- Cyberon and AIZIP collaborate with Ceva to offer
pre-optimized AI models for Ceva-NeuPro-Nano Embedded AI NPUs
including keyword spotting, face recognition and speaker
identification
- Expanded collaboration with Edge Impulse includes support
for NVIDIA's TAO Toolkit and availability of Edge Impulse Studio
integration with Ceva-NeuPro-Nano
LAS
VEGAS, Jan. 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- CES 2025
-- Ceva, Inc. (NASDAQ: CEVA), the leading licensor of silicon
and software IP that enables Smart Edge devices to connect, sense
and infer data more reliably and efficiently, today 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."
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.
Alex Liou, VP of Cyberon, stated:
"Our DSpotter solution brings best-in-class keyword spotting to
edge AI devices, enabling seamless, always-on user experiences.
Partnering with Ceva allows us to deliver this technology on their
Ceva-NeuPro-Nano NPU, delivering superior performance and power
efficiency for hands-free speech-based applications."
Edge Impulse:
Extending the previously
announced collaboration, Ceva and Edge Impulse are now deploying
NVIDIA's pre-trained TAO models on Ceva-NeuPro-Nano using the
NVIDIA TAO Toolkit and Edge Impulse Studio which enables developers
to retrain with different data sets leveraging the TAO framework.
The integration with Edge Impulse Platform ensures developers get
accurate cycle count emulation for the full end-to-end AI
application on Ceva-NeuPro-Nano, before silicon is available. Edge
Impulse's platform optimizes AI performance for the
Ceva-NeuPro-Nano NPUs with little to no code. Cutting-edge AI/ML
models, including popular digital signal processing (DSP) blocks
and a direct integration with NVIDIA's Tao toolkit, come standard
on Edge Impulse's platform for faster development cycles and
deployment on Ceva-NeuPro-Nano.
Zach Shelby, CEO of Edge Impulse,
stated: "We are making great strides in translating AI/ML models
for effective deployment on edge devices, ensuring that powerful
NPUs like the Ceva-NeuPro-Nano can leverage the full scope of their
capabilities," said Zach Shelby,
co-founder and CEO at Edge Impulse. "Bringing NVIDIA TAO's computer
vision models to the Ceva portfolio will unlock numerous novel use
cases for AIoT products that require visual data generation and
analysis across industries."
Availability
Ceva-NeuPro-Nano NPUs are available for
licensing today. Cyberon and AIZIP's neural networks optimized for
Ceva-NeuPro-Nano are also available today for licensing. Edge
Impulse Platform will be available for use with Ceva-NeuPro-Nano in
the coming months. For more information, visit:
https://www.ceva-ip.com/product/ceva-neupro-nano/
About Ceva, Inc.
At Ceva, we are passionate about
bringing new levels of innovation to the smart edge. Our wireless
communications, sensing and Edge AI technologies are at the heart
of some of today's most advanced smart edge products. From wireless
connectivity IPs (Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, UWB and 5G platform IP),
to scalable Edge AI NPU IPs and
sensor fusion solutions, we have the broadest portfolio of IP to
connect, sense and infer data more reliably and efficiently. We
deliver differentiated solutions that combine outstanding
performance at ultra-low power within a very small silicon
footprint. Our goal is simple – to deliver the silicon and software
IP to enable a smarter, safer, and more interconnected world. This
philosophy is in practice today, with Ceva powering more than 18
billion of the world's most innovative smart edge products from
AI-infused smartwatches, IoT devices and wearables to autonomous
vehicles and 5G mobile networks.
Our headquarters are in Rockville,
Maryland with a global customer base supported by operations
worldwide. Our employees are among the leading experts in their
areas of specialty, consistently solving the most complex design
challenges, enabling our customers to bring innovative smart edge
products to market.
Ceva: Powering the Smart Edge™
Visit us at www.ceva-ip.com and follow us on LinkedIn, X,
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