A flexible mixed-signal image processing pipeline using 3D chip stacks

Special issue on heterogeneous real-time image processing

“…It is our pleasure to introduce these articles in the following briefly. The first article with the title ''A flexible mixed-signal image processing pipeline using 3D chip stacks'' by Shi et al [16] proposes three-dimensional chip stacking suitable for smart camera applications. Here, an entire image processing pipeline consisting of a CMOS image sensor, analog preprocessing, analog/digital conversion, and digital processing can be combined in one chip stack.…”