Recently, SmartSens officially announced its wholly-owned subsidiary brand—Flyingchip (referred to as "Flyingchip"). Concurrently, the Flyingchip M1 automotive vision processing chip series was officially unveiled, including the M1 (Camera ISP), M1Pro (Camera SoC), and M1Max (Camera SoC).

These three automotive-grade products boast excellent image processing performance, low power consumption, compact packaging sizes, functional safety, and information security, providing a more diverse, flexible, stable, and reliable choice for enhancing the image performance and visual pre-processing of automotive cameras, with high-precision, low-latency automotive imaging solutions.

SmartSens Announces Wholly-Owned Subsidiary Brand—Flyingchip

SmartSens is a high-tech enterprise engaged in the research, development, and sales of CMOS image sensor chips. Since its establishment, the company has always focused on innovation and research and development of high-end imaging technology. Its products have covered the full performance needs of various application fields such as security surveillance, machine vision, intelligent automotive electronics, and smartphones.

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The recently announced wholly-owned subsidiary brand—Flyingchip—is dedicated to the research and development and design of advanced vision processing chip technology, especially in the field of automotive electronics. It is reported that Flyingchip has gathered a first-class team of scientific research talents and engineers in the industry, with a significant technological advantage in the field of vision processing chips, thanks to its profound industry technology accumulation and rich experience in product development and mass production.

Flyingchip has developed a series of high-performance intelligent vision processing chips on the edge side, which meet the demands of automotive electronics and other fields for high performance, low power consumption, compact packaging sizes, functional safety, and information security.

The purpose of SmartSens in establishing Flyingchip is: firstly, with the rapid development of automotive intelligence and autonomous driving technology, the market for automotive vision processing chips shows tremendous growth potential. SmartSens, by establishing Flyingchip, officially enters this field, aiming to seize market opportunities and expand new business growth points.

The establishment of Flyingchip enables SmartSens to provide more comprehensive product solutions in the automotive field. By launching new automotive vision processing chip products such as M1, M1_Pro, and M1_Max, SmartSens further enriches its product line in the automotive field, meeting the needs of different customers.

Secondly, Flyingchip will create a synergistic effect with SmartSens' existing CMOS image sensor business. The close cooperation between these two products can provide customers with more efficient and intelligent vision processing solutions. The establishment of Flyingchip helps SmartSens to conduct deeper technological research and development and innovation in the field of automotive vision processing chips. By continuously launching new products and solutions, SmartSens can maintain its technological leadership in the industry.

Thirdly, as the level of automotive intelligence continues to improve, the market demand for high-performance, low-power, and high-security automotive vision processing chips is also increasing. By establishing Flyingchip and launching several new types of automotive vision processing chip products, SmartSens can further enhance its competitive advantage in the automotive field.Feiling Micro has developed three automotive-grade vision processing chips in the M1 series.

SmartSens has a broad and rich product line that covers multiple application fields, including the SC series, AI/SL/IoT series, AT series, GS/LA series, CS/XS series, and PC series.

SC Series: Traditional CMOS image sensor series, suitable for a variety of basic vision applications. AI/SL/IoT Series: High-end imaging, ultra-starlight level, and IoT series, integrated with advanced image processing technology and low-power design, suitable for IoT and smart devices with high requirements for image quality and power consumption.

AT Series: Automotive CMOS image sensor series, specifically designed for automotive vision systems, featuring high dynamic range, low noise, and excellent night vision performance. GS/LA Series: Global shutter/line scan CMOS image sensor series, suitable for applications that require capturing high-speed moving objects or precise measurements.

CS/XS Series: Smartphone CMOS image sensor series, providing high-resolution, high-sensitivity, and low-noise image quality to meet the high demands of smartphones for photography and video recording. PC Series: Laptop and tablet CMOS image sensor series, designed specifically for mobile computing devices, with low power consumption, small size, and excellent image quality.

SmartSens' products are based on its unique core technologies, such as SFCPixel® technology, PixGain™ technology, HDR technology, and BSI + Global Shutter technology, which give SmartSens' image sensors significant advantages in sensitivity, night vision imaging, dynamic range, and image quality.

Its newly established subsidiary brand, Feiling Micro, mainly targets the automotive electronics field, and its main products are the M1 series automotive vision processing chips, including M1 (Camera ISP), M1Pro (Camera SoC), and M1Max (Camera SoC).

As Feiling Micro's first automotive high-performance Camera ISP product, M1 has significant advantages in image processing, such as built-in high-performance low-light noise reduction and image enhancement algorithms, support for high-resolution RGB-IR image processing, and support for up to 4-frame HDR synthesis. It is suitable for enhancing image performance and visual preprocessing of automotive cameras, providing complete and accurate image information for ADAS applications.

Building on the M1, M1Pro has integrated a 0.8TOPS@INT8 light computing power self-developed NPU, Arm® Cortex®-A7 CPU, and 1Gb DDR3L memory, supporting the operation of DMS recognition algorithms and result output, effectively enhancing the real-time performance of the overall DMS system. M1Pro is suitable for automotive vision systems that require higher data processing capabilities and real-time response speeds, such as in-cabin DMS application solutions.

Compared to M1Pro, M1Max has been upgraded in terms of core module configuration, including a 1.5TOPS@INT8 light computing power self-developed NPU, Arm® Cortex®-A7 ×2 CPU, and 2Gb DDR3L memory, to meet complex automotive vision processing requirements with more powerful processing and computing performance. M1Max is suitable for automotive systems with higher demands for vision processing performance, such as Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) and autonomous driving systems.At the same time, these three new products all meet the AEC-Q100 Grade 2 certification and ISO26262 ASIL-B functional safety level requirements, with the advantages of high safety and high reliability, to ensure the stable operation of in-vehicle vision processing and computing.

In conclusion, with the accelerated advancement of electrification and intelligence in the automotive industry, the market size of in-vehicle cameras is showing a significant upward trend. According to Yole's forecast, from 2023 to 2029, the global in-vehicle camera market size will increase from $5.7 billion to $8.4 billion. The establishment of Feiling Micro and the launch of its products are in line with this market trend, providing strong support for the upgrade and development of in-vehicle vision systems.