Despite assurances for years that Hikvision has stopped minority analytics, just 7 months ago local PRC authorities awarded a $6 million contract that explicitly requires Hikvision analytics to identify Uyghurs (维族), powered by NVIDIA hardware, security specialist IPVM says.
Yes, It is typically pronounced “hike-vision” though.
Because some marketing person realized it was a really bad idea to call a company Hick Vision, but it was too late to stop the founders from doing so?
It’s a Chinese name for a Chinese company.
Just an English transliteration of part of their Chinese name “hǎi kāng wēi shì”