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46 SMT007 MAGAZINE I MARCH 2021 tomers. First, for those who are interested in having a very small, cheaper solution, there is the Hailo-8 TM chip. It can be either consumer- grade, industrial-grade, or automotive-grade; as we mentioned, the Hailo-8 chip is 17 x 17 mm. e Hailo-8 has a Gen-3 PCI with four-lane inter- face, so it gives you all the bandwidth through- put here. Each one of the lanes is eight Gbps. Johnson: So how are these different configura- tions currently being folded into Industry 4.0? We saw the example of Foxconn's product. Are there other examples, or do you have a vision of how these components would be used in Industry 4.0 applications? Bar: In Industry 4.0, we have all the things related to the factory automation. We see interaction between machines and humans, because now they are using AI to keep employ- ees safe in case of a disaster. Johnson: Can Hailo connect to other process automation systems—say, chemistry sensors or the like—and then include the visual anal- ysis from Hailo to create a more well-rounded process control? Bar: Definitely. As I mentioned earlier, some of the companies we are working with are con- necting several cameras to be processed. For computer vision, it's all open, and customers are doing really unique things and challenge us to take on different challenges as well. is is the reason why ABB eventually decided to invest in Hailo. We are flexible and always open to new tasks. Johnson: Liran, are you able to comment on any other companies you're working with to integrate? You've got Foxconn on the record. In the Industry 4.0 space, are there other com- panies you can comment on? Bar: Believe me, I wish I could tell you. But I respect their confidentiality and I cannot dis- close anything else at this stage. I can tell you we are engaged with several other major play- ers in the Industry 4.0. Johnson: Look out a year or two into the future and where do you see Hailo helping factory automation move? What's going to be differ- ent two years out? Bar: We'll see an increase in demand for AI- based solutions at the edge and Hailo can help customers with improving the performance, size and cost by shortening the testing time on the production floor, which is eventually trans- lated into cost savings. We give them a higher detection rate and accuracy for different appli- cations. We can overcome the latency issue as we are able to connect the camera directly to the Hailo-8 via a standard MIPI interface, for example. Johnson: Are you shipping Hailo-8 products now? Bar: Yes. Johnson: Okay. The work you're doing around automotive and smart city and edge analy- sis is only going to make things more flexible, more creative to get into the factory automa- tion space. Bar: Yes, on one hand you have the extreme case, which is automotive, and you need a lot of demand. The good thing with Hailo is we do not need to wait until autonomous driving Level 4 or Level 5 will take place. Automotive customers can use the Hailo-8 right now in the Level 2 and Level 3 for ADAS applications. Johnson: What a great strategy. Fantastic! Thank you for the overview and the time. I really appreciate this. It is very intriguing. Bar: Excellent. Nolan, thank you very much. SMT007