Archives for March 2024

Canon converts 100% of power to renewable energy at five manufacturing sites for printing business

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Andes and MetaSilicon collaborate on automotive CIS

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From Yahoo Finance news:

Andes Technology and MetaSilicon Collaborate to Build the World’s First Automotive-Grade CMOS Image Sensor Product Using RISC-V IP SoC

Hsinchu Taiwan, Feb. 22, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- RISC-V IP vendor Andes Technology and edge computing chip provider MetaSilicon jointly announced that the MetaSilicon MAT Series is the world's first automotive-grade CMOS image sensor series using RISC-V IP SoC, using Andes' AndesCore™ N25F-SE processor. They are designed in accordance with the ISO26262 functional safety standard to achieve ASIL-B level and follow the AEC-Q100 Grade 2 to achieve a high level of safety and reliability. And by using technologies such as HDR, advanced imaging can be achieved in a simple, economical, and efficient system. They not only address the effects of high dynamic range, high sensitivity, and high color reproduction, but also meet the application requirements of ADAS decision-making.

The N25F-SE from Andes Technology is a 32-bit RISC-V CPU core that can support the standard IMACFD instruction set, which includes an efficient integer instruction set and a single/double precision floating point operation instruction set. The N25F-SE's high-efficiency five-stage pipeline achieves a good balance between high operating frequency and a streamlined design. It also has rich configurable options and flexible interface configuration, which greatly simplify the SoC development. In addition, the N25F-SE has obtained the ISO 26262 ASIL-B full compliance certification, which enables the image sensor chip to meet the vehicle-level safety requirement. For the development of MetaSilicon's automotive-grade chips, the N25F-SE and its safety package provide a good fit CPU solution and together with Andes’ technical support shorten the chip development time significantly.

MetaSilicon has first-class innovative R&D capabilities and has developed several cutting-edge technologies including LOFIC (Lateral Overflow Integration Capacitor) + DCG (Dual Conversion Gain) HDR (High-Dynamic Range), which meet the high-quality image requirements for smart car vision applications. The MAT Series 1MP CMOS image sensor chip has low power consumption and high dynamic range (HDR) characteristics. Its effective image resolution is 1280 H * 960 V, and it can support high dynamic range image output up to 60fps @120dB. The other MAT Series 3MP CIS has multiple capabilities such as low power consumption, ultra-high dynamic range (HDR), on-chip ISP, LFM, etc. Its effective image resolution is 1920 H * 1536 V, and can support up to 60fps frame rate, and the dynamic range can reach the industry-leading 140dB+. These chips can provide reliable high-quality image information for intelligent automotive applications.

"The N25F-SE provides a safety package, which includes a safety manual, safety analysis report and a development interface outline. The N25F-SE and its safety package are effective, high-performance and flexible automotive solutions. They can significantly reduce the time required to design automotive grade SoCs and to comply with the ISO 26262 standard", said Dr. Charlie Su, President and CTO of Andes Technology. "We are very pleased that N25F-SE's IP and safety package efficiently support MetaSilicon shorten the development time for its two automotive-grade chips. We also look forward to more cooperation between the two companies in the future to create more innovative products."

Jianhua Zheng, CTO of MetaSilicon said, “Among the various sensors used in automotive ADAS applications, visual image processing is particularly important. Once the image is not accurate and timely enough, it will directly lead to errors in the judgment of the back-end algorithm, so HDR performance requirements are extremely high. MetaSilicon's LOFIC+DCG HDR technology can achieve an ultra-high dynamic range of 140dB+ to meet practical application needs in the automotive ADAS field. We are honored to work closely with Andes Technology on two high-performance chips, using the world's first ISO 26262 certified RISC-V core N25F-SE that meets the functional safety standards. As a result, we can shorten the product development time and achieve functional safety goals."

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Job Postings – Week of 3 March 2024

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Prophesee

Internship - R&D - Sensor Simulation

Paris, France

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Sandia National Laboratories

Postdoctoral Appointee Optoelectronics, HI & Quantum Device

Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

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Sandia National Laboratories

Intern - Photonic & Phononic Microsystems - R&D Undergrad Summer

Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

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Tesla

Engineering Technician, Camera

Palo Alto, California, USA

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University of London

Silicon Detector Technician

Mile End, London, England, UK

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Turion Space

Advanced Sensors Engineer

Irvine, California, USA

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SmartRay

Sensor Application Engineer

Penang, Malaysia

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Joint Institute for Nuclear Research

Postdoctoral Programme in Novel Cherenkov Detector Development

Dubna, Russia

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VPS Semi presents a 600MP image sensor

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From: http://www.vpssemi.com/NewsDetail?id=72 (Translated to English with Google Translate)

New product release 
VPS800 - New large area array image sensor chip released for wide-area surveillance
 


On September 6, the 24th China International Optoelectronics Expo kicked off at the Shenzhen Baoan International Convention and Exhibition Center. At this Optoelectronic Expo, Nanjing VPS Semiconductor Technology Co., Ltd. released a new product for the wide-area monitoring field - VPS800 large area array imaging. This series of chips has a pixel count of over 600 million, a pixel size of 0.7 microns, and supports 16 ROIs (regions of interest). It can provide imaging solutions at longer distances and a wider range, expanding the new boundaries of existing wide-area monitoring solutions.

The VPS800 large area array imaging chip is based on the internally-developed vertical charge transfer imaging device (VPS) as the core. It has a single-chip pixel size of more than 600 million, which can solve the problems of complexity, large volume, and high power consumption of existing large area array camera systems. It achieves long range and large field of view while reducing size, weight, power consumption, and cost, allowing coverage of a wider range clearly while obtaining more micro details. Currently, it is mainly used in security monitoring, commercial satellites, industrial inspection, etc. 

For scenarios that require both large-scale observation and the acquisition of a large number of micro-details, the VPS800 large-area image sensor chip can support long-distance fixed-point shooting. With one imaging, large-scale observation can be achieved and the fine details of the entire image can be retained.
 
For scenarios presenting large target areas and high resolution such as commercial satellite surveillance, imaging sensors are required to be "small" and "light". The VPS800 large-area imaging chip can support a single-chip pixel size of more than 600 million without the need for splicing. It is small in size and light in weight - more in line with the demand scenarios of micro/nano satellites.
 
It is worth mentioning that the chip supports 16 ROI (Region of Interest) functions, which allows users to read sensor information from any area, thus reducing the amount of information read. The target can be continuously observed through one frame, and it can also achieve multi-target synchronous tracking. It can be used as a supplementary solution to existing security monitoring solutions, expanding the observation scope and application boundaries of existing security monitoring solutions.

Note: This startup was previously featured in a blogpost from 2022: https://image-sensors-world.blogspot.com/2022/01/vps-semiconductor-raises-100m-rmb-in.html

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