i-Chips

In the late 1980s, Sumitomo Metals started and ambitious effort to develop image processing semiconductors for the machine vision market. the products developed were highly sophisticated and unique to the market. Single-chip processors for convolution, image rotation and edge detection were developed. The product line gradually evolved towards the display market with devices specializing in image scaling and frame rate conversion. In the year 2000 this division became i-Chips Technology Inc.