{"id":12487,"date":"2014-10-20T15:18:14","date_gmt":"2014-10-20T13:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/?p=12487"},"modified":"2014-10-28T22:56:53","modified_gmt":"2014-10-28T21:56:53","slug":"khronos-finalizes-and-releases-openvx-1-0-specification-%e2%80%a8for-computer-vision-acceleration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/12487-khronos-finalizes-and-releases-openvx-1-0-specification-%e2%80%a8for-computer-vision-acceleration\/","title":{"rendered":"Khronos Finalizes and Releases OpenVX 1.0 Specification for Computer Vision Acceleration"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><strong>Fast, por\u00adta\u00adble, power-effi\u00adci\u00adent visi\u00adon pro\u00adces\u00adsing across diver\u00adse hard\u00adware archi\u00adtec\u00adtures; Full con\u00adfor\u00admance test suite and Adop\u00adters Pro\u00adgram imme\u00addia\u00adte\u00adly available;<br>\nKhro\u00adnos to ship open source Open\u00adVX imple\u00admen\u00adta\u00adti\u00adon by end&nbsp;2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Octo\u00adber 20th, 2014, \u2013 The Khro\u00adnos\u2122 Group today announ\u00adced the rati\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon and public release of the fina\u00adli\u00adzed Open\u00adVX\u2122 1.0 spe\u00adci\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon<\/strong>, an open, royal\u00adty-free stan\u00addard for cross plat\u00adform acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon of com\u00adpu\u00adter visi\u00adon appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons. Open\u00adVX enables per\u00adfor\u00admance and power-opti\u00admi\u00adzed com\u00adpu\u00adter visi\u00adon pro\u00adces\u00adsing, espe\u00adci\u00adal\u00adly important in embedded and real-time uses cases such as face, body and ges\u00adtu\u00adre track\u00ading, smart video sur\u00adveil\u00adlan\u00adce, advan\u00adced dri\u00adver assis\u00adtance sys\u00adtems (<span class=\"caps\">ADAS<\/span>), object and sce\u00adne recon\u00ads\u00adtruc\u00adtion, aug\u00admen\u00adted rea\u00adli\u00adty, visu\u00adal inspec\u00adtion, robo\u00adtics and more. In addi\u00adti\u00adon to the Open\u00adVX spe\u00adci\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon, Khro\u00adnos has deve\u00adlo\u00adped a full set of con\u00adfor\u00admance tests and an Adop\u00adters Pro\u00adgram, that enables imple\u00adment\u00aders to test their imple\u00admen\u00adta\u00adti\u00adons and use the Open\u00adVX trade\u00admark if con\u00adfor\u00admant. Khro\u00adnos plans to ship an open source, ful\u00adly-con\u00adfor\u00admant CPU-based imple\u00admen\u00adta\u00adti\u00adon of Open\u00adVX 1.0 befo\u00adre the end of 2014. The full Open\u00adVX 1.0 spe\u00adci\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon and details about the Open\u00adVX Adop\u00adters Pro\u00adgram are available at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.khronos.org\/openvx\">www.khronos.org\/openvx<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Open\u00adVX defi\u00adnes a hig\u00adher level of abs\u00adtrac\u00adtion for exe\u00adcu\u00adti\u00adon and memo\u00adry models than com\u00adpu\u00adte frame\u00adworks such as Open\u00adCL\u2122, enab\u00adling signi\u00adfi\u00adcant imple\u00admen\u00adta\u00adti\u00adon inno\u00adva\u00adti\u00adon and effi\u00adci\u00adent exe\u00adcu\u00adti\u00adon on a wide ran\u00adge of archi\u00adtec\u00adtures while main\u00adtai\u00adning a con\u00adsis\u00adtent visi\u00adon acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon <span class=\"caps\">API<\/span> for appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon por\u00adta\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty. An Open\u00adVX deve\u00adlo\u00adper expres\u00adses a con\u00adnec\u00adted graph of visi\u00adon nodes that an imple\u00admen\u00adter can exe\u00adcu\u00adte and opti\u00admi\u00adze through a wide varie\u00adty of tech\u00adni\u00adques such as: acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon on CPUs, GPUs, DSPs or dedi\u00adca\u00adted hard\u00adware, com\u00adpi\u00adler opti\u00admiza\u00adti\u00adons, node coale\u00adscing, and tiled exe\u00adcu\u00adti\u00adon to keep sec\u00adtions of pro\u00adces\u00adsed images in local memo\u00adries. This archi\u00adtec\u00adtu\u00adral agi\u00adli\u00adty enables Open\u00adVX appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons on a diver\u00adsi\u00adty of sys\u00adtems opti\u00admi\u00adzed for dif\u00adfe\u00adrent levels of power and per\u00adfor\u00admance, inclu\u00adding very bat\u00adtery-sen\u00adsi\u00adti\u00adve, visi\u00adon-enab\u00adled, weara\u00adble displays.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>Incre\u00adasing\u00adly powerful and effi\u00adci\u00adent pro\u00adces\u00adsors and image sen\u00adsors are enab\u00adling engi\u00adneers to incor\u00adpo\u00adra\u00adte visu\u00adal intel\u00adli\u00adgence into a wide ran\u00adge of sys\u00adtems and appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons,\u201d said Jeff Bier, foun\u00adder of the Embedded Visi\u00adon Alli\u00adance. \u201cA key chall\u00adenge for engi\u00adneers is effi\u00adci\u00adent\u00adly map\u00adping com\u00adplex algo\u00adrith\u00adms onto the pro\u00adces\u00adsor best sui\u00adted to the appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon. Open\u00adVX is an important step towards easing this challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The pre\u00adcis\u00ade\u00adly defi\u00adned spe\u00adci\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon and con\u00adfor\u00admance tests for Open\u00adVX make it ide\u00adal for deploy\u00adment in pro\u00adduc\u00adtion sys\u00adtems, whe\u00adre cross-ven\u00addor con\u00adsis\u00adten\u00adcy and relia\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty are essen\u00adti\u00adal. Open\u00adVX is com\u00adple\u00admen\u00adta\u00adry to the popu\u00adlar Open\u00adCV open source visi\u00adon libra\u00adry that is also used for appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon pro\u00adto\u00adty\u00adp\u00ading but is not so tight\u00adly defi\u00adned and lacks Open\u00adVX graph opti\u00admiza\u00adti\u00adons. Khro\u00adnos has defi\u00adned the <span class=\"caps\">VXU<\/span>\u2122 uti\u00adli\u00adty libra\u00adry to enable deve\u00adlo\u00adpers to call indi\u00advi\u00addu\u00adal Open\u00adVX nodes as stan\u00adda\u00adlo\u00adne func\u00adtions for effi\u00adci\u00adent code migra\u00adti\u00adon from tra\u00addi\u00adtio\u00adnal visi\u00adon libra\u00adri\u00ades such as Open\u00adCV. Final\u00adly, as any Khro\u00adnos spe\u00adci\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon, Open\u00adVX is exten\u00adsi\u00adble to enable nodes to be defi\u00adned and deploy\u00aded to meet cus\u00adto\u00admer needs, ahead of being inte\u00adgra\u00adted into the core specification.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Industry Support<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span><span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> is an enthu\u00adsi\u00ada\u00adstic advo\u00adca\u00adte for natu\u00adral user inter\u00adfaces enab\u00adled by com\u00adpu\u00adter visi\u00adon,\u201d<\/em> said Greg Stoner, seni\u00ador direc\u00adtor of appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon engi\u00adnee\u00adring, Hete\u00adro\u00adge\u00adneous Appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons and Solu\u00adti\u00adons, <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>. <em>\u201cAs a pro\u00adpo\u00adnent of open stan\u00addards and a pro\u00advi\u00adder of high\u00adly-par\u00adal\u00adle\u00adli\u00adzed archi\u00adtec\u00adtures ide\u00adal for com\u00adpu\u00adter visi\u00adon, we embrace the Open\u00adVX stan\u00addard and look for\u00adward to stan\u00addar\u00addi\u00adzed pro\u00adli\u00adfe\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon of the\u00adse expe\u00adri\u00aden\u00adces throug\u00adhout the industry.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>Open\u00adVX will be a gre\u00adat tool for future deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment of com\u00adpu\u00adter visi\u00adon appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons,\u201d<\/em> said Johan Pauls\u00adson, <span class=\"caps\">CTO<\/span> at Axis Com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons. <em>\u201cWe see excel\u00adlent poten\u00adti\u00adal for making deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment efforts future-pro\u00adof by sepa\u00adra\u00adting algo\u00adrith\u00adms from hardware.\u201d&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>Cadence is inte\u00adgra\u00adting Open\u00adVX into our Ten\u00adsi\u00adli\u00adca\u00ae Imaging\/Vision Libra\u00adry soft\u00adware deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment kit to enable hig\u00adher per\u00adfor\u00admance and power opti\u00admiza\u00adti\u00adon for our sca\u00adlable and con\u00adfi\u00adgura\u00adble <span class=\"caps\">IVP-EP<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">DSP<\/span> cores, which are wide\u00adly adopted for ima\u00adging, com\u00adpu\u00adter visi\u00adon and auto\u00admo\u00adti\u00adve dri\u00advers\u2019 assis\u00adtance appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons,\u201d<\/em> sta\u00adted Dr. Chris Rowen, <span class=\"caps\">CTO<\/span> of the <span class=\"caps\">IP<\/span> Group, Cadence.<\/p>\n<p><em><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span><span class=\"caps\">CEVA<\/span> applauds the Khro\u00adnos Group on achie\u00adving this important mile\u00adstone with the release of Open\u00adVX spe\u00adci\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon,\u201d<\/em> said Eran Bri\u00adman, vice pre\u00adsi\u00addent of mar\u00adke\u00adting at <span class=\"caps\">CEVA<\/span>. <em>\u201cWith an exten\u00adsi\u00adve list of ven\u00addors curr\u00adent\u00adly sam\u00adpling their com\u00adpu\u00adter visi\u00adon ICs based on the <span class=\"caps\">CEVA-MM3101<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">DSP<\/span> and a gro\u00adwing deve\u00adlo\u00adpers com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty, it is clear that the opti\u00admal way to meet the strin\u00adgent per\u00adfor\u00admance and power requi\u00adre\u00adments of com\u00adpu\u00adter visi\u00adon appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons is to off\u00adload <span class=\"caps\">CV<\/span> pro\u00adces\u00adsing to a dedi\u00adca\u00adted pro\u00adces\u00adsor. Open\u00adVX enables this for deve\u00adlo\u00adpers in a seam\u00adless man\u00adner and we are now inte\u00adgra\u00adting it into our <span class=\"caps\">CEVA-MM3101<\/span> Appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon Deve\u00adlo\u00adpers Kit (<span class=\"caps\">ADK<\/span>).\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>As one of the first inno\u00adva\u00adtors in embedded visi\u00adon, Cogni\u00adVue will be sup\u00adport\u00ading a com\u00adpli\u00adant Open\u00adVX imple\u00admen\u00adta\u00adti\u00adon for our <span class=\"caps\">APEX<\/span> Image Cogni\u00adti\u00adon Pro\u00adces\u00adsing tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy with announce\u00adments coming,\u201d<\/em> said Tom Wil\u00adson vice pre\u00adsi\u00addent of pro\u00adduct manage\u00adment and mar\u00adke\u00adting at CogniVue.<\/p>\n<p><em><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>We see Open\u00adVX as a pro\u00admi\u00adsing tail\u00ador-made stan\u00addard tool for deve\u00adlo\u00adping per\u00adfor\u00admant, low-power, while por\u00adta\u00adble com\u00adpu\u00adter visi\u00adon appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons for our mobi\u00adle devices,\u201d<\/em> said Zho\u00aduhong, pre\u00adsi\u00addent&nbsp;of<br>\nCen\u00adtral Hard\u00adware Engi\u00adnee\u00adring Insti\u00adtu\u00adte, Hua\u00adwei. <em>\u201cBased on its tight\u00adly defi\u00adned natu\u00adre, we also&nbsp;see<br>\nOpen\u00adVX to ser\u00adve as a stan\u00addard bench\u00admark suite which can pro\u00admo\u00adte the deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment of ever-more power effi\u00adci\u00adent com\u00adpu\u00adter visi\u00adon acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adtors, a com\u00adpo\u00adnent likely to beco\u00adme must-have for coming mobi\u00adle products.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>Visi\u00adon appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons will be a defi\u00adning fea\u00adture and dif\u00adfe\u00adren\u00adtia\u00adtor for pro\u00adducts in a wide ran\u00adge of mar\u00adkets inclu\u00adding mobi\u00adle, smart home, auto\u00admo\u00adti\u00adve, retail ana\u00adly\u00adtics, public safe\u00adty and more. Imagination\u2019s <span class=\"caps\">IP<\/span> cores inclu\u00adding Power\u00adVR GPUs and video pro\u00adces\u00adsors, Rap\u00adtor ima\u00adging pro\u00adces\u00adsors and <span class=\"caps\">MIPS<\/span> CPUs are alre\u00ada\u00addy used in visi\u00adon appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons, and we expect this trend to acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adte,\u201d<\/em> said Peter McGuin\u00adness, direc\u00adtor of Mul\u00adti\u00adme\u00addia Tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy Mar\u00adke\u00adting, Ima\u00adgi\u00adna\u00adti\u00adon. <em>\u201cWe are deligh\u00adted to be invol\u00adved with defi\u00adning the spe\u00adci\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon for Open\u00adVX 1.0, which we belie\u00adve is a valuable start\u00ading point for acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adting crea\u00adti\u00adon and adop\u00adti\u00adon of visi\u00adon applications.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>Intel sup\u00adports and wel\u00adco\u00admes the adop\u00adti\u00adon of Open\u00adVX as an important ele\u00adment in pro\u00adli\u00adfe\u00adra\u00adting com\u00adpu\u00adter visi\u00adon usa\u00adge models,\u201d<\/em> said Ofri Wechs\u00adler, Intel Fel\u00adlow. <em>\u201cIn fact, Intel has a long histo\u00adry in sup\u00adport\u00ading the deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment of the com\u00adpu\u00adter visi\u00adon domain span\u00adning the crea\u00adti\u00adon of Open\u00adCV more than two deca\u00addes ago to the acti\u00adve opti\u00admiza\u00adti\u00adon of Open\u00adCV 3.0 for Intel CPUs and Intel Pro\u00adces\u00adsor Graphics\u201d&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>Open\u00adVX enables dis\u00adrupt\u00ading com\u00adpu\u00adter visi\u00adon appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons that run on low-power mobi\u00adle and weara\u00adble devices,\u201d<\/em> said Vic\u00adtor Eruk\u00adhi\u00admov, <span class=\"caps\">CEO<\/span> of Itseez, Inc., and chair of the Open\u00adVX working group. <em>\u201cWe see it as an opti\u00admiza\u00adti\u00adon lay\u00ader for many of our pro\u00adjects, from sophisti\u00adca\u00adted midd\u00adle\u00adwa\u00adre for smart\u00adphones to advan\u00adced dri\u00adver assis\u00adtance tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies and mobi\u00adle <span class=\"caps\">3D<\/span> scanning.\u201d&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>We are exci\u00adted to con\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adte to the next gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon of com\u00adpu\u00adter visi\u00adon appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons,\u201d<\/em> says A.G.K. Kar\u00aduna\u00adka\u00adran, <span class=\"caps\">CEO<\/span> of Mul\u00adti\u00adcore\u00adWare. <em>\u201cOur experts are alre\u00ada\u00addy working with lea\u00adding device OEMs and semi\u00adcon\u00adduc\u00adtor com\u00adpa\u00adnies on the deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment of Open\u00adVX plat\u00adforms and com\u00adpu\u00adter visi\u00adon libra\u00adri\u00ades that levera\u00adge mul\u00adti\u00adco\u00adre hete\u00adro\u00adge\u00adneous pro\u00adces\u00adsors inclu\u00adding CPUs, GPUs, DSPs, VSPs, and other pro\u00adgramma\u00adble architectures.\u201d&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>Real-time visi\u00adon pro\u00adces\u00adsing com\u00adbi\u00adned with advan\u00adced gra\u00adphics is inter-twi\u00adning the real and vir\u00adtu\u00adal worlds to enable true visu\u00adal com\u00adpu\u00adting appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons,\u201d<\/em> said Neil Tre\u00advett, pre\u00adsi\u00addent of the Khro\u00adnos Group and vice pre\u00adsi\u00addent of mobi\u00adle eco\u00adsys\u00adtem at <span class=\"caps\">NVIDIA<\/span>. <em>\u201c<span class=\"caps\">NVIDIA<\/span> is inte\u00adgra\u00adting Open\u00adVX into our Visi\u00adonWorks <span class=\"caps\">SDK<\/span> so GPU-acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adted visi\u00adon nodes can be easi\u00adly com\u00adbi\u00adned into pipe\u00adlines for a ran\u00adge of advan\u00adced visi\u00adon applications.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>Rene\u00adsas is plea\u00adsed to take part in the launch of Open\u00adVX that is expec\u00adted to have a signi\u00adfi\u00adcant impact on the visi\u00adon appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon domain,\u201d<\/em> said Masayu\u00adki Mizu\u00adno, vice pre\u00adsi\u00addent, chief of Incu\u00adba\u00adti\u00adon Cen\u00adter at Rene\u00adsas Elec\u00adtro\u00adnics Cor\u00adpo\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon. <em>\u201cWe belie\u00adve Open\u00adVX will break new ground in visi\u00adon appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons by intro\u00addu\u00adcing graph-based opti\u00admiza\u00adti\u00adon as well as by defi\u00adning stan\u00addard visi\u00adon&nbsp;APIs.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>Sam\u00adsung is com\u00admit\u00adted to brin\u00adging novel, useful, and fun com\u00adpu\u00adter visi\u00adon appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons to our mobi\u00adle devices. The stan\u00addard frame\u00adwork of Open\u00adVX lets us deve\u00adlop por\u00adta\u00adble appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons for diver\u00adse appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon pro\u00adces\u00adsors and con\u00adsu\u00admer devices, from tablets and hand\u00adsets to weara\u00adbles,\u201d<\/em> said Mike Pol\u00adley, seni\u00ador vice pre\u00adsi\u00addent and head of the Sam\u00adsung Mobi\u00adle Pro\u00adces\u00adsor Inno\u00adva\u00adti\u00adon Lab. <em>\u201cSam\u00adsung encou\u00adra\u00adges the indus\u00adtry to sup\u00adport Open\u00adVX to enable broad avai\u00adla\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty of com\u00adpu\u00adter visi\u00adon on mobi\u00adle plat\u00adforms, allo\u00adwing Sam\u00adsung and inde\u00adpen\u00addent soft\u00adware deve\u00adlo\u00adpers to unlock the poten\u00adti\u00adal of our advan\u00adced pro\u00adces\u00adsing archi\u00adtec\u00adtures and deploy per\u00adva\u00adsi\u00adve, revo\u00adlu\u00adtio\u00adna\u00adry and effi\u00adci\u00adent com\u00adpu\u00adter visi\u00adon in power-cons\u00adtrai\u00adned environments.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>Texas Instru\u00adments is com\u00admit\u00adted to enab\u00adling advan\u00adced visi\u00adon ana\u00adly\u00adtics pro\u00adces\u00adsing and to sup\u00adport cus\u00adto\u00admers to stream\u00adli\u00adne their embedded deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment,\u201d<\/em> said Jason Jacob, pro\u00adces\u00adsor gene\u00adral mana\u00adger \u2014 <span class=\"caps\">ADAS<\/span>, Texas Instru\u00adments. <em>\u201cAs a mem\u00adber and con\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adtor of the Khro\u00adnos Open\u00adVX working group and efforts, <span class=\"caps\">TI<\/span> belie\u00adves the release of the Open\u00adVX spe\u00adci\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon is a key mile\u00adstone in enab\u00adling Open Stan\u00addards based embedded com\u00adpu\u00adte frame\u00adworks to dri\u00adve a fas\u00adter adop\u00adti\u00adon rate in the mar\u00adket. Our digi\u00adtal signal pro\u00adces\u00adsors (DSPs) pro\u00advi\u00adde the per\u00adfor\u00admance lift and power effi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy for visi\u00adon ana\u00adly\u00adtics and <span class=\"caps\">TI<\/span> will be enab\u00adling Open\u00adVX on the\u00adse architectures.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>vide\u00adan\u00adtis con\u00adgra\u00adtu\u00adla\u00adtes the Open\u00adVX team on rea\u00adching ano\u00adther major mile\u00adstone,\u201d<\/em> said Hans-Joa\u00adchim Stol\u00adberg, <span class=\"caps\">CEO<\/span> at vide\u00adan\u00adtis. <em>\u201cWe see Open\u00adVX as a key open stan\u00addard that enables effi\u00adci\u00adent acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon of com\u00adpu\u00adter visi\u00adon algo\u00adrith\u00adms, dri\u00adving new appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons such as auto\u00admo\u00adti\u00adve dri\u00adver assis\u00adtance sys\u00adtems, always-on came\u00adra appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons, ges\u00adtu\u00adre inter\u00adfaces, <span class=\"caps\">3D<\/span> cap\u00adtu\u00adre, and aug\u00admen\u00adted rea\u00adli\u00adty. We\u2019re proud to bring sup\u00adport for this new stan\u00addard to our v\u2011<span class=\"caps\">MP4000HDX<\/span> sca\u00adlable uni\u00adfied video\/vision pro\u00adces\u00adsor architecture.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>Vivan\u00adte is working with lea\u00adding indus\u00adtry part\u00adners to deli\u00adver high per\u00adfor\u00admance, real time, intel\u00adli\u00adgent visi\u00adon pro\u00adces\u00adsing solu\u00adti\u00adons in mobi\u00adle, auto\u00admo\u00adti\u00adve and smart secu\u00adri\u00adty pro\u00adducts through our Open\u00adVX based <span class=\"caps\">GC7000<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">VX<\/span> Series GPUs,\u201d<\/em> said Wei-Jin Dai, <span class=\"caps\">CEO<\/span> and Pre\u00adsi\u00addent of Vivan\u00adte. <em>\u201cThis inno\u00adva\u00adti\u00adve design enables SoC ven\u00addors to use the same pro\u00adces\u00adsing core for embedded visi\u00adon acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon and pho\u00adto\u00adrea\u00adli\u00adstic <span class=\"caps\">3D<\/span> ren\u00adde\u00adring, while kee\u00adping power con\u00adsump\u00adti\u00adon within mobi\u00adle levels. Through a dyna\u00admic <span class=\"caps\">VLIW<\/span> visi\u00adon ins\u00adtruc\u00adtion set and enhan\u00adced shader exten\u00adsi\u00adons to achie\u00adve sin\u00adgle cycle <span class=\"caps\">API<\/span> effi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy, this new <span class=\"caps\">GPU<\/span> Visi\u00adon approach will allow rapid adop\u00adti\u00adon of visi\u00adon appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons on Vivan\u00adte Open\u00adVX platforms.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">About The Khronos Group<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">The Khro\u00adnos Group is an indus\u00adtry con\u00adsor\u00adti\u00adum crea\u00adting open stan\u00addards to enable the aut\u00adho\u00adring and acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon of par\u00adal\u00adlel com\u00adpu\u00adting, gra\u00adphics, visi\u00adon, sen\u00adsor pro\u00adces\u00adsing and dyna\u00admic media on a wide varie\u00adty of plat\u00adforms and devices. Khro\u00adnos stan\u00addards include OpenGL\u00ae, OpenGL\u00ae <span class=\"caps\">ES<\/span>, Web\u00adGL\u2122, Open\u00adCL\u2122, <span class=\"caps\">SPIR<\/span>\u2122, <span class=\"caps\">SYCL<\/span>\u2122, Web\u00adCL\u2122, Open\u00adVX\u2122, Open\u00adMAX\u2122, OpenVG\u2122, Open\u00adSL <span class=\"caps\">ES<\/span>\u2122, Strea\u00admIn\u00adput\u2122, <span class=\"caps\">COLLADA<\/span>\u2122 and glTF\u2122. All Khro\u00adnos mem\u00adbers are enab\u00adled to con\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adte to the deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment of Khro\u00adnos spe\u00adci\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons, are empowered to vote at various stages befo\u00adre public deploy\u00adment, and are able to acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adte the deli\u00advery of their cut\u00adting-edge media plat\u00adforms and appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons through ear\u00adly access to spe\u00adci\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon drafts and con\u00adfor\u00admance tests. More infor\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon is available at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.khronos.org\/\">www.khronos.org<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">###<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"smalltext\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Khro\u00adnos, DevU, Strea\u00admIn\u00adput, <span class=\"caps\">SPIR<\/span>, <span class=\"caps\">SYCL<\/span>, Web\u00adGL, Web\u00adCL, <span class=\"caps\">COLLADA<\/span>, Open\u00adKO\u00adDE, OpenVG, Open\u00adVX, <span class=\"caps\">VXU<\/span>, glTF, Open\u00adSL <span class=\"caps\">ES<\/span> and Open\u00adMAX are trade\u00admarks of the Khro\u00adnos Group Inc. <span class=\"caps\">ASTC<\/span> is a trade\u00admark of <span class=\"caps\">ARM<\/span> Hol\u00addings <span class=\"caps\">PLC<\/span>, Open\u00adCL is a trade\u00admark of Apple Inc. and OpenGL is a regis\u00adtered trade\u00admark and the OpenGL <span class=\"caps\">ES<\/span> and OpenGL <span class=\"caps\">SC<\/span> logos are trade\u00admarks of Sili\u00adcon Gra\u00adphics Inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal used under licen\u00adse by Khro\u00adnos. All other pro\u00adduct names, trade\u00admarks, and\/or com\u00adpa\u00adny names are used sole\u00adly for iden\u00adti\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon and belong to their respec\u00adti\u00adve owners.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fast, por\u00adta\u00adble, power-effi\u00adci\u00adent visi\u00adon pro\u00adces\u00adsing across diver\u00adse hard\u00adware archi\u00adtec\u00adtures; Full con\u00adfor\u00admance test suite and Adop\u00adters Pro\u00adgram imme\u00addia\u00adte\u00adly available; Khro\u00adnos to ship open source Open\u00adVX imple\u00admen\u00adta\u00adti\u00adon by end 2014 (\u2026) <a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/12487-khronos-finalizes-and-releases-openvx-1-0-specification-%e2%80%a8for-computer-vision-acceleration\/\">Wei\u00adter\u00adle\u00adsen&nbsp;\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pressemitteilungen","entry"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12487"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12487\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12819,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12487\/revisions\/12819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}