NVIDIA unveils Holoscan Sensor Bridge for real-time sensor data processing

NVIDIA announced its low-latency sensor-data streaming technology, Holoscan Sensor Bridge, in an official blog post. The technology uses UDP over Ethernet to transfer data directly to GPU memory in Jetson and IGX systems, reducing CPU usage. NVIDIA says it delivers up to five times lower latency than USB cameras and 1.5 times lower latency than MIPI cameras, with glass-to-glass latency of 17 milliseconds.

According to NVIDIA, Holoscan Sensor Bridge sends raw sensor data over Ethernet directly to GPU memory in Jetson and IGX systems, enabling low-latency processing while reducing CPU usage. This could help developers working with multiple sensors in robotics, medical imaging and industrial monitoring and control reduce the burden of cabling and driver implementation while synchronizing and handling sensor data in real time.