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Pixart could be providing heart-rate monitoring/VR chips for NX

by rawmeatcowboy
18 July 2016
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IC design company Pixart Imaging has been ramping up shipments of its CMOS-based hear-rate monitoring (HRM) solutions and will see its sales and earnings grow significantly in the third quarter, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times report.

The company's HRM sensor uses the photoplethysmogram (PPG) technique, which transmits LED light waves into the skin and measures the response change caused by absorption due to pulsating arterial blood.

Pixart is expected to complete tape-out of chips supporting VR (virtual reality) technology by year-end 2016, said the paper, adding that the chips will support next-generation Nintendo NX gaming machines.

I'll be damned if I know what any of this means. Heart-rate monitoring chips that also support VR tech? It's unclear whether the article means that the chip will handle both actions, or the mention of the NX was just a throwaway about a chip that focuses on VR tech.

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