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"how far in the distant future?" I don't think anyone apart from a few at the top could answer that with certainty, other than to say 'a day closer than yesterday'. It is, to my mind, perfectly feasible that a decent order, linked to an infrastructure project for instance, would be convincing enough for the market to think that others will follow and tipping point has arrived. Perhaps testing has finished. Perhaps the pricing has just been agreed. It could drop any time.
My fave bit, because Paul is a LOT more circumspect since 'Imminentgate' is PM stating : "We are extremely confident that this combined solution will be successful across the automotive market as our Tier One and OEM customers seek more advanced levels of integration."
He doesn't use words like 'extremely confident' unless it's pretty much in the bag IMO.
"However, the mirror is both space and power constrained, demanding a highly-optimized imaging signal chain to meet the conflicting needs of high-performance vision processing with very low power consumption. Together the OX05B1S sensor and OAX4600 processor represent the interior sensing equivalent of an ace high royal flush, combining 5MP resolution with best-in-class image processing and low power consumption. It isn't obvious how this solution could be bettered on a performance-per-watt basis and looks positioned to be extremely successful in the automotive OEM nominations for occupant monitoring to be decided throughout this year and next."