More Multiply-Accumulate Operations Everywhere

By Ed Sperling - 02 Apr, 2020 - Comments: 1

Geoff Tate, CEO of Flex Logix, sat down with Semiconductor Engineering to talk about how to build programmable edge inferencing chips, embedded FPGAs, where the markets are developing for both, and how the picture will change over the next few years. SE: What do you have to think about when you're designing a programmable inferencing chip? Tate: With a traditional FPGA architecture you ha... » read more

The Challenges Of Building Inferencing Chips

By Ann Mutschler - 27 Feb, 2020 - Comments: 0

Putting a trained algorithm to work in the field is creating a frenzy of activity across the chip world, spurring designs that range from purpose-built specialty processors and accelerators to more generalized extensions of existing and silicon-proven technologies. What's clear so far is that no single chip architecture has been deemed the go-to solution for inferencing. Machine learning is ... » read more

Tradeoffs In Embedded Vision SoCs

By Ed Sperling - 28 Jan, 2020 - Comments: 0

Gordon Cooper, product marketing manager for embedded vision processors at Synopsys, talks with Semiconductor Engineering about the need for more performance in these devices, how that impacts power, and what can be done to optimize both prior to manufacturing. » read more

Analog: Avoid Or Embrace?

By Brian Bailey - 16 Jan, 2020 - Comments: 0

We live in an analog world, but digital processing has proven quicker, cheaper and easier. Moving digital data around is only possible while the physics of wires can be safely abstracted away enough to provide reliable communications. As soon as a signal passes off-chip, the analog domain reasserts control for modern systems. Each of those transitions requires a data converter. The usage ... » read more

Inferencing In Hardware

By Ed Sperling - 06 Dec, 2018 - Comments: 0

Cheng Wang, senior vice president of engineering at Flex Logix, examines shifting neural network models, how many multiply-accumulates are needed for different applications, and why programmable neural inferencing will be required for years to come. https://youtu.be/jb7qYU2nhoo See other tech talk videos here. » read more

Energy-Efficient AI

By Ed Sperling - 30 Aug, 2018 - Comments: 1

Carlos Maciàn, senior director of innovation for eSilicon EMEA, talks about how to improve the efficiency of AI operations by focusing on the individual operations, including data transport, computation and memory. https://youtu.be/A3p_w7ENefs » read more

AI, ML Chip Choices

By Ed Sperling - 07 Aug, 2018 - Comments: 0

Flex Logix’s Cheng Wang talks about which types of chips work best for neural networks, AI and machine learning. https://youtu.be/k7OdP7B10o8 » read more

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