Litavis offers programmable multi-modal capabilities on-chip, accelerating time-to-market for imaging applications

EDINBURGH, Scotland, Sept. 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Singular Photonics, an innovator in single-photon imaging, today announced the launch of its most advanced image sensor to date. Litavis is the world’s first single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD) sensor using in-pixel processing to unify imaging, timing, histogramming and photon statistics on a single chip.

Designed to bring unprecedented flexibility and intelligence to imaging applications, Litavis introduces a software-configurable sensing architecture capable of combining photon-counting imaging, programmable time gating, and advanced photon timing within a scalable SPAD array platform.

Litavis is also the first SPAD-based sensor to enable simultaneous intensity, timing and histogramming modes. The system also enables users to dynamically adapt sensor parameters in software without requiring new hardware designs.

By processing photon events directly on-chip, Litavis significantly reduces the amount of raw data that must be transferred and processed externally. This enables more scalable real-time imaging systems through lower latency, improved power efficiency and faster decision-making.

Litavis supports a broad suite of configurable operating modes, including:

Multiple TCSPC and high throughput TDC configurations using internal or external clocksHigh-dynamic-range photon counting modes with selectable resolutionWindowed and coincidence-based detection for advanced temporal analysisCombined timestamping and imaging modes

Developers can reconfigure the same hardware platform for different applications with minimal redesign effort, accelerating development cycles and reducing system complexity. The sensor is suitable for a broad range of applications including machine vision, robotics, physical AI, depth sensing, spectroscopy, scientific imaging, medical imaging, quantum technologies and industrial automation.

“Litavis combines the sensitivity advantages of SPAD technology with the adaptability and scalability increasingly required by modern multimodal imaging,” said Shahida Imani, CEO of Singular Photonics. “It condenses these into one intelligent sensor, enabling a new generation of imaging systems built on a single, configurable platform. We designed Litavis to serve multiple applications and markets, and we’ve already received significant pre-order volumes from companies and institutions around the world.”

As with Singular’s other products, Litavis is named after an ancient Celtic deity, an earth goddess, whose name means “the broad one” – reflecting the extensive capabilities of the new sensor.

Litavis will be demonstrated at SPIE Sensors + Imaging in Edinburgh next week, and at VISION, the world’s largest machine vision tradeshow in Stuttgart in October.

Technical details

Litavis is a CMOS SPAD-based imaging sensor platform built on an architecture that combines single-photon sensitivity with integrated digital photon processing directly on-chip and in-pixel. This enables precise capture of spatial and temporal information, while reducing reliance on external processing hardware, allowing the sensor to extract additional scene information including depth, timing and event characteristics.

Litavis delivers continuous 256 × 256-pixel photon-counting imaging under low-light conditions. In parallel, time-stamped photon events are generated at a lower rate on a 64 × 64 macropixel grid, providing picosecond-resolution photon timing alongside full-resolution photon counting.

The sensor also supports multi-event timing, allowing multiple detected photons per excitation cycle to be individually time-binned, and in-pixel histogramming. These capabilities provide access to temporal statistics beyond conventional intensity measurements. This supports applications such as fluorescence lifetime imaging, dynamic light scattering, and quantum sensing.

Litavis integrates configurable acquisition and timing capabilities directly within the pixel array. This allows developers and system integrators to rapidly prototype, evaluate and deploy advanced imaging solutions using a single adaptable platform.

About Singular Photonics

Singular Photonics is an Edinburgh-based fabless semiconductor company developing SPAD (single photon avalanche diode) image sensors with on-chip computation, enabling breakthrough capabilities in machine vision, industrial automation, physical AI, scientific discovery and medical imaging. Spun out of the University of Edinburgh from the lab of digital imaging pioneer Professor Robert Henderson, the company’s Andarta and Sirona product families are already commercially available and generating revenue. www.singularphotonics.com 

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HONG KONG, Sept. 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — A KUN Group company has received approval-in-principle from the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) for Type 1 (dealing in securities), Type 4 (advising on securities) and Type 9 (asset management) regulated activities. The Type 1 and Type 4 scopes include virtual asset-related activities and the provision of services to retail clients, while the Type 9 scope covers general asset management.

This was KUN’s first application for these regulated activities, and it received approval-in-principle for all three. The Type 1 and Type 4 scopes also cover both virtual asset-related activities and retail client services. Against the SFC’s stringent fit-and-proper, competence and internal-control requirements, this represents an important milestone in KUN’s regulatory footprint in Hong Kong.

KUN currently operates across four core pillars: Cross-Border Digital Payments, On-Chain Finance, Card Issuing and Agentic Payments. Subject to obtaining the necessary licences and approvals and meeting applicable regulatory requirements, KUN plans to explore further opportunities across virtual asset-related services, digital asset treasury management, asset and wealth management, supply chain finance, and asset tokenization.

In Hong Kong, KUN Group entities also hold licences and registrations including a Money Service Operator (MSO) licence, Trust or Company Service Provider (TCSP) licence, registration as a trust company under the Trustee Ordinance (Cap. 29), and a Money Lenders Licence. Beyond Hong Kong, KUN has established a regulatory footprint across the United States, Canada and Europe, including MSB registrations in the United States and Canada and VASP registration in Poland, while continuing to advance its regulatory initiatives across Singapore, the Middle East and other priority markets.

About KUN

KUN is an innovative financial infrastructure company centered on digital payments and embedded finance. Built on a globally distributed licensing framework and a robust compliance and risk-management system, KUN connects Asia with high-growth emerging markets across Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East.

Positioned as a trusted vertical digital payments platform for real economies, the company operates across four core pillars—Cross-Border Digital Payments, On-Chain Finance, Card Issuing, and Agentic Payments. By integrating artificial intelligence and blockchain technologies, KUN delivers secure, compliant, and efficient one-stop payment and transaction services for enterprise clients across industries including Bulk Commodity, General Trade, B2B E-Commerce, Service Trade, Web3 Ecosystems and AI Applications.

Through this integrated infrastructure, KUN serves as a growth engine enabling enterprises to expand globally with speed, trust, and financial connectivity.

Learn more about KUN → www.kun.global

CONTACT: brandmkt@kun.global

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 New report, authored by GSMA Intelligence in partnership with Huawei, released at UNESCO’s Digital Learning Week

PARIS, Sept. 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — More than one in three (38%) people remains offline despite being covered by mobile broadband – and a lack of digital literacy skills is often to blame, according to new research published yesterday.

The new report, “Bridging the Divide: Enhancing Digital Literacy in the AI Era,” authored by GSMA Intelligence and produced in collaboration with Huawei, identifies a digital divide impacting 3.1 billion people caused by a shortage of digital skills, user trust and AI literacy.

AI raises both access and risk

Existing industry projections suggest closing the capability gap could add around $3.5 trillion to global GDP by 2030, with more than 90% of those gains flowing to low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Physical mobile broadband coverage currently reaches 96% of people worldwide.

The report, unveiled at UNESCO’s Digital Learning Week, suggests artificial intelligence could act as both a bridge and a barrier for underserved communities. AI-powered voice assistants and applications that work with images, audio and video can all help low-literacy users bypass the need to input text. At the same time, they raise the security and critical-thinking standards required to participate safely. However, the study warns that users must now be able to understand data privacy and identify risks such as fraud and deepfakes.

The research cites World Bank statistics that GenAI literacy represents the highest-value skill category, with wage premiums up to 36%, far exceeding returns for both digital and traditional AI skills.

Without targeted interventions in basic digital training, the authors warn, rapid AI adoption risks entrenching existing inequalities even in areas with full network coverage.

Mobile classrooms build skills in remote areas

Digital inclusion initiatives typically target those most at risk of digital exclusion, including rural and remote communities, children and teachers in rural schools, older people, and women and girls.

The report emphasizes the need for community-based delivery models, citing Huawei’s Skills on Wheels initiative as a field-tested example — particularly its solar-powered DigiTruck mobile classrooms, which bring hardware, rural connectivity and hands-on training, including AI literacy, to off-grid regions.

Since 2019, training courses delivered by Skills on Wheels projects have reached more than 130,000 people across 21 countries, with more people benefiting indirectly. DigiTruck trainers encourage trainees to share their new skills, which is shown to occur in practice. A report on DigiTruck by Kenya’s Ministry of Information, Communications and Digital Economy shows that 79% of DigiTruck trainees surveyed had passed on their newly acquired digital skills to family members and peers.

Policymakers urged to treat AI literacy as core infrastructure

To bridge the usage gap, the report urges policymakers, telecom operators and technology vendors to work together and focus on four priorities：

Treating practical AI awareness, online safety and information verification as a baseline national qualification.Adopting multilingual voice and conversational interfaces across public services to minimise user-side technical hurdles.Scaling up mobile learning units through cross-sector partnerships that combine operator connectivity, vendor technology and local NGO networks.Measuring performance by independent task completion and fraud resilience rather than trainee numbers.

“Digital literacy can no longer be defined by static thresholds,” said Tim Hatt, head of research and consultancy at GSMA Intelligence. “Connectivity alone is insufficient — capabilities, system design and trust must evolve together. To capture this multi-trillion-dollar opportunity, stakeholders must integrate layered AI literacy directly into daily livelihoods through trusted community channels.”

“Mobile classrooms have demonstrated immense value in helping underserved populations break through physical and psychological barriers to technology,” said Gavin Allen, Executive Editor-in-Chief at Huawei. “We will continue working alongside local governments and industry partners to drive digital literacy, ensuring that no one is left behind as we transition into the AI economy.”

A new DigiTruck program will launch in France this autumn, covering several cities in the Île-de-France region and targeting low-income and underserved communities with digital skills training.

The full report is available on the GSMA Intelligence research portal:

https://www.gsmaintelligence.com/research/research-file-download?reportId=83651&assetId=83691

SOURCE Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd