Ceva and Edge Impulse Join Forces to Enable Faster, Easier Development of Edge AI Applications
Ceva and Edge Impulse have announced a collaboration to enhance Ceva-NeuPro-Nano NPUs with support for Edge Impulse Platform. This integration will enable AI developers to rapidly develop, train, and deploy advanced embedded ML applications for Ceva NPUs with cycle-accurate performance, before physical hardware is available.
The partnership aims to accelerate time-to-market for NeuPro-Nano based silicon targeting AIoT devices. Ceva-NeuPro-Nano NPU IP is designed for embedded ML applications, delivering ultra-low power and high performance in a small area. Edge Impulse Platform complements the hardware by providing 'no code' AI tools, simplifying the deployment and benchmarking of embedded ML applications.
This collaboration allows NeuPro-Nano customers to leverage Edge Impulse Platform to unlock the full potential of embedded ML in their AIoT products pre-silicon, facilitating rapid, scalable deployment of edge AI across industries with unprecedented performance.
Ceva ed Edge Impulse hanno annunciato una collaborazione per potenziare i Ceva-NeuPro-Nano NPU con il supporto per la piattaforma Edge Impulse. Questa integrazione consentirà agli sviluppatori di IA di sviluppare, addestrare e implementare rapidamente applicazioni avanzate di ML embedded per i NPU Ceva con prestazioni cicli-accurate, prima che l'hardware fisico sia disponibile.
Il partenariato mira ad accelerare il time-to-market per i silici basati su NeuPro-Nano destinati ai dispositivi AIoT. L'IP Ceva-NeuPro-Nano NPU è progettato per applicazioni di ML embedded, offrendo ultra-basso consumo energetico e alta prestazione in una ridotta area. La piattaforma Edge Impulse completa l'hardware fornendo strumenti di IA 'no code', semplificando l'implementazione e il benchmarking delle applicazioni di ML embedded.
Questa collaborazione consente ai clienti di NeuPro-Nano di sfruttare la piattaforma Edge Impulse per sbloccare il potenziale completo del ML embedded nei loro prodotti AIoT pre-silicon, facilitando l'implementazione rapida e scalabile dell'AI edge in diversi settori con prestazioni senza precedenti.
Ceva y Edge Impulse han anunciado una colaboración para mejorar los Ceva-NeuPro-Nano NPU con soporte para la plataforma Edge Impulse. Esta integración permitirá a los desarrolladores de IA desarrollar, entrenar e implementar rápidamente aplicaciones avanzadas de ML embebido para los NPU de Ceva con un rendimiento preciso por ciclo, antes de que el hardware físico esté disponible.
La asociación tiene como objetivo acelerar el tiempo de comercialización para silicio basado en NeuPro-Nano dirigido a dispositivos AIoT. El IP de NPU Ceva-NeuPro-Nano está diseñado para aplicaciones de ML embebido, ofreciendo un consumo de energía ultrabajo y un alto rendimiento en un área reducida. La plataforma Edge Impulse complementa el hardware al proporcionar herramientas de IA 'sin código', facilitando la implementación y el benchmarking de aplicaciones de ML embebido.
Esta colaboración permite a los clientes de NeuPro-Nano aprovechar la plataforma Edge Impulse para desbloquear todo el potencial del ML embebido en sus productos AIoT antes del silicio, facilitando la implementación rápida y escalable de AI en el borde en diversas industrias con un rendimiento sin precedentes.
Ceva와 Edge Impulse는 Ceva-NeuPro-Nano NPU에 Edge Impulse 플랫폼 지원을 추가하는 협업을 발표했습니다. 이 통합을 통해 AI 개발자는 물리적 하드웨어가 제공되기 전에 Ceva NPU용 고급 임베디드 ML 애플리케이션을 신속하게 개발하고 교육하며 배포할 수 있습니다.
이번 협력은 AIoT 기기를 대상으로 하는 NeuPro-Nano 기반 실리콘의 시장 출시 시간을 가속화하는 것을 목표로 하고 있습니다. Ceva-NeuPro-Nano NPU IP는 임베디드 ML 애플리케이션을 위해 설계되었으며, 작은 면적에서 초저전력과 높은 성능을 제공합니다. Edge Impulse 플랫폼은 '무코드' AI 도구를 제공하여 하드웨어를 보완하고 임베디드 ML 애플리케이션의 배포 및 벤치마킹을 간소화합니다.
이 협업을 통해 NeuPro-Nano 고객은 Edge Impulse 플랫폼을 활용하여 실리콘 이전에 AIoT 제품에서 임베디드 ML의 잠재력을 최대한 발휘할 수 있습니다. 이는 각 산업에서 전례 없는 성능을 갖춘 엣지 AI의 신속하고 확장 가능한 배포를 촉진합니다.
Ceva et Edge Impulse ont annoncé une collaboration pour améliorer les Ceva-NeuPro-Nano NPU avec le support de la plateforme Edge Impulse. Cette intégration permettra aux développeurs IA de développer, d'entraîner et de déployer rapidement des applications ML intégrées avancées pour les NPU Ceva avec des performances précises par cycle, avant que le matériel physique ne soit disponible.
Ce partenariat vise à accélérer le délai de mise sur le marché des silicones basés sur NeuPro-Nano destinés aux dispositifs AIoT. L'IP Ceva-NeuPro-Nano NPU est conçu pour les applications ML intégrées, offrant une consommation d'énergie ultra-basse et des performances élevées dans un petit espace. La plateforme Edge Impulse complète le matériel en fournissant des outils IA 'sans code', simplifiant le déploiement et l'évaluation des applications ML intégrées.
Cette collaboration permet aux clients de NeuPro-Nano de tirer parti de la plateforme Edge Impulse pour libérer tout le potentiel du ML intégré dans leurs produits AIoT avant le silicium, facilitant un déploiement rapide et évolutif de l'IA de bord dans divers secteurs avec des performances sans précédent.
Ceva und Edge Impulse haben eine Zusammenarbeit angekündigt, um die Ceva-NeuPro-Nano NPUs mit Unterstützung für die Edge Impulse Plattform zu verbessern. Diese Integration ermöglicht es KI-Entwicklern, fortschrittliche eingebettete ML-Anwendungen für Ceva NPUs schnell zu entwickeln, zu trainieren und bereitzustellen, bevor physische Hardware verfügbar ist.
Die Partnerschaft zielt darauf ab, die Markteinführungszeit für NeuPro-Nano-basierten Silizium zu beschleunigen, das auf AIoT-Geräte abzielt. Das IP von Ceva-NeuPro-Nano NPU ist für eingebettete ML-Anwendungen konzipiert und bietet ultra-niedrigen Stromverbrauch und hohe Leistung auf kleinem Raum. Die Edge Impulse Plattform ergänzt die Hardware, indem sie 'No-Code'-KI-Tools bereitstellt, die die Bereitstellung und das Benchmarking von eingebetteten ML-Anwendungen vereinfachen.
Diese Zusammenarbeit ermöglicht es NeuPro-Nano-Kunden, die Edge Impulse Plattform zu nutzen, um das volle Potenzial von eingebetteten ML in ihren AIoT-Produkten vor der Silizium-Implementierung freizuschalten, was eine schnelle, skalierbare Bereitstellung von Edge AI in verschiedenen Branchen mit beispielloser Leistung ermöglicht.
- Collaboration accelerates time-to-market for NeuPro-Nano based AIoT devices
- Enables pre-silicon development and optimization of ML applications
- Provides 'no code' AI tools for simplified deployment and benchmarking
- Supports a wide range of embedded ML applications in small, low-power devices
- Facilitates rapid, scalable deployment of edge AI across industries
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This partnership between Ceva and Edge Impulse represents a significant advancement in edge AI development. By integrating Ceva's NeuPro-Nano NPU IP with Edge Impulse's platform, developers can now simulate and optimize AI models for specific hardware before physical chips are available. This pre-silicon optimization capability is a game-changer for AIoT device manufacturers.
The collaboration addresses key challenges in embedded AI development:
- Accelerated time-to-market for AI-enabled products
- Improved power efficiency and performance optimization
- Simplified AI model deployment for non-AI experts
For Ceva, this partnership could strengthen its position in the competitive NPU IP market by offering a more complete solution to its customers. It may lead to increased adoption of Ceva's NeuPro-Nano IP, potentially boosting licensing revenues. However, the full impact will depend on how quickly customers adopt this integrated solution and translate it into commercial products.
This collaboration positions Ceva to capitalize on the growing edge AI market, which is projected to reach
- Increasing demand for on-device AI processing
- Need for faster development cycles in AIoT products
- Push for more energy-efficient AI solutions
By enabling "no code" AI development, Ceva and Edge Impulse are lowering the barrier to entry for companies looking to integrate AI into their products. This could potentially expand Ceva's customer base beyond traditional semiconductor companies to include more diverse OEMs and IoT device manufacturers. The pre-silicon optimization capability also gives Ceva a competitive edge in the NPU IP market, which could lead to market share gains against rivals like Arm and Cadence.
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
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.
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