Press release
Cadence Accelerates On-Device and Edge AI Performance and Efficiency with New Neo NPU IP and NeuroWeave SDK for Silicon Design
Highlights: Neo NPUs efficiently offload from any host processor and scale from 8 GOPS to 80 TOPS in a single core, extending to hundreds of TOPS for
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nHighlights:\n\n\n\nNeo NPUs efficiently offload from any host processor and scale from 8 GOPS to 80 TOPS in a single core, extending to hundreds of TOPS for multicore\n\n\n\nAI IP delivers industry-leading AI performance and energy efficiency for optimal PPA and cost points\n\n\n\nTargets a broad range of on-device and edge applications, including intelligent sensors, IoT, audio/vision, hearables/wearables, mobile vision/voice AI, AR/VR and ADAS\n\n\n\nComprehensive, common NeuroWeave SDK addresses all target markets across a broad array of Cadence AI and Tensilica IP solutions\n\n\n\n \n\n\n SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nCadence Design Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CDNS) today unveiled its next-generation AI IP and software tools to address the escalating demand for on-device and edge AI processing. The new highly scalable Cadence® Neo™ Neural Processing Units (NPUs) deliver a wide range of AI performance in a low-energy footprint, bringing new levels of performance and efficiency to AI SoCs. Delivering up to 80 TOPS performance in a single core, the Neo NPUs support both classic and new generative AI models and can offload AI/ML execution from any host processor—including application processors, general-purpose microcontrollers and DSPs—with a simple and scalable AMBA® AXI interconnect. Complementing the AI hardware, the new NeuroWeave™ Software Development Kit (SDK) provides developers with a “one-tool” AI software solution across Cadence AI and Tensilica® IP products for no-code AI development.\n\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230913932401/en/The new highly scalable Cadence® Neo™ Neural Processing Units (NPUs) deliver a wide range of AI performance in a low-energy footprint, bringing new levels of performance and efficiency to AI SoCs. Complementing the AI hardware, the new NeuroWeave™ Software Development Kit (SDK) provides a \"one-tool\" AI software solution across Cadence AI and Tensilica IP products for no-code AI development. (Photo: Business Wire)\n“While most of the recent attention on AI has been cloud-focused, there are an incredible range of new possibilities that both classic and generative AI can enable on the edge and within devices,” said Bob O’Donnell, president and chief analyst at TECHnalysis Research. “From consumer to mobile a...