Enabling Intelligent Human Detection and Interactive Awareness to Advance AI in Endpoint Devices
TAINAN, Taiwan, Sept. 24, 2025 — Himax Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: HIMX) (“Himax” or “Company”), a prominent supplier and fabless manufacturer of display drivers and other semiconductor products, today announced the successful integration of its WiseEye™ ultralow power AI sensing solution into Acer’s Swift Edge 14 AI series, a slender and lightweight AI notebook already undergoing mass production.
Himax’s WiseEye solution furnishes Acer’s AI notebook with sophisticated human detection and interactive awareness functionalities, including Human Presence Detection (HPD) and health alerts for extended usage or close viewing distances, as well as posture correction notifications. Additionally, it introduces a multi-screen assist feature that automatically directs the mouse cursor to the screen the user is observing, fostering a more intuitive and fluid cross-screen experience. Operating reliably at mere milliwatt (mW) power consumption, WiseEye facilitates always-on intelligent sensing to support a broad spectrum of AI applications, thereby enhancing overall system performance and user experience by precisely managing device standby and wake-up timings, significantly reducing power consumption during inactive periods and extending the device’s battery life.
WiseEye has already been incorporated into several notebook models from leading brands, and its integration into Acer’s Swift Edge 14 AI series marks another significant achievement for Himax’s WiseEye ultralow power AI sensing solution within the notebook market. This accomplishment underscores WiseEye’s technological maturity and commercial strength in delivering highly accurate, ultralow power intelligent sensing, consistently gaining recognition from top global brands. With its adoption by major global players like Acer, WiseEye is positioned to become a pivotal frontline AI sensing technology in battery-powered devices, accelerating the AI transformation across a diverse range of smart endpoint devices.
Weighing just 0.99 kilograms and offering up to 21 hours of battery life, the Acer Swift Edge 14 AI notebook is specifically engineered for AI-driven mobile professionals. It features an OLED display and boasts industry-leading 48 TOPS AI computing performance, powered by Intel’s Core Ultra 7 258V processor. On the AI front, the notebook supports the Copilot+ PC platform with a suite of integrated AI applications, providing users with innovative and highly efficient experiences for both work and entertainment.
“Himax WiseEye ultralow power AI sensing solutions continue to gain traction from leading international brands, emphasizing our crucial role in accelerating the integration of AI into battery-powered endpoint devices. The successful deployment in Acer’s AI PC further illustrates WiseEye’s capability to extend into a wider array of battery-dependent applications, empowering our customers to develop smarter and more energy-efficient innovative products,” commented Mark Chen, Vice President of Smart Sensing Business at Himax.
About Himax Technologies, Inc.
Himax Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: HIMX) is a leading global fabless semiconductor solution provider committed to display imaging processing technologies. The Company’s display driver ICs and timing controllers have been widely adopted across multiple industries worldwide, including TVs, PC monitors, laptops, mobile phones, tablets, automotive, ePaper devices, and industrial displays, among others. As the global market share leader in automotive display technology, the Company offers innovative and extensive automotive IC solutions, comprising traditional driver ICs, advanced in-cell Touch and Display Driver Integration (TDDI), local dimming timing controllers (Local Dimming Tcon), Large Touch and Display Driver Integration (LTDI), and OLED display technologies. Himax is also a pioneer in tinyML visual-AI and related optical technology fields. The Company’s industry-leading WiseEyeTM Ultralow Power AI Sensing technology, which incorporates Himax’s proprietary ultralow power AI processor, an always-on CMOS image sensor, and a CNN-based AI algorithm, has been broadly deployed in consumer electronics and AIoT related applications. Himax optical technologies, such as diffractive wafer-level optics, LCoS microdisplays, and 3D sensing solutions, are essential for facilitating emerging AR/VR/metaverse technologies. Additionally, Himax designs and supplies touch controllers, OLED ICs, LED ICs, EPD ICs, power management ICs, and CMOS image sensors for diverse display application coverage. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Tainan, Taiwan, Himax presently employs approximately 2,200 individuals across three Taiwan-based offices in Tainan, Hsinchu, and Taipei, and country offices in China, Korea, Japan, Germany, and the US. Himax holds 2,609 granted patents and has 370 patents pending approval worldwide as of June 30, 2025.
Forward Looking Statements
Factors that could cause actual events or results to differ substantially from those described in this conference call include, but are not limited to, the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the Company’s business; general business and economic conditions and the status of the semiconductor industry; market acceptance and competitiveness of the driver and non-driver products developed by the Company; demand for end-use application products; reliance on a small group of principal customers; the unpredictability of sustained success in technological innovations; our capacity to develop and safeguard our intellectual property; pricing pressures, including reductions in average selling prices; shifts in customer order patterns; changes in the estimated full-year effective tax rate; shortages in the supply of key components; modifications in environmental laws and regulations; changes in export licenses regulated by Export Administration Regulations (EAR); exchange rate fluctuations; regulatory approvals for further investments in our subsidiaries; our ability to collect accounts receivable and manage inventory; and other risks periodically detailed in the Company’s SEC filings, including those risks identified in the section entitled “Risk Factors” in its Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2024, as it may be amended.
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