Ceva and Edge Impulse Collaborate for Rapid AI Development

The collaboration between Ceva and NeuPro-Nano marks a significant milestone in the realm of embedded AI development. This unique partnership, centered around an NPU IP, empowers developers to benchmark and enhance the performance of their edge AI models within the Edge Impulse Platform. By doing so, the time-to-market for NeuPro-Nano based silicon targeting AIoT devices is drastically accelerated.

The Ceva-NeuPro-Nano NPU IP for Embedded AI represents a breakthrough in efficiency and performance for Edge NPUs tailored to embedded ML applications. This family of NPUs strikes a delicate balance between ultra-low power consumption and top-tier performance within a compact footprint, making it an ideal choice for executing embedded ML workloads across various AIoT product categories such as Hearables, Wearables, Home Audio, Smart Home, and Smart Factory applications.

These AIoT-optimized NPUs cater to Ceva's extensive customer base in wireless connectivity and MCU vendors seeking to integrate AI/ML models into their product roadmaps. The Edge Impulse Platform seamlessly complements the NeuPro-Nano hardware by offering 'no code' AI tools, simplifying the deployment and benchmarking of embedded ML applications for customers.

With the Edge Impulse Platform, developers can achieve optimized AI performance for NeuPro-Nano NPUs with minimal coding requirements. Models can be easily uploaded or developed using the platform, facilitating rapid development cycles and deployment on NeuPro-Nano hardware. The unique self-sufficient architecture of NeuPro-Nano, supporting AI inference, feature extraction, and DSP workloads, combined with the Edge Impulse Platform, ensures accurate cycle count emulation for end-to-end AI applications.

Zach Shelby, Co-founder and CEO of Edge Impulse, expressed excitement about the collaboration, stating, "Ceva-NeuPro-Nano is a new NPU IP core that will enable a wide range of embedded ML applications to efficiently run in small, low-power, and high-performance edge devices." This collaboration unlocks the full potential of embedded ML in AIoT products pre-silicon, enabling rapid and scalable deployment of edge AI across industries with unparalleled performance.

Chad Lucien, vice president and general manager of the Sensors and Audio Business Unit at Ceva, highlighted the growing demand for on-device AI across industries. He emphasized the need for low-power, small form factor, and powerful AIoT devices, underscoring the importance of providing a seamless solution for incorporating embedded ML applications into NeuPro-Nano based products. The combination of Edge Impulse Platform and NeuPro-Nano offers developers a user-friendly experience to design, develop, and deploy silicon-optimized AI applications with market-leading performance.

The Ceva-NeuPro-Nano NPU IP is currently available for licensing in two highly efficient configurations to address a wide range of use cases. The integration of Edge Impulse Platform with Ceva-NeuPro-Nano will be rolled out in the coming months, promising further advancements in edge AI development.

For more information, visit www.edgeimpulse.com and www.ceva-ip.com.