Ceva-NeuPro-Nano Wins Product of the Year Award at Prestigious EE Awards Asia Event
Ceva-NeuPro-Nano has won the Best IP/Processor of the Year award at the EE Awards Asia event in Taipei. The Neural Processing Units (NPUs) are designed to deliver optimal balance of ultra-low power and performance for embedded AI workloads in consumer, industrial, and AIoT products.
The technology features a fully programmable architecture that efficiently executes Neural Networks, supports advanced machine learning data types, and includes Ceva-NetSqueeze AI compression technology that enables up to 80% memory footprint reduction. The NPUs come with Ceva-NeuPro Studio, a unified AI stack supporting open AI frameworks including LiteRT for Microcontrollers and microTVM.
This solution addresses key challenges in embedded AI implementation, making artificial intelligence more accessible and practical for various applications including voice, vision, predictive maintenance, and health sensing in IoT devices.
Ceva-NeuPro-Nano ha vinto il premio per il Miglior IP/Processore dell'Anno agli EE Awards Asia che si sono tenuti a Taipei. Le Unità di Elaborazione Neurale (NPU) sono progettate per offrire un ottimale equilibrio tra ultra-basso consumo energetico e prestazioni per i carichi di lavoro di intelligenza artificiale embedded nei prodotti di consumo, industriali e AIoT.
La tecnologia presenta un'architettura completamente programmabile che esegue efficientemente le Reti Neurali, supporta tipi di dati avanzati per l'apprendimento automatico e include la tecnologia di compressione AI Ceva-NetSqueeze che consente una riduzione fino all'80% dell'impatto sulla memoria. Le NPU sono dotate del Ceva-NeuPro Studio, una piattaforma AI unificata che supporta framework di intelligenza artificiale aperti, inclusi LiteRT per Microcontrollori e microTVM.
Questa soluzione affronta le principali sfide nell'implementazione dell'AI embedded, rendendo l'intelligenza artificiale più accessibile e pratica per diverse applicazioni, tra cui riconoscimento vocale, visione, manutenzione predittiva e rilevamento della salute nei dispositivi IoT.
Ceva-NeuPro-Nano ha ganado el premio al Mejor IP/Procesador del Año en el evento EE Awards Asia en Taipéi. Las Unidades de Procesamiento Neural (NPU) están diseñadas para ofrecer un equilibrio óptimo entre bajo consumo de energía y rendimiento para cargas de trabajo de IA embebida en productos de consumo, industriales y AIoT.
La tecnología cuenta con una arquitectura completamente programable que ejecuta eficientemente Redes Neurales, soporta tipos de datos avanzados para aprendizaje automático e incluye la tecnología de compresión AI Ceva-NetSqueeze que permite reducir hasta un 80% la huella de memoria. Las NPU vienen con Ceva-NeuPro Studio, una pila de IA unificada que soporta marcos de IA abiertos, incluidos LiteRT para Microcontroladores y microTVM.
Esta solución aborda los principales desafíos en la implementación de IA embebida, haciendo que la inteligencia artificial sea más accesible y práctica para diversas aplicaciones, incluyendo reconocimiento de voz, visión, mantenimiento predictivo y detección de salud en dispositivos IoT.
Ceva-NeuPro-Nano는 타이페이에서 열린 EE Awards Asia 행사에서 올해의 최고의 IP/프로세서 상을 수상했습니다. 신경 처리 장치(NPU)는 소비자, 산업 및 AIoT 제품의 임베디드 AI 워크로드를 위해 초저전력과 성능의 최적의 균형을 제공하도록 설계되었습니다.
이 기술은 신경망을 효율적으로 실행하는 완전 프로그래머블 아키텍처를 특징으로 하며, 고급 기계 학습 데이터 유형을 지원하고 80%까지 메모리 풋프린트를 줄일 수 있는 Ceva-NetSqueeze AI 압축 기술을 포함합니다. NPU는 Ceva-NeuPro Studio를 갖추고 있으며, 이는 Microcontroller용 LiteRT 및 microTVM을 포함한 오픈 AI 프레임워크를 지원하는 통합 AI 스택입니다.
이 솔루션은 임베디드 AI 구현의 주요 문제를 해결하여 음성, 비전, 예측 유지보수 및 IoT 장치의 건강 감지 등 다양한 응용 프로그램에서 인공지능을 더 접근 가능하고 실용적으로 만듭니다.
Ceva-NeuPro-Nano a remporté le prix du Meilleur IP/Processeur de l'Année lors de l'événement EE Awards Asia à Taipei. Les Unités de Traitement Neuronal (NPU) sont conçues pour offrir un équilibre optimal entre ultra-faible consommation d'énergie et performances pour les charges de travail AI embarquées dans des produits grand public, industriels et AIoT.
La technologie dispose d'une architecture entièrement programmable qui exécute efficacement des Réseaux Neuronaux, prend en charge des types de données avancés pour l'apprentissage automatique et comprend la technologie de compression AI Ceva-NetSqueeze qui permet une réduction de l'empreinte mémoire allant jusqu'à 80%. Les NPU sont livrées avec Ceva-NeuPro Studio, une pile AI unifiée qui prend en charge des cadres AI ouverts, y compris LiteRT pour les microcontrôleurs et microTVM.
Cette solution répond aux principaux défis de l'implémentation de l'IA embarquée, rendant l'intelligence artificielle plus accessible et pratique pour diverses applications, y compris la reconnaissance vocale, la vision, la maintenance prédictive et la détection de la santé dans les dispositifs IoT.
Ceva-NeuPro-Nano hat den Preis für das beste IP/Prozessor des Jahres bei den EE Awards Asia in Taipeh gewonnen. Die Neural Processing Units (NPU) sind so konzipiert, dass sie ein optimales Gleichgewicht zwischen ultra-niedrigem Stromverbrauch und Leistung für eingebettete AI-Workloads in Verbraucher-, Industrie- und AIoT-Produkten bieten.
Die Technologie verfügt über eine vollständig programmierbare Architektur, die neuronale Netzwerke effizient ausführt, fortschrittliche Datentypen für maschinelles Lernen unterstützt und die Ceva-NetSqueeze AI-Kompressionstechnologie umfasst, die eine Reduzierung des Speicherbedarfs um bis zu 80% ermöglicht. Die NPUs kommen mit Ceva-NeuPro Studio, einem einheitlichen AI-Stack, der offene AI-Frameworks unterstützt, darunter LiteRT für Mikrocontroller und microTVM.
Diese Lösung adressiert die wichtigsten Herausforderungen bei der Implementierung von eingebetteter AI und macht künstliche Intelligenz zugänglicher und praktischer für verschiedene Anwendungen, einschließlich Sprach- und Bildverarbeitung, vorausschauende Wartung und Gesundheitsüberwachung in IoT-Geräten.
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- Extending its Smart Edge IP leadership, Ceva-NeuPro-Nano™ received the Best IP/Processor of the year
- Ceva-NeuPro-Nano NPUs deliver optimal balance of ultra-low power and best performance in small area to efficiently execute embedded AI workloads in consumer, industrial and general-purpose AIoT products
The award-winning Ceva-NeuPro-Nano NPUs deliver the power, performance and cost efficiencies needed for semiconductor companies and OEMs to integrate Embedded AI models into their SoCs for consumer, industrial, and general-purpose AIoT products. Embedded AI models are artificial intelligence algorithms and systems that are integrated directly into hardware devices and run locally on the device rather than relying on cloud processing. By addressing the specific performance challenges of embedded AI, the Ceva-NeuPro-Nano NPUs aim to make AI ubiquitous, economical and practical for a wide range of use cases, spanning voice, vision, predictive maintenance, and health sensing in consumer and industrial IoT applications.
Iri Trashanski, Chief Strategy Officer of Ceva, commented: "Winning Best IP/ Processor of the Year from EE Awards Asia is a testament to the innovation and excellence of our NeuPro-Nano NPUs which bring cost effective AI processing to power-constrained devices. Connectivity, sensing and inference are the three key pillars shaping a smarter, more efficient future, and we are proud to lead the way with our unrivalled IP portfolio addressing these three use cases."
The Ceva-NeuPro-Nano Embedded AI NPU architecture is fully programmable and efficiently executes Neural Networks, feature extraction, control code and DSP code, and supports most advanced machine learning data types and operators including native transformer computation, sparsity acceleration and fast quantization. This optimized, self-sufficient and single core architecture enables Ceva-NeuPro-Nano NPUs to deliver superior power efficiency, with a smaller silicon footprint, and optimal performance compared to the existing processor solutions used for embedded AI workloads which utilize a combination of CPU or DSP with AI accelerator-based architectures. Furthermore, Ceva-NetSqueeze AI compression technology directly processes compressed model weights, without the need for an intermediate decompression stage. This enables the Ceva-NeuPro-Nano NPUs to achieve up to
The NPUs are delivered with a complete AI SDK - Ceva-NeuPro Studio - which is a unified AI stack that delivers a common set of tools across the entire Ceva-NeuPro NPU family, supporting open AI frameworks including LiteRT for Microcontrollers (formerly TensorFlow Lite for Microcontrollers) and microTVM.
The EE Awards Asia celebrate the best products, companies, and individuals across the continent's highly regarded electronics industry. Judging and selection is undertaken by a global panel of experts, who select the shortlist before the EETimes reader communities of EE Times and EDN in
Availability
Ceva-NeuPro-Nano NPUs are available for licensing today. For more information, visit: https://www.ceva-ip.com/product/ceva-neupro-nano/
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