<s>
BIONZ	O
is	O
a	O
line	O
of	O
image	B-General_Concept
processors	I-General_Concept
used	O
in	O
Sony	O
digital	O
cameras	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
currently	O
used	O
in	O
many	O
Sony	B-Algorithm
α	I-Algorithm
DSLR	B-Device
and	O
mirrorless	B-Device
cameras	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Image	O
processing	O
in	O
the	O
camera	O
converts	O
the	O
raw	O
data	O
from	O
a	O
CCD	B-Algorithm
or	O
CMOS	B-Device
image	O
sensor	O
into	O
the	O
format	O
that	O
is	O
stored	O
on	O
the	O
memory	B-Device
card	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sony	O
designs	O
the	O
circuitry	O
of	O
the	O
processor	O
in-house	O
,	O
and	O
outsources	O
the	O
manufacturing	O
to	O
semiconductor	B-Algorithm
foundries	I-Algorithm
such	O
as	O
MegaChips	O
and	O
(	O
mostly	O
)	O
GlobalFoundries	O
,	O
as	O
they	O
currently	O
do	O
not	O
own	O
any	O
fabrication	B-Algorithm
plant	I-Algorithm
capable	O
of	O
producing	O
a	O
system	B-Architecture
on	I-Architecture
a	I-Architecture
chip	I-Architecture
(	O
SoC	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sony	O
also	O
sources	O
DRAM	O
chips	O
from	O
various	O
manufacturers	O
namely	O
Samsung	B-Application
,	O
SK	O
Hynix	O
and	O
Micron	O
Technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
chip	O
is	O
an	O
SoC	O
that	O
manages	O
overall	O
functionality	O
of	O
the	O
camera	O
such	O
as	O
SD	O
card	O
storage	O
management	O
,	O
wired	O
connection	O
such	O
as	O
USB	B-Protocol
and	O
HDMI	B-Protocol
,	O
and	O
wireless	O
protocols	O
such	O
as	O
Wi-Fi	O
and	O
NFC	O
that	O
are	O
increasingly	O
common	O
on	O
modern	O
Sony	B-Algorithm
α	I-Algorithm
cameras	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
second	O
chip	O
is	O
the	O
ISP	O
(	O
image	B-General_Concept
signal	I-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
handles	O
the	O
data	O
directly	O
from	O
the	O
CMOS	B-Device
image	O
sensor	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
is	O
directly	O
responsible	O
for	O
the	O
camera	O
's	O
high-ISO	O
noise	O
characteristics	O
in	O
a	O
low-light	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
camera	O
to	O
officially	O
use	O
a	O
so-called	O
BIONZ	O
processor	O
was	O
the	O
DSLR-A700	B-Device
in	O
2007	O
,	O
utilizing	O
the	O
MA07170	O
chip	O
from	O
a	O
MegaChips	O
(	O
MCL	O
)	O
family	O
of	O
32-bit	O
RISC	B-Architecture
processors	I-Architecture
with	O
MIPS	B-Device
R3000	I-Device
core	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similar	O
MegaChips	O
processors	O
had	O
been	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
DSLR-A100	B-Device
(	O
MA07169	O
)	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
in	O
the	O
Konica	B-Device
Minolta	I-Device
5D	I-Device
(	O
MA07168	O
)	O
and	O
7D	B-Algorithm
(	O
MA07168	O
)	O
,	O
implementing	O
Konica	O
Minolta	O
's	O
CxProcess	O
III	O
running	O
under	O
MiSPO	O
's	O
NORTi/MIPS	O
,	O
an	O
RTOS	B-Operating_System
following	O
the	O
µITRON	O
standard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
MegaChips	O
MA07170	O
was	O
also	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
DSLR-A200	B-Device
,	O
DSLR-A300	B-Device
,	O
and	O
DSLR-A350	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
DSLR-A850	B-Algorithm
and	O
DSLR-A900	B-Algorithm
used	O
two	O
such	O
chips	O
in	O
parallel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
MegaChips	O
MA07171	O
was	O
instead	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
DSLR-A230	B-Device
,	O
DSLR-A290	B-Device
,	O
DSLR-A330	B-Device
,	O
DSLR-A380	B-Device
,	O
and	O
DSLR-A390	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
BIONZ	O
processor	O
to	O
fully	O
designed	O
in-house	O
by	O
Sony	O
utilized	O
the	O
Sony	O
image	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
in	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
CXD4115	O
ISP	O
-	O
DSLR-A450	B-Device
,	O
DSLR-A500	B-Device
,	O
DSLR-A550	B-Device
-	O
still	O
using	O
a	O
proprietary	O
operating	O
system	O
(	O
most	O
probably	O
NORTi	O
as	O
well	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CXD9974GG	O
SoC	O
with	O
the	O
revised	O
CXD4115-1	O
ISP	O
-	O
DSLR-A560	B-Device
,	O
DSLR-A580	B-Device
,	O
SLT-A33	B-Device
,	O
SLT-A35	B-Device
,	O
SLT-A55	B-Algorithm
/	O
SLT-A55V	B-Device
,	O
NEX-5C	B-Device
,	O
NEX-C3	B-Algorithm
,	O
and	O
NEX-VG10	B-Device
-	O
all	O
models	O
from	O
here	O
on	O
are	O
Linux-based	O
(	O
CE	O
Linux	B-Application
6	O
with	O
kernel	O
2.3	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
Sony	O
CXD4132	O
series	O
chip	O
is	O
a	O
multicore	B-Architecture
BIONZ	O
processor	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
CXD4132	O
-	O
SLT-A37	B-Algorithm
,	O
SLT-A57	B-Algorithm
,	O
SLT-A58	B-Device
,	O
SLT-A65	B-Device
/	O
SLT-A65V	B-Device
,	O
SLT-A77	B-Algorithm
/	O
SLT-A77V	B-Device
,	O
SLT-A99	B-Algorithm
/	O
SLT-A99V	B-Algorithm
/	O
HV	O
,	O
NEX-F3	B-Algorithm
,	O
NEX-3N	B-Algorithm
,	O
NEX-5N	B-Device
,	O
</s>
<s>
Sony	O
has	O
introduced	O
their	O
next-generation	O
image	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
dubbed	O
the	O
BIONZ	B-Device
X	I-Device
with	O
introduction	O
of	O
ILCE-7	B-Device
/	O
ILCE-7R	B-Device
in	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BIONZ	B-Device
X	I-Device
uses	O
Sony	O
CXD4236	O
series	O
ISP	O
along	O
with	O
CXD90027GF	O
SoC	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
latter	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
quad-core	B-Architecture
ARM	B-Application
Cortex-A5	I-Application
architecture	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
utilized	O
to	O
run	O
Android	B-Application
apps	O
on	O
top	O
of	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
kernel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sony	O
has	O
introduced	O
its	O
next-generation	O
image	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
dubbed	O
the	O
BIONZ	O
XR	O
with	O
the	O
introduction	O
of	O
Sony	B-Algorithm
α7S	I-Algorithm
III	I-Algorithm
in	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
also	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
Sony	B-Algorithm
α1	I-Algorithm
flagship	O
mirrorless	B-Device
camera	I-Device
,	O
the	O
Sony	O
FX6	O
,	O
Sony	B-Algorithm
FX3	I-Algorithm
compact	O
cinema	O
camera	O
and	O
Sony	B-Device
α7	I-Device
IV	I-Device
mirrorless	B-Device
camera	I-Device
launched	O
in	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
