Sarnoff’s 20th Anniversary

This year, Sarnoff Corporation is celebrating an important milestone — its 20th anniversary as a subsidiary of SRI. Founded in 1942 as the research lab for RCA, Sarnoff became a for-profit contract research provider and subsidiary of SRI in 1987. Sarnoff has maintained its presence as a cornerstone in the technology marketplace, with government and commercial clients across industries and around the world.

Sarnoff is proud of its rich history. After two decades, its legacy of innovation has continued to change the face of technology. Sarnoff’s notable contributions span across a broad range of markets and industries. Some highlights include:

• Advanced Digital HDTV, a predecessor of the FCC-approved digital TV standard
• Digital direct broadcast satellite TV
• Real-time insertion of images into live video
• Acadia® II – The world’s most powerful system-on-a-chip (SoC) for real-time, portable, and low-power processing of multiple vision sensors
• Songbird the world’s first disposable hearing aid
• Images of the most distant object yet discovered in the solar system are captured using an array of 112 Sarnoff imagers
• TerraSight™ – video exploitation software for real-time military intelligence
• Iris on the Move™ – a biometric identification system with rapid throughput

In the last twenty years, the world has seen huge advancements in technology and the influence it carries in daily existence. Through its future-facing innovations, Sarnoff has played an ongoing role in improving the quality of life and propelling the world into a future of exciting possibilities.