A few years ago Sony created the first image sensor with on-chip RAM, which enabled slow-motion video capture at very high frame rates. Now the company has created the first sensor with on-board AI hardware, which can do high-speed image recognition. The Intelligent Vision Sensor, IMX500, has a stacked design, consisting of a pixel chip (1/2.3", 12.3MP resolution, 1.55µm pixels) and a logic chip that has a Sony-developed DSP and memory for the AI models. The sensor can capture 4K video at 60fps, but more importantly it needs only 3.1 milliseconds to analyze the image (using the...