *** ** platform ** ******* *** video ********* ************* *** customers *** ******** ****** a ******* ** **********.

***** *** *** ***** this *** ** **** will ** *********** ** see. *****, ***** ***** releases **** *** ** be ***** *** ******* impact *** ** **** see.

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