Embedded Processors

BrainChip Discloses Akida, A Neuromorphic SoC

David SchorArchitectures, Embedded Processors, Server ProcessorsSeptember 28, 2018 Tagged AI, Akida, BrainChip, neural processors, neuromorphic chip, spiking neural network

BrainChip discloses Akida, a Neuromorphic System-on-Chip for the edge and server.

Wave to acquire MIPS

David SchorEmbedded Processors, Neural ProcessorsJune 13, 2018 Tagged AI, MIPS, neural processors, Wave Computing

Wave Computing will be acquiring MIPS Technologies.

Qualcomm introduces a new Vision Intelligence Platform

Matt LarsonEmbedded Processors, Neural ProcessorsApril 12, 2018 Tagged 10LPE, 10nm, Adreno 615, AI, ARM, ARMv8, Hexagon 685, Kryo 300, Qualcomm, Vision Intelligence Platform

Going after the growing intelligent IoT market, Qualcomm is introducing a new Vision Intelligence Platform for accelerating camera vision processing in smart IoT applications.

ISSCC 2018: Intel’s Self-Powered Intelligent IoT Edge Mote

David SchorArchitectures, Embedded Processors, ISSCC 2018April 2, 2018 Tagged 14nm, AI, edge computing, energy harvesting, Intel, Intel Labs, IoT, near-threshold voltage, SoC, solar power, x86

A look at Intel’s tiny intelligent IoT edge mote operating at near-threshold voltage and harvesting solar energy for charging. Equipped with sensors and an SoC with hardware to accelerate convolutional neural networks (CNNs), the chip collects environmental sensory data and captures images which are classified on-chip and sent to a data center in order to improve and optimize agricultural fields.

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ISSCC 2018: MIT’s low-power hardware crypto RISC-V IoT processor

David SchorArchitectures, Circuit Design, Embedded Processors, ISSCC 2018March 17, 2018 Tagged 65nm, crypto engine, DTLS, edge computing, IoT, ISSCC, ISSCC 2018, MIT, RISC-V

In recent years, IoT devices have been plagued with security issues. Memory and energy constraints of those low-power devices mean there is very little headroom for complex security implementations. At ISSCC 2018, a team of MIT researchers has attempted to address this problem with their low-power fully in-hardware crypto engine IoT RISC-V processor.

The RISC-V momentum continues with the GAP8, a new IoT/AI Application Processor

David SchorEmbedded Processors, Neural ProcessorsFebruary 28, 2018 Tagged 55LP, 55nm, AI, Deep Learning, edge computing, GreenWaves, IoT, RISC-V, TSMC

The RISC-V momentum continues with the the launch of the GAP8, an IoT/AI ultra-low power application processor by GreenWaves, a France-based startup. The chip is designed for lengthy autonomous battery-powered edge/IoT inference operations.

AMD launches EPYC Embedded 3000 and Ryzen Embedded V1000 SoCs

David SchorEmbedded Processors, Server ProcessorsFebruary 23, 2018 Tagged 14nm, AMD, edge computing, EPYC, Ryzen, Vega, x86, Zen

After covering the server and PC markets, AMD has ventured into the edge-computing and embedded market with their latest Zen microarchitecture with the launch of two low-power embedded microprocessor families.

Intel launches the Xeon D-2100 series of low-power edge processors

David SchorEmbedded Processors, Server ProcessorsFebruary 7, 2018 Tagged 14nm, edge computing, Intel, Skylake, Skylake-DE, x86, Xeon Scalable

Intel has launched the Xeon D-2100 series of microprocessors based on the Skylake server microarchitecture for networking, storage, IoT, and cloud edge servers.