Chapter 709: Open Source!
The 16mm image sensor pixels that Loongson Semiconductor taped out are as high as 8 million pixels, which is almost four times the resolution of today's 2K digital cinema!
Such a high resolution also leaves a lot of room for color grading in film and television post-production, in fact, image sensors such as 16mm are completely enough to shoot digital films.
Loongson Semiconductor also uses gallium nitride materials in the sensor, and the photoelectric conversion efficiency of the photosensitive transistor prepared is extremely high, and the response time is very short, which is why the transistor prepared by Loongson Semiconductor can be made so small.
At this stage, other image sensor manufacturers can only achieve between 6 and 7 microns, and the sensitivity of phototransistors to the conversion of light into electrical signals is not high, and the response time is much longer, these sensors are much worse in terms of resolution, image latitude and high-speed response.
With such a high-tolerance digital HD camera, the need for a glue to magnetic converter is greatly reduced.
Pierre was confident that the 16mm HD camera would be used to compete with Japanese companies such as Sony and Panasonic in broadcast HDTV equipment.
Japan's broadcast-grade HD cameras are now HD tape cameras, and last year Sony introduced an ultra-high bitrate HD studio editing camera with a resolution of two million pixels for high-quality, two-speed slow-motion production.
Sony has done a very poor job in encoding technology,If the video is not compressed, the bitrate rate soars to 880M per second,And Loongson Semiconductor is too strong in encoding technology,Even if the video and audio format file with a resolution of 15 million pixels is only soared to 110 megabytes per second after passing a special encoding method,It shows the superb encoding technology。
The biggest feature of this encoding technology of Huaxing Group is high compression ratio and very good image quality and fast decoding speed, and what is more valuable is that the encoding technology does not have high requirements for the system, and now this encoding technology is also fully used in many products of Huaxing Group.
This encoding technology has also been listed as one of the technologies prohibited for export by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the Ministry of Commerce of Huaxia State.
Sony's high-definition digital camera is not cheap, the price is also as high as millions, and it has been very popular all over the world, to say that Pierre is not envious at all is absolutely fake.
Now the price of Alisa's 35mm movie camera has been pressed to 600,000, and the price of the 16mm HD camera is expected to be controlled below 300,000.
After Pierre joined the system of Huaxing Group, he knew that Huaxing Group attaches great importance and persistence in research and development, especially in the fields of processor chips, LCD screens, storage, image sensors and other very versatile fields, many of which are at the first-class technical level.
He knows that Loongson Semiconductor Company has invested five or six billion US dollars in R&D funds every year on the hardware and software of image sensors and processor chips, and has been constantly developing higher-performance image sensors, although he doesn't know how far the R&D department has progressed, but Wei Ruibo also proposed to the headquarters that a sensor larger than the gate of 5-hole 65 mm film is larger, with an S size of 54.12X25.59 mm, which is more than three times the Super 35 format!
Other semiconductor chip companies do not have similar products for sensors like this, and Atong did not have enough R&D personnel and technical strength to do this with an image sensor manufacturer in Canada.
Yang Jie also inspected the company's production line after visiting the R&D building, and Atong Company had laid off some of its personnel, and now there are still 400 employees left.
At present, the production line is mainly in the production of film cameras and recording equipment, and Wei Ruibo also went to a lot of film companies and studios after taking over Atong, and then also proposed the project of wireless focus and wireless monitor, as well as a gimbal and cableway flight shooting system equipped with electronic gyroscopes.
Wireless transmission and motor technology and LCD screen are the strengths of Huaxing Group, Wei Ruibo and others immediately put forward the new business to be developed by Atong Company after inspecting the market.
For Wei Ruibo's proposed R&D project, Aihua Technology Company and the headquarters of Huaxing Group Company also agreed.
Atong's previous mini models have a mini size, extremely light weight, high maneuverability, and high-quality images, especially suitable for film stunts, extremely difficult to approach, climbing, reaching, sports shooting and other occasions, photographers are often shooting 35mm films, must bring this model.
In Yang Jie's memory, Alai, a veteran film camera manufacturer, launched a mini camera that was originally intended to be mounted on a platform such as drones, but it was a big hit, and he also proposed to Wei Ruibo and Pierre the idea of developing a smaller camera.
In addition, the gallium nitride high-brightness light-emitting diode lamp produced by Huaxing Group has been supplied to a large number of domestic lamp factories, and Atong Company can also use this product technology to produce and provide light sources and power supply equipment on the set.
Both Wei Ruibo and Pierre nodded in agreement.
Huaxing Group's very mature product technology Atong Company naturally wants to take advantage of it, and this is also the open source business that Atong uses to increase revenue.
Atong has been rooted in the cinema camera industry for more than 30 years and has a wealth of experience in the mechanical and electronic design of cameras, but after entering the digital age, it has not been able to keep up with the pace of technological updates, and does not have enough funds to develop image sensors and processors, so life is getting more and more difficult.
Pierre came into contact with Wei Ruibo and other personnel of Huaxing Group Company, but found that the business atmosphere of this group company is not particularly strong, but it has a special hobby for technology research and development, which is very suitable for his spleen, because he is also an engineer himself, and he also has a tireless pursuit of technology research and development.
After the acquisition is completed, the brand will operate independently, and Aihua Technology Company will not also enter the high-end film equipment market.
Yang Jie also hopes that the brand can continue to operate, before he closes his eyes, he wants to see that the brand is still there, and it can live well.
Although the brand Atong was not created by Huaxing Group Company, this brand has been adhered to for more than 30 years, and it is not easy to get to the present.
It is very difficult for a brand to be established, but if you don't pay attention, a brand can be driven into the abyss in a short period of time.
In fact, the senior management of Aihua Technology Company also wanted to enter the movie camera market and rebuild a brand, but Yang Jie did not agree.
Aihua Technology's current business is already very much, Yang Jie still doesn't want Aihua Technology's stalls to spread too widely, and continue to work the original business.