Ceva, Inc, the leading licensor of silicon and software IP that enables Smart Edge devices to connect, sense and infer data more reliably and efficiently, announced new partnerships that enable the more efficient development of AI-enabled personalization, convenience and security features in devices. The partnerships expand the embedded AI ecosystem for the Ceva-NeuPro-Nano NPU and include new collaborations with Cyberon Corporation and AIZIP that are designed to streamline development time by offering pre-optimized neural networks for keyword spotting, face recognition and speaker identification for deployment on smart edge devices. The previously announced collaboration with Edge Impulse now includes full integration of Edge Impulse Studio and support for NVIDIA TAO toolkit with Ceva-NeuPro Studio for both the NPN32 and NPN64 NPUs. This combination accentuates Ceva’s commitment to simplify and accelerate the development and deployment of AI applications for Ceva-NeuPro-Nano using the NeuPro Studio AI SDK and leveraging the expertise of ecosystem partners.
Chad Lucien, vice president and general manager of the sensor and audio business unit at Ceva, remarked: “We welcome Cyberon and AIZIP to our embedded AI ecosystem, advancing the value proposition of our Ceva-NeuPro-Nano NPU by providing customers with ready-to-use neural network models for high-demand, real-world use cases that enhance the user experience. Our continued collaboration with Edge Impulse will further accelerate development of embedded AI applications for Ceva-NeuPro-Nano leveraging Edge Impulse Studio’s low/no-code environment to deploy end-to-end AI applications. Furthermore, our enablement of the NVIDIA TAO toolkit on Ceva-NeuPro-Nano marks a major milestone, allowing AI developers to access, retrain and deploy TAO models through the Edge Impulse Platform on Ceva-NeuPro-Nano NPU’s. These partnerships underscore our commitment to simplifying AI adoption at the edge, offering power-efficient, high-performance solutions that expand and accelerate our customers’ ability to quickly and easily deliver smart edge applications.”
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AIZIP: Driving Sensor Fusion Innovations in TinyML
AIZIP specializes in production quality AI models ranging from vision, audio, and time-series to language models. These models can be combined to create compact AI modules for sensor fusion applications. The collaboration with Ceva centers on AIZIP’s Face Detection model on the Ceva-NeuPro-Nano NPU, paving the way for future integration of their voice and sensor fusion technologies. This partnership highlights the scalability and versatility of the Ceva-NeuPro-Nano NPUs in addressing a broad spectrum of embedded AI use cases.
Yuan Lu, Cofounder and President of AIZIP, commented: “Our goal is to simplify edge AI implementation for next-generation smart edge devices by combining our sensor fusion applications with Ceva‘s latest efficient NPU architecture. Our work will reduce AI workloads for cost-effective embedded systems.”
Cyberon: Enabling High-Accuracy Speech Recognition for Embedded AI
Cyberon Corporation, headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan, is a leader in embedded speech solutions with decades of experience in Speech Recognition and Text-to-Speech technologies, and is a subsidiary of Intelligo Technology Inc. – an AI acoustics specialist committed to consistently delivering top-tier audio solutions. Cyberon’s collaboration with Ceva focuses on its DSpotter keyword spotting technology, optimized for Ceva-NeuPro-Nano. This offline neural network model delivers superior accuracy even in noisy environments, while still maintaining ultra-low power consumption. Supporting always-on, hands-free, and eyes-free interactions, DSpotter is designed to enhance user experience and reliability on mobile and portable devices.
SOURCE: PRNewswire