Ambarella Inc.

Ambarella Inc.
Public
Traded as NASDAQ: AMBA
Industry Semiconductors
Founded 2004
Headquarters Santa Clara, California, United States
Key people
 Feng-Ming (Fermi) Wang (CEO)
Les Kohn (CTO)
Didier LeGall (EVP)
Number of employees
 500+ (2015)
Website www.ambarella.com

Ambarella, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMBA) is a developer of low-power, high-definition (HD) and Ultra HD video compression and image processing products. The company’s products are used in a variety of HD and Ultra HD cameras including security IP-cameras, sports cameras, wearable cameras, flying cameras and automotive video camera recorders. Ambarella compression chips are also used in broadcasting TV programs worldwide.

Ambarella is the recipient of the Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) 2010, 2011, and 2012 award for "Most Respected Private Semiconductor Company". Ambarella became a public company in 2012 and has since received the GSA 2013 award for "Favorite Analyst Semiconductor Company" as well as the GSA 2014 award for "Most Respected Emerging Public Semiconductor Company”.[1]

The CEO, Feng-Ming (Fermi) Wang, has received a Glassdoor rating of 100%. The company itself has a Glassdoor rating of 4.1 stars out of 5.[2]

History

Founded in 2004, Ambarella started with professional high definition H.264 video encoders for the broadcast market. In 2006, Ambarella applied this technology to consumer video cameras and later to the security IP camera market.

Ambarella has been a market leader for video broadcasting, consumer video cameras and also security IP cameras, powering GoPro cameras with HD video (1080p)[3] and now Google wearables.[4]

The main driver for Ambarella's business is the security and surveillance market. IP security cameras constitute 45 percent of its business, and that segment is growing 25 percent year-over-year. Automotive after-market cameras (dash cameras) and flying cameras (cameras on UAVs) are other key growth markets for Ambarella's video chips.[5]

Products

Ambarella produces system-on-chip (SoC) video chips. In January 2015, it released its latest integrated SoC. Fermi Wang, President and CEO of Ambarella, explained, “The adoption of 4K Ultra HD video has been accelerating across consumer electronics markets,” said “The Ambarella H1 will enable a new generation of sports and flying cameras with high frame rate Ultra HD video, bringing professional-quality film making to the consumer.”[6]

Ambarella also produces an A12W ultra-low-power HD camera (SoC) which can encode a full HD video stream and a second HD stream for dual-lens cameras. It also features Electronic Image Stabilization (EIS) for stable video recording during motion. The A12W supports long battery life requirements of wearable security cameras.[7]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.ambarella.com/uploads/docs/company-fact-sheet.pdf
  2. ↑ "Ambarella Reviews". Glassdoor.
  3. ↑ Klug, Brian (2013-01-13). "Ambarella announces A9 camera". Anandtech. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
  4. ↑ Santos, Alexis (2014-01-09). "Wearable Google Helpouts streaming camera shares GoPro heritage". Engadget. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
  5. ↑ http://www.cnbc.com/id/101810846
  6. ↑ "Ambarella H1 Camera SoC Doubles Ultra HD Frame Rate for Sports and Flying Cameras". Yahoo Finance. 6 January 2015.
  7. ↑ "Ambarella A12W Reference Design Kit Enables New Generation of Wearable Police and Security Cameras". Yahoo Finance. 6 January 2015.

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