Partnership enables AI developers to train,
optimize and deploy embedded ML models on the Ceva-NeuPro-Nano NPU
IP, pre-silicon, via Edge Impulse Platform
ROCKVILLE, Md., Sept. 24,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Ceva, Inc. (NASDAQ: CEVA), the
leading licensor of silicon and software IP that enables Smart Edge
devices to connect, sense and infer data more reliably and
efficiently, and Edge Impulse, the leading platform for building,
deploying, and scaling edge machine learning models, today
announced a collaboration to enhance the Ceva-NeuPro-Nano NPUs with
support for Edge Impulse Platform. This integration will enable AI
developers to more rapidly develop, train and deploy advanced
embedded ML applications for the Ceva NPUs with cycle-accurate
performance, before physical hardware is available. This
first-of-its-kind collaboration based around an NPU IP ensures that AI developers can accurately
benchmark and refine the performance of their edge AI models in
Edge Impulse Platform, significantly accelerating the
time-to-market for NeuPro-Nano based silicon targeting AIoT
devices.
The Ceva-NeuPro-Nano NPU IP for
Embedded AI is a highly efficient, self-sufficient Edge NPU family
designed for embedded ML applications. It delivers the optimal
balance of ultra-low power and the best performance in a small area
to efficiently execute embedded ML workloads across AIoT product
categories, including Hearables, Wearables, Home Audio, Smart Home,
Smart Factory, and more. These AIoT-optimized NPUs are ideal for
Ceva's large installed base of wireless connectivity customers and
MCU vendors wishing to integrate their own AI/ML models into their
product roadmaps to enhance performance, support emerging Edge AI
use cases and enter new market segments. Edge Impulse Platform
perfectly complements the NeuPro-Nano hardware, providing 'no code'
AI tools to the customer, which dramatically simplifies the
deployment and benchmarking of embedded ML applications.
"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."
"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."
With Edge Impulse Platform, optimized AI performance can be
achieved for the NeuPro-Nano NPUs with little to no code. Models
can be uploaded to or developed using Edge Impulse Platform for
faster development cycles and deployment on NeuPro-Nano. Since the
NeuPro-Nano self-sufficient architecture uniquely 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 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. For more
information, visit
https://www.ceva-ip.com/product/ceva-neupro-nano/.
About Edge Impulse
Edge Impulse streamlines the
creation of AI and machine learning models for edge hardware,
allowing devices to make decisions and offer insight where data is
gathered. Edge Impulse's technology empowers developers to bring
more AI products to market, and helps enterprise teams rapidly
develop production-ready solutions in weeks instead of years.
Powerful automations make it easier to build valuable datasets and
develop advanced AI for edge devices from MCUs to CPUs to GPUs.
Used by health and wearable organizations like Hyfe and Ultrahuman,
industrial organizations like Lexmark, HP, and Halma as well as top
silicon vendors and over 100,000 developers, Edge Impulse has
become the trusted ML platform for enterprises and developers
alike. To learn more, visit edgeimpulse.com.
About Ceva, Inc.
At Ceva, we are passionate about
bringing new levels of innovation to the smart edge. Our wireless
communications, sensing and Edge AI technologies are at the heart
of some of today's most advanced smart edge products. From wireless
connectivity IPs (Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, UWB and 5G platform IP), to
scalable Edge AI NPU IPs and sensor
fusion solutions, we have the broadest portfolio of IP to connect,
sense and infer data more reliably and efficiently. We deliver
differentiated solutions that combine outstanding performance at
ultra-low power within a very small silicon footprint. Our goal is
simple – to deliver the silicon and software IP to enable a
smarter, safer, and more interconnected world. This philosophy is
in practice today, with Ceva powering more than 18 billion of the
world's most innovative smart edge products from AI-infused
smartwatches, IoT devices and wearables to autonomous vehicles and
5G mobile networks.
Our headquarters are in Rockville,
Maryland with a global customer base supported by operations
worldwide. Our employees are among the leading experts in their
areas of specialty, consistently solving the most complex design
challenges, enabling our customers to bring innovative smart edge
products to market.
Ceva: Powering the Smart Edge™
Visit us at www.ceva-ip.com and follow us on LinkedIn, X,
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