Who is Aceinna? Global investor IDG backs Sensors for AI
Aceinna, Inc. was formed in late 2017 as a spinoff from a leading sensor semiconductor company, MEMSIC which was founded by Dr. Yang Zhao, a pioneer in the MEMS field. Funded by IDG, a global venture capital firm with $15B under management, and the management team, Aceinna is developing new powerful sensor technology for high-volume Artificial Intelligence applications such as autonomous vehicles, high-performance compute power systems, and smart buildings. Aceinna’s established revenue stream is projected to grow with 100% growth rate over the next three years, and it has three product lines each with core technology that delivers break thru price and performance in pioneering artificial intelligence applications.
Inertial Navigation Modules
Aceinna has combined technology from a decade of internal product development and several important acquisitions to develop a broad line of small, low-cost inertial measurement unit(IMU) and integrated GPS/INS modules. These modules shatter perceptions on IMU pricing, while providing industry leading performance. Aceinna is in high-volume production today with several “autopilot” enabled vehicles.
Current Sensors
In early 2018, Aceinna begins commercial shipment of a new magneto-resistive current sensor technology. These current sensors distinguish themselves with a combination of high-bandwidth, low-cost, and zero influence on the measured circuit. The high-speed operation of the sensor allows for increases in both power supply switching speed and efficiency, a key break thru to enable efficient power delivery and heat management in small footprint, high-performance computing as well as traditional industrial applications. As more and more devices from GPU enabled consumer devices to electric cars, require significant dynamic power infrastructure, the need for accurate, high-speed current sensors will grow exponentially.
Flow Sensors
Flow and differential pressure (DP) measurement is a tricky, diverse field that has seen only modest innovation and little cost reduction in recent years. In 2017 Aceinna began production of some of the most accurate flow sensors and DP sensors in the world. Based on a novel thermal measurement physics principle, these sensors are able to achieve 24-bit accuracy at commodity prices. Applications include medical devices and building controls, but also a new breed of consumer smart home devices such as air quality monitoring and micro-zone control.
The Vision
Aceinna believes that the trend to autonomous artificially intelligent devices and services will drive a new set of needs for computing to measure and interact with the real-world. Aceinna is making investment and acquisitions to provide additional new sensor technology to power those applications with accurate data to train, learn, and enable this new breed of AI-based devices and services.
