Cepton, Inc. (NASDAQ: CPTN) Unveils World’s Smallest Long-Range Lidar and Expanded Proprietary ASIC Chipset
Lidar’s perception capabilities and seamless integration into modern vehicle designs are primary challenges facing mass-market ADAS adoption CPTN’s Vista(R)-X90 Plus overcomes size and performance obstacles to enable faster ADAS mass-market commercialization CPTN recently released Komodo, an advanced point cloud processor ASIC; advantages include increased speed, improved sensor performance, higher digital signal processing, and noise reduction Production of proprietary ASIC costs 10x less than legacy alternatives and reduces supply chain vulnerabilities, enabling CPTN to offer an unparalleled cost-to-performance ratio Commercialization of lidar for Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems (“ADAS”) faces two primary obstacles: perception capabilities and sensor embeddability into modern vehicle designs. Lidar…