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VIDEO-NATIVE EDGE AI / DESIGN-IN

Make every frame part of the system.

YUAN brings capture I/O, FPGA, drivers, edge compute, NexVDO SDK, and production engineering into one design-in path for video-intensive systems.

Performance, capacity, power, and thermal behavior are validated against a documented configuration—not treated as universal product claims.

Video AI system visual connecting cameras, processing, and operational views

SYSTEM VIEW

Source to operation

NEXT STEP

Configuration review

01Input
Camera, video, audio, metadata, and sensor interfaces
02Signal
FPGA, timing, drivers, firmware, and memory movement
03Compute
Supported NVIDIA and x86 platforms shaped by the workload
04Software
Capture, record, stream, analyze, and application handoff

01 / THE COMPLETE PATH

Edge AI begins before the model receives a frame.

Follow the physical source through timing, memory movement, compute, inference, application behavior, and field operation. Select a stage to see the questions an architecture review should make explicit.

Video-native pipeline

Active stage 01

Capture

Professional and embedded video or sensor inputs

02 / DESIGN-IN PATHS

Start with the system you need to ship.

Four paths organize the buying committee around a specific architecture, evaluation checklist, and production decision. Each page uses its own source, software, and operating context.

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Vision AI ISVs · Video analytics teams

Multi-Camera Edge AI

Map camera inputs, synchronization, edge compute, and application software as one design-in path for a video analytics product or sensor platform.

Explore the design-in path
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VMS and analytics ISVs · Security and surveillance SIs

AI NVR Modernization

Define how SDI, HDMI, IP, or mixed camera sources feed edge inference, recording, event workflows, and the systems your operators already use.

Explore the design-in path
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Robotics and AMR OEMs · Perception teams

Robotics Perception

Bring cameras, sensor timing, edge compute, perception software, power, thermal, and production constraints into one robotics design-in review.

Explore the design-in path
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AOI vendors · Machine builders

Industrial Vision Design-In

Map camera capture, triggers, edge inference, machine I/O, frame-integrity validation, and production constraints for an AOI or machine-vision system.

Explore the design-in path
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01 / Source reality

Design around the frames that must enter the system.

Professional video, embedded cameras, encoded streams, audio, and metadata each establish different timing, control, and ownership boundaries. A credible architecture starts by recording those details source by source.

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02 / System boundary

Treat capture, compute, and software as one path.

Frame movement continues through FPGA logic, drivers, memory, preprocessing, runtime, application behavior, and the physical platform. Reviewing those layers together exposes missing interfaces before they become late-stage integration work.

See the complete video-native path in motion.

Frames begin in a physical environment and continue through system coordination, inference, and operation. The architecture review keeps that complete path in view.

Bright innovation campus where cameras, autonomous systems, and operators share one workflow
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03 / Production evidence

Carry a documented configuration into validation.

Results only become useful when the source, software versions, compute target, power mode, thermal state, duration, and acceptance rule travel with them. The review defines what must be measured; product qualification remains configuration-specific.

03 / ONE DESIGN-IN BOUNDARY

Connect the layers before committing the platform.

The architecture review is a working boundary across source, hardware, compute, and software decisions. It identifies what is supported, what still needs confirmation, and who owns the next piece of evidence.

  1. 01

    Source reality

    Start with the actual interfaces, source count, formats, timing, metadata, and environmental constraints.

  2. 02

    Hardware enablement

    Map capture I/O, carrier design, FPGA, synchronization, drivers, firmware, and mechanical boundaries.

  3. 03

    Edge compute

    Choose a supported NVIDIA or x86 target from the complete workload, not a compute headline alone.

  4. 04

    Video AI software

    Connect capture, recording, streaming, and analysis through supported NexVDO SDK workflows.

04 / COMPARE THE STARTING POINT

Choose a path by integration boundary—not by a headline specification.

These routes are architecture starting points, not performance rankings. Each one names the configuration details and evidence that should be reviewed before a production decision.

01

Multi-camera pipeline

Fits when
A vision product must align several camera or sensor paths with one inference application.
Review first
Interfaces, formats, timing, metadata, preprocessing, runtime, and system ownership.
Evidence to collect
A representative source-to-application configuration with explicit acceptance rules.

02

AI NVR modernization

Fits when
An existing video estate needs a defined edge analytics, recording, or event path.
Review first
Source inventory, decode, retention, VMS integration, alerts, and operating handoff.
Evidence to collect
Compatibility and workflow validation with representative cameras, streams, and software.

03

Robotics perception

Fits when
Cameras and sensors must become a time-aligned perception input for a robot or AMR.
Review first
Sensors, triggers, clocks, carrier interfaces, power, thermal, runtime, and control boundary.
Evidence to collect
A target-platform evaluation that includes the intended sensor and operating states.

04

Industrial vision

Fits when
A machine or line requires repeatable capture, inspection, evidence, and control integration.
Review first
Trigger path, lighting, optics, I/O, inspection graph, reject action, and service workflow.
Evidence to collect
A line-representative validation plan with traceable inputs, versions, and decision criteria.

05 / PREPARE THE REVIEW

Turn requirements into testable evidence.

Arrive with the real source, workload, and physical constraints. The review maps a candidate boundary and the next credible evaluation step; it does not replace final qualification, compliance, or system-safety work.

  1. 01

    Bring the sources

    List interfaces, formats, channel count, timing, metadata, and the real operating environment.

  2. 02

    Describe the workload

    Share decode, preprocessing, model runtime, application logic, recording, and streaming needs.

  3. 03

    Define the boundary

    Record power, thermal, mechanical, software, ownership, compliance, and production constraints.

  4. 04

    Choose the evidence

    Agree on the target configuration, measurement points, duration, and acceptance rules.

VALIDATION RECORD

Keep the configuration attached to every result.

Capture the source and sink, resolution, frame rate, codec, model, runtime, software versions, platform, power mode, thermal state, duration, measurement points, and acceptance rule.

ARCHITECTURE REVIEW

The YUAN USA team routes the request to the relevant product and integration specialists, then identifies the next credible step.

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HARDWARE EXPERT

Ask which source, compute, software, and production constraints to include before you contact the design-in team.

YOUR NEXT DESIGN-IN DECISION

Bring the pipeline. Leave with a clearer next step.

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