Huawei is the largest network equipment manufacturer in China, its product portfolio includes all kinds of network equipment for network infrascture, network mangement and security software, as well as video surveillance solution. Besides, it owns another brand Hisilicon which dedicates to develop latest chip based on ARM architecture.
Hikvision is top security manufacturer which speicalizes in developing network cameras and NVRs. February 5th, 2015 Hikvision, the global leader in innovative video surveillance products and solutions, has announced revenues of US$2.78 billion for the financial year 2014. This corresponds to a 60.37% growth rate year on year and a compound annual growth rate over the last decade of 53%.
As we know, there are three biggest SoC providers in the world including Texas Instrument, Amberrala, Hisilicon. Most of Hikvision products are based on Amberrala (headquarter in California, USA. It's a leading developer for lower power, high definition and ultra high definition video imaging and compression solutions, this semi-conductor company develops a wide range of video solutions for security IP cameras, sports cameras, wearable cameras, flying cameras).
In Hikvision's latest H.264 and H.265 IP cameras, they mostly utilize the imaging and compression solution from Amberrala, while Huawei/Hisilicon's solution only adopt in low-end security IP cameras. Just several months ago, Amberrala released first H.265 SoC model S3, as the strong compe***, Hisilicon unveiled its H.265 SoC Hi3516A.
Huawei also has its own subsidiary to develop video surveillance products, we even notice that they have some very excellent security cameras and NAS, NVRs. As the new player, its products are less recognized by market so far. From the market view, Huawei may cooperate with Hikvision, if the Huawei/Hisilicon SoC can be widely deployed into Hikvision's IP cameras and NVRs, that will be a win-win cooperation.
Besides, both companies are backed by strong R&D teams, and they are Chinese companies share the similar culture and value. The possible cooperation can let both company to move forward and become the innovative high-tech companies in the world.
