Gordon Cooper, Principal Product Manager at Synopsys, presents the “Key Requirements to Successfully Implement Generative AI in Edge Devices—Optimized Mapping to the Enhanced NPX6 Neural Processing Unit IP” tutorial at the May 2025 Embedded Vision Summit.
In this talk, Cooper discusses emerging trends in generative AI for edge devices and the key role of transformer-based neural networks. He reviews the distinct attributes of transformers, their advantages over conventional convolutional neural networks and how they enable generative AI.
Cooper then covers key requirements that must be met for neural processing units (NPU) to support transformers and generative AI in edge device applications. He uses transformer-based generative AI examples to illustrate the efficient mapping of these workloads onto the enhanced Synopsys ARC NPX NPU IP family.
See here for a PDF of the slides.
