Himax Unveils AI-Embedded WiseEye ASIC to Enable Tiny Machine Learning for Ultra-Low Power Applications
17 September 2019 - 12:00PM
Himax Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: HIMX) (“Himax” or “Company”), a
leading supplier and fabless manufacturer of display drivers and
other semiconductor products, today announced the WiseEye WE-I
Plus, an AI accelerator-embedded ASIC platform solution for
application developers to develop and deploy CNN-based machine
learning (ML) models on AIoT applications including smart home
appliances and surveillance systems.
The WiseEye WE-I Plus ASIC adopts a programmable
processor with enhanced DSP features and a power-efficient CDM, HOG
and JPEG hardware accelerator for real-time motion detection,
object detection, and image processing. To address the issue of
rising security risk surrounding AIoT applications, the WiseEye
WE-I Plus ASIC is equipped with comprehensive hardware and software
integrated security solutions such as security boot, security OTA
and security metadata output over TLS. In order to meet the demand
for ultra-low power and long battery life, in addition to
low-power-driven ASIC design, the embedded LDO and multi-state PMU
have been purposely built to support shutdown, AoS (always on
sensing) and CV efficient operation modes. Furthermore, an
associated software library with a comprehensive tool chain is
provided for efficient implementation of ML technology when
processing captured data from image, voice and ambient sensors.
A key element of the WiseEye WE-I Plus ASIC
platform solution is a user-friendly evaluation kit (EVK) which
will enable application developers to speed up their system design
and therefore product release schedule. The EVK incorporates the
WE-I Plus ASIC, AoS (always on sensing) sensor, PIR sensor,
temperature sensor, ambient light sensor, microphones and LEDs. It
also provides WiFi and USB extension boards for UART, I2C and SPI
link with PC. From a software perspective, the EVK provides
comprehensive ML library and DSP library and supports the use of
ICE, all under a user-friendly programming environment.
“The demand for battery-powered smart devices
with AI-enabled intelligent sensing is rapidly growing, especially
in markets such as home appliances, door lock, TV, notebook and
building control or security. Our WiseEye WE-I Plus ASIC platform
solution can be used with popular ML frameworks for the development
of a wide range of applications in audio, video and signal
processing where power is a strict constraint and on-device memory
is limited. We are receiving positive feedbacks from our partners
and leading industry players,” said Jordan Wu, President and Chief
Executive Officer of Himax Technologies.
Himax will showcase the WiseEye WE-I Plus ASIC
platform solution at the upcoming Synopsys ARC Processor Summit
2019 on September 19 at Santa Clara Marriott Hotel, California.
About Himax Technologies, Inc.
Himax Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: HIMX) is a
fabless semiconductor solution provider dedicated to display
imaging processing technologies. Himax is a worldwide market leader
in display driver ICs and timing controllers used in TVs, laptops,
monitors, mobile phones, tablets, digital cameras, car navigation,
virtual reality (VR) devices and many other consumer electronics
devices. Additionally, Himax designs and provides controllers for
touch sensor displays, in-cell Touch and Display Driver Integration
(TDDI) single-chip solutions, LED driver ICs, power management ICs,
scaler products for monitors and projectors, tailor-made video
processing IC solutions, silicon IPs and LCOS micro-displays for
augmented reality (AR) devices and heads-up displays (HUD) for
automotive. The Company also offers digital camera solutions,
including CMOS image sensors and wafer level optics for AR devices,
3D sensing and machine vision, which are used in a wide variety of
applications such as mobile phone, tablet, laptop, TV, PC camera,
automobile, security, medical devices, home appliance and Internet
of Things. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Tainan, Taiwan,
Himax currently employs around 2,100 people from three Taiwan-based
offices in Tainan, Hsinchu and Taipei and country offices in China,
Korea, Japan, Israel, and the US. Himax has 2,931 patents granted
and 561 patents pending approval worldwide as of June 30th, 2019.
Himax has retained its position as the leading display imaging
processing semiconductor solution provider to consumer electronics
brands worldwide.
http://www.himax.com.tw
Forward Looking Statements
Factors that could cause actual events or
results to differ materially include, but not limited to, general
business and economic conditions and the state of the semiconductor
industry; market acceptance and competitiveness of the driver and
non-driver products developed by the Company; demand for end-use
applications products; reliance on a small group of principal
customers; the uncertainty of continued success in technological
innovations; our ability to develop and protect our intellectual
property; pricing pressures including declines in average selling
prices; changes in customer order patterns; changes in estimated
full-year effective tax rate; shortages in supply of key
components; changes in environmental laws and regulations; exchange
rate fluctuations; regulatory approvals for further investments in
our subsidiaries; our ability to collect accounts receivable and
manage inventory and other risks described from time to time in the
Company's SEC filings, including those risks identified in the
section entitled "Risk Factors" in its Form 20-F for the year ended
December 31, 2018 filed with the SEC, as may be amended.
Company Contacts:
Jackie Chang, CFOHimax Technologies, Inc.Tel:
+886-2-2370-3999 Ext.22300OrUS Tel: +1-949-585-9838 Ext.252Fax:
+886-2-2314-0877Email:
jackie_chang@himax.com.twwww.himax.com.tw
Sky Wang, Investor RelationsHimax Technologies,
Inc.US Tel: +1-949-585-9838 Ext.223Fax: +1-312-445-3643Email:
sky_wang@himax.com.twwww.himax.com.tw
Investor Relations - US
RepresentativeMaili Bergman, Managing
DirectorMZ North AmericaTel: 949-298-4320Email:
HIMX@mzgroup.uswww.mzgroup.us
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