Coral NPU: A full-stack platform for Edge AI
20 hours ago
- #RISC-V
- #Coral NPU
- #Edge AI
- Introduction of Coral NPU, a full-stack, open-source platform for Edge AI.
- Addresses performance gap, fragmentation tax, and user trust deficit in edge AI.
- Designed for ultra-low-power, always-on AI on wearable devices.
- Features AI-first hardware architecture with RISC-V ISA compliant IP blocks.
- Includes scalar core, vector execution unit, and matrix execution unit.
- Unified developer experience with support for TensorFlow, JAX, and PyTorch.
- Target applications include contextual awareness, audio and image processing.
- Hardware-enforced privacy with support for emerging technologies like CHERI.
- Collaboration with Synaptics for production implementation of Coral NPU.
- Goal to foster a vibrant ecosystem for edge AI with open-source standards.