Kneron Edge AI SoC Powered by Andes RISC-V Processor ...

Its reconfigurable NPU design takes advantage of the high performance of the D25F RISC-V core, and supports multiple AI models such as CNN, ... KneronEdgeAISoCPoweredbyAndesRISC-VProcessorCoreD25F PressRelease November4,2021 Shareonfacebook Facebook Shareontwitter Twitter Shareonlinkedin LinkedIn SanDiego,CA,November4,2021–KneronInc.,theSanDiego-basedEdgeAIsolutionprovider,togetherwithAndesTechnologyCorporation(TWSE:6533;SIN:US03420C2089;ISIN:US03420C1099),aleadingsupplierofhigh-performance,low-power32/64-bitRISC-Vprocessorcores,todayannouncedformalmassproductionofKneron’snext-generationEdgeAISoCKL530,poweredbyAndes’D25Fprocessorinconsiderationofitsefficientpipelinearchitecture,powerfulPacked-SIMDDSPextensioninstructions,andIEEE754-complianthigh-performancesingle/doubleprecisionfloatingRVFDextensions.KL530isthelatestgenerationofheterogeneousAIchipfromKneron,withabrandnewNPUarchitecture.ItisthefirstofitskindintheindustrytosupportINT4precisionandTransformer.ComparedwithotherEdgeAIchips,ithashighercomputingefficiencyandlowerpowerconsumption.TheuseofheterogeneousAIchipsembeddedwithRISC-Vprocessors,powerfulimageprocessingcapabilitiesandinterfaceswillfurtherenabletheapplicationofEdgeAIchipsinADAS,AIoTandothermarket.ThecomputingpowerofKL530canreach1TOPS@INT4,andtheprocessingefficiencyisupto70%higherthanthatofINT8underthesamehardwareconditions.ItsreconfigurableNPUdesigntakesadvantageofthehighperformanceoftheD25FRISC-Vcore,andsupportsmultipleAImodelssuchasCNN,Transformer,RNNHybrid,etc.ItsSmartISPcanoptimizeimagequalitybasedonAI,andpowerfulcodeccanachievehigh-efficiencymultimediacompression.Inaddition,itscoldstarttimeislessthan500ms,andaveragepowerconsumptionislessthan500mW.TheD25FCPU,oneofthemostpopularcoresfromAndesCore™25-series,isequippedwithRISC-VP-extensionISAdrafttoefficientlymanipulatemultipledatasetssimultaneouslyinoneinstruction.AndesinitiatedtheP-extension,chairsitsTaskGroupinRISC-VInternationalandleadsthespecificationdefinition.D25Fisaccompaniedwithcompletedevelopmenttoolsincludingcompilerwithauto-generationofSIMDinstructionsbasedonvectordatatype,optimizedDSPlibraries,neuralnetworklibraries,andnearcycle-accuracysimulator.Itdeliversnear9timesspeedupforpopularmachinelearningalgorithms,includingTensorflowkeywordspotting,CIFAR10imageclassification,andP-netobjectdetection.“Kneronhasauniquereconfigurablearchitecture,whichcanfiteasilyintodifferentconvolutionalneuralnetworks(CNN)withoutcompromise,thusservesawidevarietyofAImodelsseamlesslyandaccurately.”saidAlbertLiu,KneronfounderandCEO.“TheD25FCPUcorewithitspowerfulDSPinstructionsetanddevelopmentframeworkenablesKnerontoexploretheperformanceofitsindustry-leadingAIalgorithmstothefullestwhilekeepingpowerconsumptionoptimal.Itiscrucialtoourcustomers,especiallyforthosewhodevelopproductssuchassmartdevicesandEdgeAIappliances.WearehappytocooperatewithAndes,theleadingcomputingexpertspecializedinRISC-Varchitecture.WithAndesRISC-VcoreanditsDSPsupport,Kneronisabletodevelopthiscuttingedgesolutionsmoothlywithinaveryshorttimeframe.WearereallyproudtoseeKL530inmassproductionnowservingourcustomers.”“WearegladthatKneronchosetheD25FtopowerKL530,especiallyafteritwentthroughaseriesofcomprehensiveevaluations,”saidAndesCEOandRISC-VInternationalBoardDirectorFrankwellLin.“TheD25Fstandsoutdistinctlyineveryaspectonkeyindexessuchasproductfeatures,performance,corearea,andpowerconsumption.AsaleadingenterpriseinprovidingEdgeAISoCsolutionembeddedwithRISC-Vcore,KneronshoweditsefficiencytoquicklylaunchKL530andentermassproduction.ItisastonishingtolearnthestrongcompetitivenessofKneron’steam.ThankstotheextraordinarycooperationbetweenKneronandAndes,wejointlyachievedacompleteandhighlycompetitivesolutiontofacilitateAIapplicationsforawidevarietyofproducts.”KneronKL530ProductLaunchKneronKL530onlineproductlaunchconferencewillbeheldat10:00-11:30am,November4th(PDT).GSACEOJodiShelton,WinbondPresidentPei-MingChan,andYouTubeFounderStevenChanareinvitedtohavetalkstooffertheirperspectiveonthenext-generationEdgeAI.Registrationinformationhttps://www.kneron.com/en/event-registration/ab29527e AboutKneronKneronisaSanDiegobasedtechnologycompanythatwasfoundedin2015.Itdevelopsbothhardwareandsoftwareproducts,whichareusedinsmartdevicestorunandpowerAIapplications.KneronisasingleportofcallfordevicemanufacturerswhowanttointegrateAIintotheirproducts.TheproductsincludehardwaresuchasAIchipsandsoftwaresuchasAImodels,thatdevicemanufacturerscanuseineverythingfromautonomouscars,allthewaydowntoasmartfridge,doorbell,oranyInternetofThingsdevice.KneronprimarilysolvesthreemainproblemsforsmartdevicesrunningAI—security,energyandcost,therebyenablingAIeverywhereandforeveryone.Kneron’ssolutionsarereconfigurable,andwillbeasefficientatprocessingimageandaudioAImodelsinthefutureastheyarenow.Ithasraisedover$100mntodateandisbackedbyHorizonsVentures,Alibaba,Qualcomm,Sequoia,andmore.ForfurtherinformationaboutKneron,pleasevisit:http://www.kneron.com/about.phpAboutAndesTechnologySixteenyearsinbusinessandaFoundingPremiermemberofRISC-VInternational,Andesisaleadingsupplierofhigh-performance/low-power32/64-bitembeddedprocessorIPsolutions,andamainforcetotakeRISC-Vmainstream.Andes’fifth-generationAndeStar™architectureadoptedtheRISC-Vasthebase.ItsV5RISC-VCPUfamiliesrangefromtiny32-bitcorestoadvanced64-bitcoreswithDSP,FPU,Vector,Linux,superscalar,and/ormulticorecapabilities.TheannualvolumeofAndes-EmbeddedSoCshasexceeded2billionsince2020andcontinuestorise.Totheendof2020,thecumulativevolumeofAndes-Embedded™SoCshasreached7billion.Formoreinformation,pleasevisithttps://www.andestech.com.FollowAndesonLinkedIn,Twitter,Facebook,andYouTube!  10F.,No.1,Sec.3,Gongdao5thRd.,EastDist.,HsinchuCity,TaiwanR.O.C300042 Tel：+886-3-5726533 Fax：+886-3-5726535 D-U-N-SNumber®658-686-352 ISO9001CertificateNo.DQS_20004946QM15 Facebook-f Twitter Linkedin Youtube ©2022AndesTechnologyCorporation.AllRightsReserved. CloseMenu