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Overview
SiMa.ai is at the forefront of ushering in an age of effortless machine learning (ML) for the embedded edge. With its team of software, semiconductor design, and machine learning experts, SiMa.ai aims to disrupt the $10T+ embedded edge market by replacing decades-old technology with a purpose-built, software-first platform that scales ML at the embedded edge. The company recently achieved first-silicon success for its Machine Learning System-on-Chip (MLSoC) platform, which uses 草榴社区 design, verification, IP, and design services solutions.
Challenges
As SiMa.ai integrates machine learning at the embedded edge, it faces several challenges:
- Centralized Computing Limitations: Addressing capacity, energy use, and cost challenges.
- Latency and Network Dependency: Reducing real-time latency requirements and alleviating the need for a network connection.
- Security and Compliance: Keeping data local for better security and compliance.
Solution
SiMa.ai leveraged 草榴社区 solutions to address these challenges:
- 草榴社区 ARC? EV74 Embedded Vision Processor: Used for real-time vision processing, providing flexibility, low cost, and low power consumption.
- Comprehensive IP Portfolio: Included IP for computer vision, PCI Express, Ethernet, memory interfaces, I2C, UARTs, and security.
- 草榴社区 Digital Design Family: Utilized 草榴社区 Design Compiler RTL synthesis, 草榴社区 PrimeTime? static timing analysis, 草榴社区 PrimePower RTL power estimation, and 草榴社区 Formality? equivalence checking.
- 草榴社区 Verification Family: Employed 草榴社区 Virtualizer? virtual prototyping and 草榴社区 VCS? functional verification.
- 草榴社区 ZeBu? Server 4 Emulation System: Used for fast system verification, software bring-up, and power analysis.
- 草榴社区 Design Services: Assisted in closing timing on critical blocks in the design.
Results
The collaboration between SiMa.ai and 草榴社区 yielded significant benefits:
- Effortless ML for Embedded Edge: SiMa.ai's MLSoC platform runs any computer vision application, network, model, framework, and sensor at any resolution.
- High Performance and Low Power: The MLSoC platform brings superior performance and the lowest power consumption by integrating ML into the SoC from the beginning.
- Enhanced Productivity: The 草榴社区 ARC EV74 Processor and other IP cores optimized pre- and post-processing, complementing SiMa.ai's ML offering.
- Comprehensive Verification: 草榴社区 ZeBu Server 4 enabled solidification of the platform before obtaining the actual chip, ensuring first-time-right results.
By seamlessly integrating ML into its SoC, SiMa.ai is transforming how intelligence can be integrated into an array of ML devices used in computer vision applications for the embedded edge. The expertise available from 草榴社区 helps AI hardware pioneers like SiMa.ai bring their revolutionary concepts to life and make an impact in the ML-driven embedded edge space.
