Core Technology
Sapphire Stream - Technology Driven
BSP
• Development of drivers for various peripherals
• Optimization of system boot time
• Compliance tuning of DDR / eMMC / UFS chips
• Tuning of MIPI / HDMI / PCIe / USB / SDIO drivers for high-speed signal quality assurance
• Development and performance tuning of mainstream SerDes (GMSL/FPD-Link) drivers
• Support for IoT products with irregular/multiple display panels
Connectivity
• Custom Wi-Fi modules based on Qualcomm chips
• Optimization of Bluetooth protocol stack
• Custom Bluetooth profiles for IoT products
• Development of Bluetooth SDK for IoT device pairing/management
• Support for BQB / WFA / PTCRB certifications
Hardware
• Hardware system design for IoT/connected car products
• RF design for cellular communication/BT/WLAN
• Design compliant with global carrier requirements and certification rules
• Structural design for consumer/industrial products
• Antenna design for 2/3/4/5G products
• Comprehensive and reliable hardware testing laboratory (PI/SI/RF/temperature/battery/reliability…)
Edge Computing
• Full-stack experience with various operating systems such as Linux (Ubuntu/CentOS/Yocto), Android, RTOS
• Kernel and security patch upgrades
• Support for dual operating systems for both enterprise and personal use
• Support for AWS Robomaker / Greengrass
• Support for Docker and EdgeX
16-24 channel video structural processing
Tools
• Factory tools
• Fisheye lens calibration
• AI development studio
• Virtual reality testing tools
• Tuning/calibration tools
Graphics and Imaging
• Collaboration with Qualcomm Graphics team to develop VR SDK
• Customization/performance tuning of Android graphics subsystem
• Algorithm implementation and optimization for OpenGL / OpenCL / FastCV…
• Porting of Gstreamer and its plugin development
• QT over Wayland/EGLFS/FB set
• QT over Wayland support for multiple displays
• Multi-channel video encoding/decoding
AI
• Development of AI applications for smartphones, IoT, and connected vehicles
• AI algorithms: facial recognition, object recognition, etc.
• AI services: data collection, data annotation, AI model training, etc.
• AI SDKs: algorithm protection SDK, AI task scheduling SDK, AI acceleration libraries, camera SDK
• AI integration: integration of frameworks such as SNPE, TensorFlow, etc.
Camera
• Deep customization of camera drivers and data processing systems
• Concurrent design and optimization of multi-Bayer cameras based on a single ISP
• Multi-camera concurrency and 2A (AE/AWB) synchronization
• Support for non-MIPI interfaces
• Support for external ISPs / DSPs / FPGAs
• Development and performance optimization of HDR algorithms
• Low-latency UVC video data processing pipeline
• Support for HDMI/DP input
Cloud
• Multi-cloud deployment (Alibaba Cloud/AWS/Azure IoT Hub)
• EdgeX software stack
• FOTA and device management SDK
• AI suite for RANCHER K3S
• Microservices and buffering design
5G
• High-performance 5G modules supporting NSA and SA modes
• Low-power LPWA NB-IoT/LTE-M modules
• Sub-6/MMW RF design and calibration
• Sub-6/MMW antenna integration/testing
• Design and development of CPE/MiFi products based on 5G modules
• 5G module drivers for various operating systems
• Development of innovative applications based on 5G technology
Performance and
Power Consumption
• Thermal optimization solutions for consumer and automotive products
• Performance balancing
• Improvement of touch latency/accuracy
• Optimization of system and application startup times
• Optimization for small memory footprints
Security
• Secure and reliable dual operating systems and cloud mobile phones
• Encrypted communication (calls, SMS, VoLTE, IM apps)
• Enterprise-level applications
• Security certification solutions for the Southeast Asian market
• Financial security middleware for operating systems
• Asset digitization
• IoT device security solutions