14/06/13 CCTV News: Ambarella Enables 4K Ultra HD - IP Camera SOC

Ambarella Enables 4K Ultra HD - IP Camera SOC26 September 2012

Ambarella, Inc., a leading developer of low-power, HD

video compression and image processing

semiconductors, introduced S2,a security IP camera

System-On-Chip (SoC) with support for the new 4K

Ultra HD video standard. Ambarella’s S2 family of

SoCs is based on a Dual Core ARM® Cortex™-A9 CPU

and a high-performance video engine that delivers

multi-stream H.264 encoding up to 4K

(3840x2160p30) resolution for outstanding image

clarity and detail. Hardware analytics acceleration

combined with the dual-core CPU provide the

processing power necessary to enable cameras to

analyze video content and make intelligent decisions

based upon it. Leveraging low-power 32nm process

technology and Ambarella’s proprietary system

architecture, the S2 delivers 1080p60 encoding in

less than one Watt and 4K video encoding in less than two Watts.

“By delivering 4K video and multi-core CPU performance in a 32nm low-power design, Ambarella is

enabling high resolution video in compact camera form factors,” said Fermi Wang, President & CEO of

Ambarella. "With S2, our customers have a flexible platform to create highly intelligent IP cameras that

have outstanding image clarity.”

The S2 family provides an array of IP camera design choices. The family is comprised of software and

pin-compatible SoCs that range in performance from 1080p45 encode with a 500 MHz dual-core CPU to

4K Ultra HD encode with a 1 GHz dual-core CPU. Camera designers can also access advanced features

including analytics hardware acceleration, panoramic lens de-warping, hardware face detection, digital

Pan Tilt Zoom (PTZ) and electronic image stabilization (EIS). The Linux based S2 Software Development

Kit (SDK) supports a wide range of image sensors and enables features such as WiFi connectivity,

cloud services, local SD Card recording and transcoding. The SDK also offers comprehensive 3A and

image tuning tools for customization.

S2 Feature Summary:

-Image Sensor Pipeline with high-speed SLVDS/MIPI®/HiSPi™ interfaces, up to 32 Megapixel (MP)

sensor resolution.

-Wide Dynamic Range (WDR) with multi-exposure fusion to improve video in high-contrast lighting

conditions.

-Advanced 3D noise reduction with de-ghosting to enhance low-light performance.

-4K video (3840x2160p30 or 1920x1080p120) H.264 encoding to support the new Ultra HD standard.

Multi-streaming to enable independent resolutions, frame rate and quality. Support is also offered for

video transcoding and low-latency encoding.

-Dual Core ARM Cortex-A9 CPU with NEON and a 512 KB L2 cache provides headroom for customers’

applications, as well as enhanced power efficiency and real-time performance compared to single-core

architectures.

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14/06/13 CCTV News: Ambarella Enables 4K Ultra HD - IP Camera SOC

-Analytics hardware acceleration for efficient processing of tasks like object tracking, trip zone

perimeter control and intelligent motion detection.

-Real-time hardware-accelerated de-warping for 180/360 degree panoramic lenses.

-AES/3DES/SHA-1/MD5 encryption engines.

-Rich set of interfaces allows for compact designs and includes 32-bit DDR3L, Gigabit Ethernet, USBG

2.0 host and device, HDMI®, SDXC SD™ Card, and dual sensor interfaces.

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