“In what promoters hail as a breakthrough technology that can do
everything from make cars safer to select ripe fruit, a new
“seeing” chip that mimics the human eye is currently for sale in
the world’s first high tech auction.”
“The chip, GVPP for “Generic Visual Perception Processor,” has
been developed over 10 years by privately-held Bureau d’Etudes
Vision Holding S.A., a French research firm.”
“Emulating the human eye in its ability to sense different
colors and detect movement, the GVPP can handle some 20 billion
instructions per second compared to the mere millions handled by
Pentium-class processors, and could be mass-produced for as little
as $6 apiece, BEV says.”