Intel Acquires Omnitek, Strengthens FPGA Video and Vision Offering

Intel announced the acquisition of Omnitek, a provider of optimized video and vision FPGA IP solutions. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Omnitek’s technology enables customized high-performance vision and AI inferencing capabilities on FPGAs for customers across a range of end markets. Omnitek’s IP addresses demanding application requirements in areas such as video conferencing, projection and display, medical vision systems, and more.

“Omnitek’s technology is a great complement to our FPGA business. Their deep, system-level FPGA expertise and high performance video and vision related technology have made them a trusted partner for many of our most important customers,“ said Dan McNamara, Intel senior vice president and general manager of the Programmable Solutions Group.

“From data centers to devices, compute-intensive applications like 8K video and AI require a multitude of innovative compute engines. FPGA devices play an increasingly critical role, often complementing other processing architectures, and Intel is at the center of this revolution,“ said Roger Fawcett, CEO of Omnitek.