Bangalore, India, Jan. 28, 2021: Tata Elxsi and Syntiant Corp., a deep learning chip technology company, today announced a collaboration to help manufacturers design and develop low-power always-on voice applications across multiple product categories, such as smart home devices and consumer electronics, as well as industrial and automotive use cases.
The agreement, said Tata Elxsi in a press release, will provide end-to-end solutions and services for customers using Syntiant’s deep learning Neural Decision Processors to enable low-power AI optimization in Edge devices easily. The companies can deliver a turnkey solution that brings low latency, highly accurate inference to near- and far-field voice applications, including speaker identification, keyword spotting, multiple wake words, event detection, and local commands recognition.
Speaking about this partnership Nitin Pai, Chief Marketing and Strategy Officer, Tata Elxsi, said in a written statement, “Tata Elxsi with its Artificial Intelligence Centre of Excellence addresses the growing needs of intelligent systems. We work on various AI and machine learning areas. The problem statement varies from use-case where AI can enhance everyday life quality through intelligent smart appliances to enable predictive analysis, anomaly detection in a factory environment, and advanced autonomous driving. By intersecting design thinking with advanced technologies, we help our clients bring innovative AI-enabled edge devices to the global market using Syntiant AI processors.”
The Syntiant NDP120 is the company’s latest generation of special-purpose chips for audio and sensor processing, which can run multiple applications simultaneously at under 1mW, including echo-cancellation, beamforming, and noise suppressions, multi-modal sensor fusion, infrared detection, and multi-axis acceleration, among others.
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