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Germany-based processor IP provider videantis, launched in 2004, was one of the first of what has since become a plethora of vision processor suppliers. The company's latest fifth-generation v-MP6000UDX product line, anchored by an enhanced v-MP (media processor) core, is tailored for the deep learning algorithms that are rapidly becoming the dominant approach to implementing visual perception (Figure 1). Yet it's still capable of handling the traditional computer vision processing functions that were the hallmark of its v-MP4000HDX precursor.