EdgeCortix develops AI accelerators, modules, cards, and software platforms for AI inference across heterogeneous systems.

EdgeCortix

EdgeCortix is an Edge Artificial Intelligence (AI) Platform company, pioneering the future of the connected intelligent edge. It was founded in 2019 with the radical idea of taking a software first approach, while designing an artificial intelligence specific runtime reconfigurable processor from the ground up using a technique called "hardware & software co-exploration". Targeting advanced computer vision applications first, using proprietary hardware and software IP on existing processors like FPGAs and custom designed ASIC, the company is geared towards positively disrupting the rapidly growing AI hardware space across defense, aerospace, smart cities, industry 4.0, autonomous vehicles and robotics.

Vajra Direct, LLC

FuturePlay

Monozukuri Ventures

Cycle Group

Global Hands-On VC

Renesas Electronics Corporation

SBI Investment

SAKURA-II Benefits Series #8: Arbitrary Activation Function

One of the main challenges in classification functions happens when the data set cannot be easily differentiated. For complex data sets, a variety of activation functions may be required. The SAKURA-II AI Accelerator platform has built-in support for popular activation functions. The key advantage of SAKURA-II is the additional ability to emulate any activation functions without a chip redesign which other solutions do not support. The result is that your end system is fully future-proofed for changing data sets that may not be supported with existing activation functions.

Learn more about the platform on our Product Overview page. Download the product briefs here: SAKURA-II AI Accelerator Product Brief; SAKURA-II M.2 Modules Brief; and SAKURA-II PCIe Cards Brief.

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SAKURA-II Benefits Series #7: Sparse Computation Optimizing DRAM Usage and Bandwidth

In real world AI applications that involve modeling complex phenomena, data sets often contain a large number of zero elements. Without efficient memory handling, these data sets can suffer from poor overall performance as the accelerator, GPU or CPU can spend a lot of time accessing unnecessary data. The ability to parallelize and compact this memory results in a significant performance improvement. The SAKURA-II AI Accelerator, driven by our Dynamic Neural Accelerator (DNA) architecture, efficiently handles the zero elements and reduces the size of the data set. The end result is a substantially reduced memory footprint, with optimized memory bandwidth, resulting in more efficient AI processing, up to 60 TOPS.

Learn more about the platform on our Product Overview page. Download the product briefs here: SAKURA-II AI Accelerator Product Brief; SAKURA-II M.2 Modules Brief; and SAKURA-II PCIe Cards Brief.

Empowering Generative AI at the Edge - Unveiling the SAKURA-II Benefit Blogs: https://hubs.li/Q02Kq0qS0
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SAKURA-II AI Accelerator Product Brief: https://hubs.li/Q02Kq2YF0
SAKURA-II M.2 Modules Brief: https://hubs.li/Q02Kq30j0
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By reducing both power consumption and the cost of data collection and processing, while also increasing, speed, accuracy and privacy, AI processing at the edge can unlock new business capabilities for organizations and their end customers. 

EdgeCortix's EVP of Marketing & US Operations, Jeffrey H. Grosman, dove deeper into what the optimal AI accelerator looks like. Read Embedded Computing Design's recent article for more: https://hubs.li/Q02Kz87s0

SAKURA-II Benefits Series #6: Advanced Precision

Many AI accelerators only support fixed point precision, typically INT8, limiting them to only convolutional applications. In the ever evolving AI market, support for floating point operations provides an increase in accuracy and efficiency for AI applications. Efficient AI processing should use both fixed and floating point precision to ensure the best operation based on the provided data sets and models. The SAKURA-II AI Accelerator operating in conjunction with our MERA compiler framework, provides full mixed-precision support for near FP32 accuracy, and optimizes the proper precision type to ensure the most efficient AI processing at the edge.

Learn more about the platform on our Product Overview page. Download the product briefs here: SAKURA-II AI Accelerator Product Brief; SAKURA-II M.2 Modules Brief; and SAKURA-II PCIe Cards Brief.

Empowering Generative AI at the Edge - Unveiling the SAKURA-II Benefit Blogs: https://hubs.li/Q02JJQrF0
Product Overview: https://hubs.li/Q02JJM2v0
SAKURA-II AI Accelerator Product Brief: https://hubs.li/Q02JJLvV0
SAKURA-II M.2 Modules Brief: https://hubs.li/Q02JJMcJ0
SAKURA-II PCIe Cards Brief: https://hubs.li/Q02JJLDm0

⚡💡 Who knew writing a Tetris game at nine years old would spark a love for computer science, engineering and lead to a lifelong road of innovation?

🎙 Listen and watch Sakyasingha Dasgupta, PhD's full podcast episode with Nitin Dahad of EE Times | Electronic Engineering Times on the Silicon Grapevine series here: https://hubs.li/Q02JJWRS0

SAKURA-II Benefits Series #5: Real-Time Data Streaming

Many applications implementing AI processing at the edge are extremely time sensitive. Applications including traffic management, face and object recognition, and security control are some of the many examples where an inability to analyze and respond immediately to inputs could result in disastrous outcomes, even to the point of threatening human lives. Any AI accelerator or GPU that cannot respond in real time is useless for these types of critical applications. Our SAKURA-II AI Accelerator is optimized for very low latency operation under real time conditions, making it ideal for usage in designs where immediate response is vital to ensure the safety of all.

Learn more about the platform on our Product Overview page. Download the product briefs here: SAKURA-II AI Accelerator Product Brief; SAKURA-II M.2 Modules Brief; and SAKURA-II PCIe Cards Brief.

Empowering Generative AI at the Edge - Unveiling the SAKURA-II Benefit Blogs: https://hubs.li/Q02JJM2y0

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