Ceva, Edge Impulse team on AI
Ceva is working with Edge Impulse on small AI frameworks for the Ceva NeuPro-Nano neural processor unit (NPU).
The deal enables AI developers to train, optimize and deploy embedded machine learning models on the Ceva NeuPro-Nano NPU IP, pre-silicon, using the Edge Impulse Platform. This will help boost the deployment of edge AI implementations on low power system on chip devices.
Ceva says this is a first-of-its-kind collaboration based around an NPU IP ensures that AI developers can accurately benchmark and refine the performance of edge AI models, significantly accelerating the time-to-market for NeuPro-Nano based silicon targeting AIoT devices.
The NeuPro-Nano NPU IP for Embedded AI is a highly efficient, self-sufficient Edge NPU family designed for embedded ML applications with a balance of ultra-low power and performance in a small area. This allows more efficient embedded ML workloads in applications such as hearables, wearables, home audio, smart home and smart factor.
“We are in the early stages of the Edge AI era, with demand for on-device AI growing across every industry and market segment,” said Chad Lucien, vice president and general manager of the Sensors and Audio Business Unit at Ceva. “To address the acute demand for low-power, small form factor and powerful AIoT devices, our customers require a solution to efficiently and cost effectively incorporate embedded ML applications into their NeuPro-Nano based products. Edge Impulse Platform together with NeuPro-Nano is a winning combination, providing AI developers with a seamless, user-friendly experience to rapidly design, develop and deploy silicon-optimized AI applications with market leading performance.”
Edge Impulse Platform provides ‘no code’ AI tools for the NeuPro-Nano hardware, which simplifies the deployment and benchmarking of embedded ML applications. The NeuPro-Nano architecture supports AI inference, feature extraction and the DSP workloads commonly used in audio, voice and vision applications, the combination with Edge Impulse Platform ensures developers get accurate cycle count emulation for the full end-to-end AI application.
“Ceva-NeuPro-Nano is an exciting new NPU IP core that will enable a wide range of embedded ML applications to efficiently run in small, low-power and high-performance edge devices,” said Zach Shelby, Co-founder and CEO, Edge Impulse. “Our first-of-its kind NPU IP collaboration with Ceva enables NeuPro-Nano customers to leverage Edge Impulse Platform to unlock the full potential of embedded ML in their AIoT products pre-silicon, facilitating the rapid, scalable deployment of edge AI across industries and end markets with unprecedented performance.”
Ceva-NeuPro-Nano NPU IP is available for licensing today in two highly efficient and optimized configurations to address a wide variety of use cases. Edge Impulse Platform will be available for use with Ceva-NeuPro-Nano in the coming months.
www.ceva-ip.com/product/ceva-neupro-nano/.
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