Ambarella launches computer vision chips for edge AI

Chip designer Ambarella has announced a new computer vision chip for processing artificial intelligence at the edge of computer networks, like in smart cars and security cameras. The new CV28M camera system on chip (SoC) is the latest in the company's CVflow family. It combines advanced image processing, high-resolution video encoding, and computer vision processing in a single, low-power chip. Ambarella packed a lot of AI processing power into the chip to anticipate the way computer networks will evolve as everything gets connected to the internet. Since networks could become inundated with data traffic, self-driving cars, for example, will have to do their processing at the edge of the network, or in the car itself, rather than interacting heavily with datacenter processors.