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XIMEA was assembled by a group of pioneers from OEM field of Imaging industry - namely SOFTHARD Technologies company.
Accumulated knowledge and experiences of these Vision veterans covers more than 25 years in business.
Radically new and fresh approaches utilized in situations where the satisfaction of the customers and clients with special requirements is paramount.
The smallest form factor, fastest speed, lowest power consumption or widest interoperability - these are the essential building stones of our mission.
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A BRIEF HISTORY OF XIMEA
In 1992 a company called Softhard Technologies was founded by Slava Klimkovitch, in an effort to bring to market technology that had been developed at the Russian Academy of Science. This technology dealt with real-time signal processing and image acquisition.
Through strategic alliances with image processing software and vision system building companies, Softhard grew in size, staff, production, technologies and in 2010 it was decided to change its business model. From a dedicated OEM supplier, the company was transformed into XIMEA group.
In cooperation with Dr. Vasant Desai, formerly CEO of Olympus Soft Imaging Solutions, XIMEA GmbH was founded.
In June 2011 a branch for US market followed - XIMEA Corp. All XIMEA companies and facilities are still privately owned.
XIMEA has defined its mission as the development of cameras at the forefront of machine vision and imaging, spearheading the advancements of research. This resulted in remarkable product lines like xiQ - USB3 Vision cameras, xiC - USB 3.1 with Sony CMOS, xiMU - Subminiature camera and xiRAY – X-ray cameras. Breakthroughs followed with first PCI Express camera, smallest Hyperspectral cameras in the world, Embedded vision platform or original Thunderbolt™ cameras. Utilizing the exceptional 64 Gbit/s speed of PCIe interface new models emerge, suitable for Multi-camera setups or with enhanced sensitivity using sCMOS sensors.
Today XIMEA camera sales are allocated in the following way: 50% comes from the standard portfolio and 50% are covered by OEM/custom products. Products primarily designed for scientific field contribute to a broad range of industrial cameras that leverage this exceptional quality in machine vision applications.
XIMEA team is continuously listening to the customers' requests and adapts products to specific projects or provides support for the customized solutions. At the same time, the major factor in the products roadmap are the newest advances in components or latest technologies which can be used in cameras.
XIMEA is currently recognized as an innovator in the vision and imaging approaches and continues development of new products with breathtaking potential. The success of XIMEA is based on its multi talented R&D team, agile production factory, worldwide presence and a clear vision of the company strategy.
Through strategic alliances with image processing software and vision system building companies, Softhard grew in size, staff, production, technologies and in 2010 it was decided to change its business model. From a dedicated OEM supplier, the company was transformed into XIMEA group.
In cooperation with Dr. Vasant Desai, formerly CEO of Olympus Soft Imaging Solutions, XIMEA GmbH was founded.
In June 2011 a branch for US market followed - XIMEA Corp. All XIMEA companies and facilities are still privately owned.
XIMEA has defined its mission as the development of cameras at the forefront of machine vision and imaging, spearheading the advancements of research. This resulted in remarkable product lines like xiQ - USB3 Vision cameras, xiC - USB 3.1 with Sony CMOS, xiMU - Subminiature camera and xiRAY – X-ray cameras. Breakthroughs followed with first PCI Express camera, smallest Hyperspectral cameras in the world, Embedded vision platform or original Thunderbolt™ cameras. Utilizing the exceptional 64 Gbit/s speed of PCIe interface new models emerge, suitable for Multi-camera setups or with enhanced sensitivity using sCMOS sensors.
Today XIMEA camera sales are allocated in the following way: 50% comes from the standard portfolio and 50% are covered by OEM/custom products. Products primarily designed for scientific field contribute to a broad range of industrial cameras that leverage this exceptional quality in machine vision applications.
XIMEA team is continuously listening to the customers' requests and adapts products to specific projects or provides support for the customized solutions. At the same time, the major factor in the products roadmap are the newest advances in components or latest technologies which can be used in cameras.
XIMEA is currently recognized as an innovator in the vision and imaging approaches and continues development of new products with breathtaking potential. The success of XIMEA is based on its multi talented R&D team, agile production factory, worldwide presence and a clear vision of the company strategy.
1992
Incorporation of Softhard Technologies by 4 research engineers
1993
Camera developments for advanced Electron Microscopy and Crystallography studies
1994
Development of PCI based frame grabber
1995
Implemented Fast Fourier Transform running in real time on the first Pentium PCs
1997
First camera built based on Philips FT18 CCD
1998
Sony ICX085 based cooled camera
2000
Move to new, bigger, company owned facilities
2001
Firewire based cooled cameras
2002
Kodak (Truesense) sensor based Scientific grade camera
2003
Advanced color interpolation algorithm
2004
High speed imaging module with Full CameraLink and GigE interfaces
2005
Linux and Multi DSP imaging platform
2006
Second generation of Firewire cameras with real time features
2007
Siemens ITS camera and flashlight
2008
World’s smallest liquid cooled 11Mpix / 16Mpix camera – 55mm diameter, 16mm thickness
2009
World’s smallest 5 Mpix GenICam / GenTL USB cameras
2010
Incorporation of XIMEA GmbH as sales and marketing arm
2011
World’s smallest X-RAY camera measuring just 63x63x50mm and power consumption 6W
2012
World’s smallest USB3 camera released and shipped in quantities – CMOS based
2013
World’s first PCI Express camera with bandwidth 20Gb/s
2014
World’s smallest Hyperspectral cameras
2015
World's fastest camera interface with PCIe Gen3 providing 64 Gbit/s
2016
Exceptionally fast USB3 camera model with 1000 Fps at VGA using PYTHON 1300
2017
Embedded vision system and Multi camera setup cameras
2018
High speed cameras with 1.1 Mpix at 3500 Fps and 2 Mpi (HD) at 2500 Fps
2019
High resolution models with 65 Mpix at 71 Fps
2020
Scientific grade cameras with TE Peltier cooling and sCMOS sensors