Sony Launches AI Camera Sensors

By: John Honovich, Published on May 18, 2020

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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Comments (1)

John Honovich

IPVM | 05/20/20 12:18am

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