安霸概況
安霸股份有限公司為業界先進技術的領導廠商，主要提供低功耗、超高畫質影音壓縮與影像處理半導體的解決方案。
安霸的產品開拓出一塊新的多功能照相攝影機市場，僅需一台相機，消費者便能同時享有無與倫比的超高畫質影音與數位影像。許多世界頂尖廠牌的相機與照相攝影機都採用安霸的系統單晶片。
安霸的技術也廣泛應用在超高畫質電視影像傳輸的領域，世界各地許多電視節目都是經由安霸晶片壓縮後而傳送的。
此外，安霸的系統單晶片不但足以帶動最新一代超高畫質安全監控攝影機的發展，同時業已大量出貨至世界各地。
安霸公司於2004年由一群在影像處理與編碼之半導體領域身經百戰的沙場老將所成立。該團隊的任務是完成在最低功耗與低位元率下，捕捉超高畫質影像的技術。
為了要能達成這個目標，我們研發出了一個能夠跨平台、跨市場應用的架構。這個架構形成了一個增效循環，把一個市場的優勢技術應用到其他相關市場，將取得加成效果。
安霸創始團隊從過去長期與電視影像傳輸系統廠商合作的經驗中，洞燭機先掌握了由傳統MPEG-2轉換至新一代H.264壓縮技術的契機，洞悉並擷取了發展未來技術的關鍵要件。
創始團隊在消費性電子產品的背景也讓他們了解到，唯有亮眼的銷售成績才能支持他們持續採用最先進的晶片製程技術。他們也同時深刻了解在世界各地延攬各領域優秀人才的重要性。
安全監控攝影機是由消費性產品與電視影像傳輸系統雙方面的需求所衍生出來的解決方案。高效能壓縮、超高畫質HD影像處理與低功耗，搭配上功能齊全、安全性又高的SDK軟體開發套件使得我們的解決方案甫推出，便廣獲好評與認可。
Milestones
| 2004 | • Ambarella founded |
| 2005 | • A1 introduced, a single-chip 1080i60 H.264 broadcast-class encoder |
| 2006 | • First Ambarella-enabled consumer-level HD video cameras in mass production |
| 2007 | • A2 introduced and chosen by consumer electronics brands |
| 2008 | • A3 introduced, a single-chip 1080p60 H.264 broadcast-class encoder |
| 2009 | • A5 introduced, a 65-nm video and still picture camera chip |
| • A6 broadcast HD encoder and transcoder introduced | |
| 2010 | • A5s introduced, Ambarella’s first 45-nm chip |
| • A7 introduced, a 45-nm 1080p60 HD camera chip | |
| 2011 | • iOne introduced, a camera applications processor for Android-based smart camera-centric devices |
| • A7L introduced, Ambarella's first 32-nm 1080p60 camera SoC | |
| 2012 | • S2 introduced, an Ultra HD 4K encoder chip targeting the IP camera market |
| 2013 | • A9 introduced, an Ultra HD 4K sports camera SoC |
| • A7LA introduced, an automotive camera SoC | |
| 2014 | • MotorVu™ 360 introduced, a 4-channel automotive camera solution |
| • S2L introduced, a 28-nm 1080p120 IP camera chip | |
| • S3 introduced, an Ultra HD 4Kp30 H.265/HEVC and 4Kp60 H.264/AVC IP Camera SoC | |
| 2015 | • Ambarella acquires VisLab, a European developer of computer vision and intelligent automotive control systems |
| • H1 introduced, an Ultra HD 4Kp60 H.264/AVC and 4Kp30 H.265/HEVC flying camera SoC |
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| • A12W introduced, a 28-nm wearable camera SoC | |
| • A12S and A9SE are introduced, 28-nm SoCs for flying cameras | |
| • The S3L family is announced: H.265/HEVC and H.264/AVC 28-nm SoCs targeting professional and consumer IP camera applications |
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| 2016 | • H2 introduced, a 14nm Ultra HD 4Kp120 H.264/AVC and 4Kp60 HEVC sports and flying camera SoC |
| • H12 introduced, a 4K Ultra HD SoC family supporting H.265/HEVC and H.264/AVC encoding targeting consumer applications | |
| • S5 introduced, a 14nm Ultra HD SoC capable of 4Kp60 H.264/AVC and 4Kp60 H.265/HEVC targeting professional IP camera applications | |
| 2017 | • H22 introduced, a 14nm Ultra HD 4Kp60 SoC supporting both H.265/HEVC and H.264/AVC targeting flying cameras and consumer applications |
| • A9AQ introduced, Ambarella’s first automotive-qualified SoC targeting video recorders, surround view and electronic mirror applications | |
| • B6 introduced, a high performance, serializer/deserializer companion chip for automotive OEM solutions | |
| • H3 introduced, a 14nm 8Kp30 SoC supporting both H.264/AVC and H.265/HEVC encoding formats targeting the virtual reality and flying camera markets |