HiSilicon 3516AV300/DV300/CV500 is like a god-level existence, singing all the way in the AI market. After HiSilicon was sanctioned by the United States, the price has been hyped up, and it has remained high until now. Taking a closer look at the logic behind the skyrocketing price of HiSilicon, it is not difficult to find that HiSilicon has the following unique advantages.
1. Excellent product strength. There is no doubt about it. HiSilicon’s products have always been the industry benchmark, with stable products, excellent ISP performance, complete SDK, clear development documents, relatively easy to develop, and low risk.
2. There is a broad ecosystem of engineers, there are many experienced engineers, and it is relatively easy for companies to recruit people.
3. The extension ecology is good, there are many solution providers and algorithm providers.
HiSilicon has many advantages, far more than the above three, but when considering replacement of these three, it cannot be bypassed.
Let’s look at the good alternatives first:
The above are a few that are often heard in the market, and there are more than these alternatives. Some new manufacturers such as Cambrian and Horizon have launched alternative products. I did not write them out. I personally feel that there is a need for them Mass-produced products to verify the reliability of the chip. Let's analyze the advantages and disadvantages of these SOC manufacturers one by one.
1. Lyrics.
Novatek is a SOC manufacturer that developed together with HiSilicon. It is an old enemy with HiSilicon. The security market and the driving recorder market have been going hand in hand with HiSilicon. These solutions of Novatek have relatively excellent product capabilities, and are endorsed by products mass-produced by listed companies such as Hikvision, Tongwei, and Ruiming. As Novatek has worked in the market for a long time, the engineer ecology is relatively rich. The biggest shortcoming of Novatek is that the extension ecology is slightly weak, there are only a few authorized solution providers, and there are relatively few algorithm providers. If the company does not have the development capabilities, it needs to find reliable outsourcing resources first.
2. Ambarella
Ambarella is an old American visual SOC manufacturer, synonymous with high-end, with excellent image effects, advanced production technology, and efficient codec efficiency. It has always been a strong opponent of HiSilicon. Unacclimatized, the market share has declined rapidly in recent years. Ambarella’s solutions have higher specifications than HiSilicon’s, and are very advantageous in terms of product strength. The content of the document is quite open, and it has a detailed introduction to the internal logic and usage of the chip. The disadvantage is that the threshold is high. Unlike HiSilicon, which has a lot of libraries, the underlying code of Ambarella needs to be written by itself, which invisibly requires high personnel. At the same time, Ambarella has a very good entry threshold, and NRE can easily cost tens of thousands of dollars. , The chip minimum order quantity of more than 100,000 US dollars has blocked many manufacturers who want to use it.
3 、sigmastar
Sigmastar has not been in the visual SOC for a long time, but it has developed rapidly. With its keen sense of the license plate recognition market and deep cultivation, it has grown rapidly. In terms of product strength, it is good, except that ISP is not very competitive due to the short training time. , The specifications are very close to HiSilicon. The engineer ecology is also not bad, and the license plate recognition product has trained many engineers. There are also a lot of outsourced resource ecosystems such as solution providers, which is a good choice.
4、RK
RK has not been in the visual SOC for a long time. It used to be relatively prominent in the commercial display market. With the hard work of face recognition access control, it joined the ranks of visual SOC manufacturers. The product specifications are quite high. Due to the short entry time, product strength still needs Look further. The face recognition access control market is still the one with the most voices in the market.
5. Yizhi
The history of Yizhi is not too long. The team has a certain background in video chips. The specifications of several alternative solutions in the picture are relatively low. At present, there are certain cases in the direction of face recognition access control, and the product strength needs to be further developed. observation.