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−	[[File:movidia logo.jpg|left|150px]]Founded in 2005 in Dublin Ireland, the company was originally named Movidia. They initially started out developing a gaming [[accelerator]] chip for mobile applications. Following feedback from manufacturers, the company re-positioned itself as a video and image processing designer. Following series A round of funding in 2008, the company was renamed Movidius, presumably to avoid confusion with [[Nvidia]], a large [[GPU]] designer.	+	[[File:movidia logo.jpg|left|150px]]Founded in 2005 in Dublin Ireland, the company was originally named Movidia. They initially started out developing a gaming [[accelerator]] chip for mobile applications. Following feedback from manufacturers, the company re-positioned itself as a video and image processing designer. Following series A round of funding in October 2009, the company was renamed Movidius, following a cease and desist letter from [[Nvidia]] legal despite having registered the name and domain in 2003.
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Movidius
Type	Subsidiary
Founded	October, 2005 Dublin, Ireland
Founder	David Moloney Sean Mitchell
Fate	Acquired by Intel
Headquarters	San Mateo, CA
Website	https://www.movidius.com

Movidius (formerly Movidia) is a fabless semiconductor company that specializes in computer vision and an neural processors. Movidius is a wholly owned subsidiary of Intel after being acquired in September 2016.

History[edit]

Founded in 2005 in Dublin Ireland, the company was originally named Movidia. They initially started out developing a gaming accelerator chip for mobile applications. Following feedback from manufacturers, the company re-positioned itself as a video and image processing designer. Following series A round of funding in October 2009, the company was renamed Movidius, following a cease and desist letter from Nvidia legal despite having registered the name and domain in 2003.

Processor Families[edit]

• Myriad

Other Chips[edit]

• ISAAC
• SABRE

Microarchitecture[edit]

• SHAVE v2.0
• SHAVE v3.0
• Keem Bay