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News Release from: Silicon Hive | Subject: HiveFlex ISP 2200 programmable processor
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 11 February 2008
Image partnership draws on optical
research
Silicon Hive will enhance its HiveFlex ISP 2200 processor's instruction set for Apical Imaging's engines, resulting in area and power-efficient silicon designs.
Silicon Hive has entered into a partnership agreement to jointly develop hardware accelerated retina-morphic and image signal processing solutions for (mobile) camera phones and other terminals with demanding imaging requirements The agreement calls for Apical to optimise and port several of its image enhancement and processing engines to Silicon Hive's HiveFlex ISP 2200 programmable processor
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 18 Jun 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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Silicon Hive will enhance its HiveFlex ISP 2200 processor's instruction set for Apical Imaging's engines, resulting in area and power-efficient silicon designs.
The first joint product ready now for evaluations is Apical's Iridix engine running on a HiveFlex ISP 2200 processor.
Iridix is a method of dynamic range compression which has already been widely adopted by DSC manufacturers.
It differs from conventional methods such as gamma correction in that it applies different tonal and colour transformations to every pixel in a source image.
It is based on research into the human visual system and in particular mimics the way in which the human retina adapts to scenes of high and variable contrast.
The HiveFlex ISP 2200 processor is capable of processing over 100 Mpixels/second.
It is C programmable and easily scaleable to meet varying needs of either CMOS image sensor or imaging SoC manufacturers.
The HiveFlex ISP 2200 is based on Silicon Hive's parallel processing technology.
Co-operation between the companies will accelerate penetration of both products into new market spaces.
Apical's strong presence with manufacturers of digital cameras and camera phones should help Silicon Hive achieve adoption within those sectors.
At the same time Silicon Hive's strong contacts with semiconductor manufacturers and CMOS sensor manufacturers benefits Apical.
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