Himax Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: HIMX) (“Himax” or “Company”), a
leading supplier and fabless manufacturer of display drivers and
other semiconductor products, and Kneron, a leading company in edge
artificial intelligence (AI) solutions, today jointly announced a
collaboration to accelerate the development and commercialization
of a high precision and high performance 3D sensing and AI-enabled
security and surveillance solution. Himax and Kneron will
demonstrate the solution prototype at the 14th China International
Exhibition on Public Safety and Security in Beijing on October
23-26, 2018.
The collaboration brings together Himax’s SLiMTM
(Structured Light Imaging Module), an industry leading structured
light-based 3D sensing hardware total solution consisted of its
cutting-edge design and manufacturing capabilities in optics, NIR
sensors, ASIC as well as unique know-how in 3D sensing system
integration, and Kneron’s dedicated edge artificial intelligence
(AI) processor and facial recognition algorithm with deep learning
technology. The 3D sensing, AI-enabled solution can deliver real
time 3D depth map generation with high resolution and high accuracy
performance for indoor and outdoor environment. Furthermore, it is
engineered for ultra-lower power consumption in a compact form
factor, making it ideal for integration with security and
surveillance system.
“While we continue working closely with leading
Android smartphone makers and platform providers to enable wider 3D
sensing adoption in 2019 and beyond, we are seeing emerging 3D
sensing adoption in various vertical industries such as AR/VR, IoT,
industrial, automotive, security and surveillance, among several
others,” said Jordan Wu, President and Chief Executive Officer of
Himax Technologies. “Our SLiMTM is a turnkey 3D sensing module that
can enable facial recognition, 3D reconstruction and scene
perception. With the ASIC chip for 3D depth decoding that Himax has
developed, we can extend the solution beyond smartphone to wide
applications without duplicating the development efforts. 3D
sensing represents the most significant growth opportunity for
Himax in the next few years.”
Albert Liu, the founder and CEO of Kneron, said,
“We are pleased to partner with Himax to bring AI and 3D sensing
technologies to new generation of security and surveillance
applications. We believe this joint solution will deliver the
highest performance and provide cost advantage to meet customers’
demand. We already have engagements with the leading players in the
areas of IoT, smart homes as well as security and surveillance. We
expect to see our solution embedded in customers’ product in
2020.”
About Himax Technologies, Inc.
Himax Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:HIMX) is a
fabless semiconductor solution provider dedicated to display
imaging processing technologies. Himax is a worldwide market leader
in display driver ICs and timing controllers used in TVs, laptops,
monitors, mobile phones, tablets, digital cameras, car navigation,
virtual reality (VR) devices and many other consumer electronics
devices. Additionally, Himax designs and provides controllers for
touch sensor displays, in-cell Touch and Display Driver Integration
(TDDI) single-chip solutions, LED driver ICs, power management ICs,
scaler products for monitors and projectors, tailor-made video
processing IC solutions, silicon IPs and LCOS micro-displays for
augmented reality (AR) devices and heads-up displays (HUD) for
automotive. The Company also offers digital camera solutions,
including CMOS image sensors and wafer level optics for AR devices,
3D sensing and machine vision, which are used in a wide variety of
applications such as mobile phone, tablet, laptop, TV, PC camera,
automobile, security, medical devices and Internet of Things.
Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Tainan, Taiwan, Himax
currently employs around 2,200 people from three Taiwan-based
offices in Tainan, Hsinchu and Taipei and country offices in China,
Korea, Japan, Israel, and the US. Himax has 2,983 patents granted
and 493 patents pending approval worldwide as of September 30th,
2018. Himax has retained its position as the leading display
imaging processing semiconductor solution provider to consumer
electronics brands worldwide.
http://www.himax.com.tw
About Keron
Kneron, a leading provider of edge AI solutions,
founded in 2015 at San Diego, U.S., provides software and hardware
integration solutions, including edge device-specific neural
network processors (neural processing units, NPU) and various
visual recognition software. Kneron currently has offices in San
Diego, Taipei, Shenzhen and Zhuhai and has global clients and
partners. Kneron announced the completion of series A financing on
November, 2017. Alibaba Entrepreneurs Fund and CDIB Capital Group
are the lead investors, and Himax Technologies, Inc., Qualcomm,
Thundersoft, Sequoia Capital (its sub funds: Cloudatlas), and CY
ZONE are co-investors. On May, 2018, Kneron completed its series A1
financing led by Horizons Ventures, a venture capital firm founded
by Mr. Ka-shing Li.
http://www.kneron.com/
Forward Looking Statements
Factors that could cause actual events or
results to differ materially include, but not limited to, general
business and economic conditions and the state of the semiconductor
industry; market acceptance and competitiveness of the driver and
non-driver products developed by the Company; demand for end-use
applications products; reliance on a small group of principal
customers; the uncertainty of continued success in technological
innovations; our ability to develop and protect our intellectual
property; pricing pressures including declines in average selling
prices; changes in customer order patterns; changes in estimated
full-year effective tax rate; shortages in supply of key
components; changes in environmental laws and regulations; exchange
rate fluctuations; regulatory approvals for further investments in
our subsidiaries; our ability to collect accounts receivable and
manage inventory and other risks described from time to time in the
Company's SEC filings, including those risks identified in the
section entitled "Risk Factors" in its Form 20-F for the year ended
December 31, 2017 filed with the SEC, as may be amended.
Company Contacts:
Jackie Chang, CFOHimax
Technologies, Inc.Tel: +886-2-2370-3999 Ext.22300 OrUS Tel:
+1-949-585-9838 Ext.252Fax: +886-2-2314-0877Email:
jackie_chang@himax.com.twwww.himax.com.tw
Ophelia Lin, Investor
RelationsHimax Technologies, Inc.Tel: +886-2-2370-3999
Ext.22202Fax: +886-2-2314-0877 Email:
ophelia_lin@himax.com.tw www.himax.com.tw
Sky Wang, Investor
RelationsHimax Technologies, Inc.
US Tel: +1-949-585-9838 Ext.223Fax:
+1-312-445-3643Email: sky_wang@himax.com.tw www.himax.com.tw
Investor Relations - US RepresentativeJohn
Mattio, PresidentLamnia International Tel: +1-203-885-1058Email:
jmattio@lamniaintl.com
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