On the 8th, LG Innotek announced that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Intel for cooperation in the 'AI vision' inspection field at its headquarters in Magok, Seoul, on the 24th of last month. Vision inspection is the process of examining the appearance of products in production processes to check for defects.
It is replacing tasks previously done by humans with cameras and has recently seen a trend toward enhancing these processes using AI. The manufacturing industry is actively applying various production processes to reduce product defect rates.
With this collaboration, LG Innotek plans to apply Intel's AI vision inspection solution based on i-GPU across all production processes.
i-GPU is a GPU embedded in the central processing unit (CPU). It can implement AI functions without the need for expensive external GPUs or additional PC installations.
LG Innotek believes that by utilizing this technology, the accuracy of vision inspection judgments will increase to nearly 100%, and the time required for AI training will speed up by about 1.5 times.
Previously, LG Innotek first applied Intel's AI vision inspection solution last year in its mobile camera module production line.
This year, the company plans to gradually expand this solution to other production lines, including the Gumi Plant No. 4, which is a production base for advanced semiconductor substrates 'FC-BGA' (Flip-Chip Ball Grid Array).
The two companies also plan to strengthen their cooperation for the intelligent and advanced industrial process in the future.
Lee Sang-seok, head of the Production Innovation Center at LG Innotek, noted, 'With our collaboration with Intel, we can accelerate the establishment of smart factories' and added that 'we will continue to strengthen our partnership with Intel to create differentiated customer value through production innovation.'