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Kinara and Mirasys (India) partner to revolutionise video analytics in smart retail
Mumbai: Leading edge AI chipmaker Kinara, Inc. and advanced video AI analytics developer Mirasys (India) are combining forces to reshape edge-based video analytics. According to IDC, video analytics market is projected to grow to $6 billion by 2027, owing to the abundance of video cameras and key use cases across multiple markets. This collaboration is set to provide real-time edge-based video analytics solutions in the smart retail and banking sectors. As part of the integration, Kinara’s Ara-1 modules are embedded in the Mirasys’ embedded x86 platforms, the size of a set-top box.
Kinara’s Ara-1 Edge AI processor, renowned for its unmatched performance, power efficiency, and its ability to support advanced AI at edge devices, merges seamlessly with Mirasys’ cutting-edge analytics applications. This provides an unparalleled solution that empowers industries to perform real-time video analytics directly at the edge. The solution seamlessly meshes with existing POS systems, inventory databases, and CRM tools, making implementation hassle-free for retailers. This partnership opens a plethora of opportunities and provides client an opportunity to use the power of AI with low total cost of ownership and fastest return on investment. Customers can expect enhanced performance, reliability, and security in their video surveillance systems, bolstering their overall effectiveness. By processing video data at the edge, this collaboration also leads to reduced bandwidth and storage costs, optimising resource utilization. Moreover, the integration of advanced analytics and insights derived from video data through AI and machine learning empowers businesses with valuable data-driven decision-making tools. Finally, the partnership is flexible and adaptable, offering customized solutions tailored to a wide array of use cases, including smart city initiatives, traffic management, retail, banking, hospitality, and more, making it a versatile and valuable addition to various industries.
Elaborating further about the initiative, Mirasys (India) MD Arindam Das Sarkar said, “We are thrilled to announce our partnership with Kinara, aiming to deliver innovative Artificial Intelligence solutions to our customers. This collaboration leverages our strengths in AI and edge computing, allowing customers to access AI benefits without the need for extensive infrastructure investments, ensuring sustainable AI goals. Exciting times lie ahead for our joint endeavors.”
Kinara’s CEO Ravi Annavajjhala echoed the sentiments saying, “This partnership with Mirasys opens up new and exciting possibilities for edge-based video analytics in what is becoming a very dynamic market. By combining Kinara’s high-performance Ara-1 chipset with Mirasys’ innovative applications, we can enable businesses of all sizes to leverage the power of AI for enhanced safety, security and operational efficiency.”
Mirasys (India) offers a full-featured video analytics and trusted video management system for businesses across a wide scale. The supported technology is ideal for a diverse set of applications. For example, retailers can optimize shelf space, detect shoplifting, help with wayfinding, count the crowd in their stores and optimize shoppers’ journey. While automation of tasks such as inventory checks and alerts for restocking can streamline store operations and reduce manual workloads, tailored in-store experiences, timely assistance, and optimized store layouts can enhance the customer experience. Edge processing not only minimizes data transfer needs and enables these use cases, it also leads to energy savings and a reduced carbon footprint.
SEOUL: In the eternal battle between gamers demanding lightning-fast refresh rates and professionals craving pixel-perfect clarity, LG Display reckons it has found détente. The South Korean display titan is unveiling the world’s first 27-inch 4K OLED monitor panel that marries an RGB stripe structure with a blistering 240Hz refresh rate—a combination previously thought incompatible, like oil and water or fashion and function.
The breakthrough lies in how the pixels are arranged. RGB stripe structure lines up red, green and blue subpixels in neat rows, banishing the colour bleeding and fringing that plague lesser screens when you park your nose close to the display. It is the difference between reading crisp text and squinting at a rainbow-tinged mess. OLED panels using this method existed before, but they topped out at a sluggish 60Hz—fine for spreadsheets, useless for fragging opponents in first-person shooters.
LG Display’s engineering wizardry changes the game. By cranking the refresh rate to 240Hz whilst maintaining that pristine RGB stripe layout, the company has produced a panel that works equally well for colour-critical design work and twitchy gaming sessions. Better still, the panel incorporates Dynamic Frequency & Resolution technology, letting users toggle between ultra-high-definition at 240Hz and full-HD at a frankly ludicrous 480Hz. That is fast enough to make your eyeballs sweat.
The specs are suitably impressive: 160 pixels per inch for exceptional detail, optimised performance for Windows and font-rendering engines, and colour accuracy that should please the Photoshop brigade. LG Display achieved this by boosting the aperture ratio—the percentage of each pixel that actually emits light—and applying what it coyly describes as “various new technologies.” Translation: years of R&D and probably some sleepless nights.
Existing high-end gaming OLED monitors have relied on RGWB structures (which add a white subpixel) or triangular RGB arrangements. Both work, but neither delivers the sharpness that professionals demand. LG Display’s new stripe pattern is tailored specifically for monitor use, a recognition that staring at a screen from two feet away demands different engineering than watching telly from across the room.
The company is betting big on this technology, targeting the high-end monitor market where it already commands roughly 30 per cent of global OLED panel production. Among gaming OLED panels in mass production, LG Display claims world-leading specs across refresh rate, response time and resolution—a trifecta that sounds like marketing bluster until you check the numbers.
“Technology is the foundation of leadership in the rapidly growing OLED monitor market,” says LG Display head of the large display business unit Lee Hyun-woo. He promises to keep pushing “differentiated technologies compared to competitors”—corporate-speak for staying ahead of Chinese rivals snapping at LG’s heels.
The new panel will debut at CES 2026 in Las Vegas, where LG Display plans to woo customers and expand its lineup. Initial rollout targets high-end gaming and professional monitors, the sweet spot where people actually pay premiums for superior screens rather than settling for whatever came with their laptop.
Whether this technology reshapes the monitor market or remains a niche luxury depends on two things: pricing and production scale. But for now, LG Display has pulled off something rare—a genuine technical leap that solves a real problem. Gamers get their speed, designers get their clarity, and LG gets bragging rights. In the cutthroat world of display tech, that counts as a win.
