Syntiant’s end-to-end deep learning solutions bring a highly accurate, ultra-low-power AI interface to always-on image, voice, audio and sensor applications. A leader in moving machine learning from the cloud to the edge, Syntiant’s Neural Decision Processors™ (NDPs) are being designed into earbuds, wearables, smart speakers, mobile phones, heath monitoring devices, laptops, monitors and automobiles, as well as other consumer and industrial devices. Designed by applying a clean-sheet, hardware/software co-design methodology that optimizes silicon and deep learning models together, Syntiant’s Core neural network architecture enables devices to be approximately 100x more efficient by providing 10x the throughput over current low-power MCU solutions, and subsequently, enabling larger networks at significantly lower power. By combining the industry’s most efficient silicon with a data platform and training pipeline, Syntiant provides customers with low-cost, turn-key solutions that put deep learning processing into almost any edge device, free from cloud connectivity, ensuring privacy and security.
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RASynBoard Brings Low-power, Edge AI Processing to Embedded Sensor Applications
Avnet offers compact sensor module and development kit for always-on sensing March 7, 2023 – PHOENIX – The RASynBoard development kit from Avnet (Nasdaq: AVT) can help hardware and software design engineers and embedded AI developers quickly adopt edge AI capabilities into their products, making them more efficient, accurate and reliable. It was created in …
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Syntiant to Introduce Turnkey Edge AI Security Solution at CES 2023
Will Showcase Edge-Optimized Silicon + Production-Ready ML Software Models for Smart Home and Enterprise Security and Surveillance Irvine, Calif., January 6, 2023 – Syntiant Corp., a leading end-to-end edge AI solution provider, today announced it will be demonstrating a suite of deep learning solutions at CES 2023 to enable faster and easier deployments of security …
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Syntiant Introduces Production-Ready Edge AI Software Solutions for Image Detection, Tracking and Classification
Hardware-agnostic Machine Learning Models Expand Reach into Computer Vision Applications; Use Cases Demoed at CES 2023 IRVINE, Calif., Jan. 05, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Syntiant Corp., a leader in delivering end-to-end edge AI solutions for always-on applications, today announced the availability of a full suite of pre-trained and customizable deep learning models for computer vision …
Syntiant Unveils NDP115 Neural Decision Processor at CES 2023
Compact, Ultra-Low-Power Microchip for Always-on Voice and Sensor Applications Brings Multi-Modal Artificial Intelligence to Edge Devices in All Industries Irvine, Calif., January 4, 2023 — Syntiant Corp., a provider of deep learning solutions for edge AI applications, today introduced the Syntiant NDP115 Neural Decision Processor™, the newest addition to its family of special purpose silicon, …
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Syntiant and Telink Unveil Voice Interface Reference Design for Smart Remotes
On-Device Edge AI for Custom Wake Words and Commands Enables Hands-Free Operation Without Cloud Congestion or Reduced Battery Life Irvine, Calif., December 15, 2022 – Syntiant Corp., a leader in delivering end-to-end edge AI solutions for always-on applications, today announced the availability of a new reference design that will enable ODMs and OEMs to easily …
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Murata to Introduce Syntiant NDP102-based Type2DA Neural Decision Processor Module for Edge AI Audio and Sensor Applications
Sample Use Cases with Type2DA EVK Demoed at CES 2023 Smyrna, GA, December 14, 2022 – Murata today announced that it is showcasing its new Edge AI module Type2DA with Syntiant® NDP102 Neural Decision Processor™ (NDP) at CES 2023 (LVCC booth #10249). Ideal for always-on audio and sensor applications, the new solution significantly improves efficiencies …
Syntiant Demonstration of Its Always-on Battery-powered Computer Vision Capabilities
Ron Kamm, Application Engineer at Syntiant, demonstrates the company’s latest edge AI and vision technologies and products at the December 2022 Edge AI and Vision Innovation Forum. Specifically, Kamm gives an overview of the company’s complete edge AI computer vision solutions for consumer, commercial enterprise and automotive applications. The demonstration shows both Syntiant’s ultra-low-power vision …
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Syntiant Named 2022’s ‘Start-Up to Watch’ by the Global Semiconductor Alliance
Ultra-Low-Power Chip Provider Recognized for Breakthroughs in Edge AI Solutions Irvine, Calif., December 12, 2022 — Syntiant Corp., a provider of deep learning solutions for always-on edge AI voice, sensor and vision applications, today announced that the company was named 2022’s “Start-Up to Watch” during this year’s Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) Awards. Syntiant was selected …
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Syntiant Corp. Named Among Fastest-Growing Companies in North America by Deloitte
Irvine, Calif., November 16, 2022 — Syntiant Corp., a leader in delivering end-to-end edge AI solutions for always-on applications, today announced that it has been named to the Deloitte Technology Fast 500™, a ranking of the 500 fastest-growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences, fintech, and energy tech companies in North America. Now in its 28th …
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Production-ready Machine Learning Module with Embedded Syntiant Technology
Compact, Low Power Component for Always-On Voice, IoT and Sensor Use Cases Bangalore, India and Irvine, Calif., Nov 9, 2022 – Eoxys Systems, an IoT solutions provider, today announced the availability of its XENO+™ WiFi+BLE Nano ML Module, an Alexa-enabled machine learning circuit board with embedded Syntiant technology for easy deployment of consumer and industrial …
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Syntiant Strengthens Board of Directors with Appointment of Edward Frank
Visionary and Tech Entrepreneur Brings 35 Years of Experience to the Edge AI Chipmaker, Leading Industry Giants and Emerging Companies Irvine, Calif., October 25, 2022 — Syntiant Corp., a provider of deep learning solutions for always-on edge AI applications, today announced the addition of Edward Frank, Ph.D., to its board of directors. Dr. Frank joins …
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InferSens to Introduce Ultra-Low-Power Edge DL Sensor Solution with Syntiant Technology
Battery-Powered Sensor with Embedded Syntiant NDP120 Neural Decision Processor to Enable Highly Accurate On-Device Processing for Commercial and Industrial Applications. InferSens CTO Jonathan Peace to Present First Application for Legionella Water System Monitoring at the tinyML EMEA Innovation Forum 2022 in Cyprus Cambridge, U.K., and Irvine, Calif., October 11 – InferSens today announced the first …
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Imagimob and Syntiant to Accelerate Development of Production-ready tinyML Applications
Joint Solution Demoed at tinyML EMEA Innovation Forum 2022 Stockholm and Irvine, Calif., October 10, 2022 – Imagimob, a leading provider of tinyML platforms, and Syntiant Corp, an end-to-end AI chip company for always-on edge AI applications, today announced a collaboration to integrate Imagimob’s tinyML platform with Syntiant’s ultra-low-power NDP120 Neural Decision Processor™. The integration …
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Upcoming Webinar Discusses Health IoT on the Edge
On August 10, 2022 at 9:00 am PT (noon ET), Alliance Member company Syntiant, along with Parks Associates and Canary Speech, will deliver the free webinar “Health IoT on the Edge: Accessible, Smart, Secure.” From the event page: 53% of US internet households own at least one internet-connected health product. This webinar discusses how the …
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How Neural Architectures Leverage Duty Cycling for Massive Efficiencies
This blog post was originally published at Syntiant’s website. It is reprinted here with the permission of Syntiant. In our last blog post, we gave insight for modelers into the vital performance statistics of edge silicon. In this blog post, we will show how modelers can leverage the true power and throughput performance of edge …
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Modeling for the Edge: How Neural Network Modelers Should Evaluate Edge Compute Power
This blog post was originally published at Syntiant’s website. It is reprinted here with the permission of Syntiant. Academic machine learning requires extensive toolsets for model training and evaluation, but the vast majority of academic work is more grounded in model capacity than looking at the energy cost of deploying those models. This puts modelers …
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Syntiant and CeramicSpeed Improve Measurement Sensitivity of Autonomous Wireless Sensors
Improvements in Feature Extraction and Data Training Create Even Lower Power Dissipation for Remote Monitoring of Industrial Machinery Irvine, Calif., June 21, 2022 — Syntiant Corp., a provider of deep learning solutions making edge AI a reality for always-on applications, and Denmark-based CeramicSpeed, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of ceramic bearing products, today announced advancements …
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Syntiant NDP120 Achieves Outstanding Results in Latest MLPerf Tiny v0.7 Benchmark Suite
Syntiant recently submitted its NDP120 into the MLCommons’ MLPerf Tiny category for keyword spotting, which is intended for the lowest power devices and smallest form factors, such as deeply embedded, intelligent sensing and IoT applications. “Syntiant’s architecture yielded the industry’s lowest-power solution for running edge-based AI applications,” said Jeremy Holleman, chief scientist at Syntiant responsible …
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AI Chip Company Syntiant Raises $55 Million to Accelerate Growth
Strong Pipeline as Global Demand for Edge AI Rises; 20 Million+ Processors Already Shipped Irvine, Calif., March 28, 2022 – Syntiant Corp., a provider of deep learning solutions making edge AI a reality for always-on voice, sensor, audio and image applications, today announced that it has closed $55 million in new funding, bringing the total …
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Syntiant Announces Voice-Enabled Ultra-Low-Power Reference Design for TWS Earbud Applications
Multi-Lingual Custom Wake Words and Speech Commands Supported by Data Training and Modeling, Providing a Complete, End-to-End Solution for Edge AI Processing Irvine, Calif., January 6, 2022 – Syntiant Corp., a provider of deep learning solutions making edge AI a reality for always-on applications, today announced a new reference design that will enable ODMs and …
Syntiant and CeramicSpeed to Develop Autonomous Wireless Sensors for Condition-based Monitoring
Collaboration Aimed at Reducing Costs through Predictive Maintenance in Industrial IoT Applications Irvine, Calif., January 6, 2022 – Syntiant Corp., a provider of deep learning solutions making edge AI a reality for always-on applications, today announced a collaboration with Denmark-based CeramicSpeed to develop ultra-low-power autonomous sensors for Industrial IoT applications using the Syntiant® NDP120 Neural …
Syntiant and Energous Collaborate for Wireless Charging of Always-on Edge AI Processors
Companies to Demonstrate Energous’ WattUp PowerBridge Technology Combined With Syntiant’s Ultra-Low-Power Deep Learning Architecture for IoT Network Edge Applications at CES 2022 Las Vegas, Nev. January 5, 2022 — Energous Corporation (Nasdaq: WATT), a leading developer of RF-based charging for wireless power networks, today announced a collaboration with Syntiant, a provider of deep learning solutions …
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Syntiant’s Dave Garrett Receives UVA’s 2021 School of Engineering Achievement Award
Irvine, Calif., November 1, 2021 – Syntiant Corp., a provider of deep learning solutions making edge AI a reality for always-on applications, today announced that its vice president of hardware, Dave Garrett, was awarded the University of Virginia (UVA) School of Engineering and Applied Science’s 2021 School of Engineering Achievement Award. Honored for his engineering …
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Is That Your Standby Power?
This blog post was originally published at Syntiant’s website. It is reprinted here with the permission of Syntiant. Syntiant recently submitted its NDP120 into the MLPerf Tiny category for keyword spotting and our internal measurements pegged our solution at around 60 uJ/inferences at a 6ms latency. As a comparison, the one other published MCU-based benchmark …
Syntiant Brings AI Development to Everyone, Everywhere with Introduction of TinyML Platform
Tiny Machine Learning Development Board Now Available for Building Low-Power Voice, Audio and Sensor Applications using Edge Impulse’s Embedded ML Platform Smallest Form Factor in the Market Fits Tiniest Devices; Delivers 20x More Throughput at 200x Less Energy Per Inference IRVINE, Calif., September 29, 2021 – Syntiant Corp, a provider of deep learning solutions making …
Syntiant Unveils NDP200 Neural Decision Processor for Always-On Vision Edge AI Applications
Deep Learning Device to Perform Person Detection and Object Classification at Ultra-Low Power IRVINE, Calif., Sept. 22, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Syntiant Corp, a provider of deep learning solutions making edge AI a reality for always-on applications in battery-powered devices, today introduced its Syntiant® NDP200 Neural Decision Processor™ (NDP), the company’s first chip designed for …
Syntiant Introduces NDP102 Neural Decision Processor for Edge AI Sensor Applications
Enables Highly Accurate Inference Performance at Industry Leading Low Power Consumption IRVINE, Calif., Sept. 15, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Syntiant Corp, a provider of deep learning solutions making edge AI a reality for always-on applications in battery-powered devices, today announced its new Syntiant® NDP102 Neural Decision Processor™ (NDP) for sensor applications that delivers 100x improvement …
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AI Chip Company Syntiant Signs Tekro as Sales Representative in South Korea
Ultra-Low-Power Edge AI Technology for Always-On Audio and Sensor Applications to be Demoed at AI World Congress 2021 in Busan Metropolitan City IRVINE, Calif., August 30, 2021 – Syntiant Corp., a turnkey deep learning technology company advancing AI processing at the edge, today announced that Seoul-based Tekro Inc. will serve as its sales agent in …
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The Syntiant Journey and the Pervasive NDP
This blog post was originally published at Syntiant’s website. It is reprinted here with the permission of Syntiant. Syntiant’s ultra-low-power AI processing enables always-on voice control for most any battery-powered device, from earbuds to laptops Around the time Syntiant was founded in 2017, our co-founder and CEO Kurt Busch had a lightbulb moment. As he …
Syntiant CEO Kurt Busch Named E&Y’s Entrepreneur of The Year 2021 Pacific Southwest – Orange County
IRVINE, Calif., August 6, 2021 – Syntiant Corp., a turnkey deep learning technology company advancing low-power image, audio, speech and sensor AI processing in edge devices, today announced that its CEO Kurt Busch has been named Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2021 Pacific Southwest – Orange County. Now in its 35th year, E&Y’s …
Renesas and Syntiant Develop Voice-Controlled Multimodal AI Solution
New Offering Enables Low-Power Voice-Controlled Operation of Embedded Vision AI Systems in IoT and Edge Applications TOKYO, Japan, and Irvine, Calif., July 28, 2021 ― Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE:6723), a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, and Syntiant Corp., a deep learning chip technology company advancing low-power intelligent voice and sensor processing in edge devices, …
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The Growing Syntiant Core Family
This blog post was originally published at Syntiant’s website. It is reprinted here with the permission of Syntiant. One of my great professional privileges when founding Syntiant’s machine learning stack has been collaborating with a team of electrical engineers in the design, development, verification, and shipping of an ultra-power efficient tensor computation core for Syntiant …
Syntiant Introduces Second Generation NDP120 Deep Learning Processor for Audio and Sensor Apps
Low-Power Syntiant Core 2 Delivers 25x Tensor Throughput Without Extensive Post-training Compilation Irvine, Calif., January 6, 2021 – Syntiant Corp., a deep learning chip technology company advancing AI pervasiveness in edge devices, today announced the availability of its Syntiant® NDP120™ Neural Decision Processor™ (NDP), the latest generation of special purpose chips for audio and sensor …
