High-Performance Imaging at Both Extremes: 200GigE and Edge Compression

At VISION 2026, Emergent Vision Technologies introduced the world’s first 200GigE cameras, HYPERION and STRATOS, while AEOLUS combines 25GigE-class imaging performance with H.265 compression to reduce network and storage infrastructure.

We pioneered 10GigE industrial cameras in 2010, followed by 25GigE in 2018 and 100GigE in 2020. The new 200GigE platforms continue that progression.

The world’s first 200GigE cameras: HYPERION and STRATOS

The HYPERION AH-21000-G uses the Gpixel GSPRINT4521 sensor to deliver 21 MP at up to 1,000 fps. STRATOS applies 200GigE to line-scan imaging: the LST-16KG5 provides 16K resolution, 256-stage TDI and line rates up to 1 MHz. These cameras can draw on an existing ecosystem of Ethernet NICs, switches, transceivers and cabling rather than proprietary transport infrastructure.

Emergent supports our own zero-copy implementation of the GigE Vision Streaming Protocol and GigE Vision 3.0 with RDMA/RoCEv2. NVIDIA GPUDirect is supported on Windows and Linux, including with Emergent NICs, enabling direct transfer into GPU memory.

HYPERION and STRATOS by Emergent Vision Technologies, the world's first 200GigE area scan cameras and line scan cameras unveiled at VISION 2026 in Stuttgart.

Capture more, move less with AEOLUS compression cameras

VISION 2026 also saw the introduction of AEOLUS, a camera family designed to reduce data volume at the edge. AEOLUS provides the resolution and framerate performance of corresponding 25GigE cameras while using integrated H.265 compression to generate video files more typical in size of 1GigE cameras.

AEOLUS 25 GigE Camera created by Emergent Vision Technologies

The AA-12000-SB-H with Sony IMX535 sensor delivers 12.4 MP at up to 187 fps, while the AA-25000-SB-H with Sony IMX530 sensor provides 25 MP at up to 105 fps. RJ45 Power over Ethernet connectivity auto-negotiates to 10, 5, 2.5 or 1GigE according to the available network.

The two approaches address different inspection and R&D requirements. 200GigE is most useful when the application depends on preserving the full uncompressed image stream at very high resolution and frame rates—for example precision metrology, subtle low-contrast defects, exact pixel-value analysis or high-speed research imaging.

H.265 edge compression is more appropriate when the image features required for inspection remain intact after encoding, such as presence checks, classification, process.

See the full lineup of what we unveiled at VISION 2026.