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Effective AI inferencing for embedded systems

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Key features

Programmable Performance

  • 256-bit vector processing unit with 100GOPS int-8 AI inferencing performance.
  • No heterogeneous communication overhead.
  • Supports binarized networks, achieving over 800GOPS.
  • 1MB on-chip SRAM supporting AI models with up to ~800kB tensor arena requirement.
  • Weights stored in external flash memory. Large on chip memory maximizes AI model inference performance.

Easy to use

  • XMOS AI Tools allow deployment of AI Models developed in Python-based environments like PyTorch and Tensorflow.
  • Models are optimized for embedded use with Tensorflow Lite with high performance operators that exploit the XCORE.AI capabilities and minimize tensor arena sizes.
  • Generated C code can be integrated with other embedded functions allowing XCORE.AI to efficiently handle image-based and audio-based applications.
  • While most embedded AI apps use 8-bit quantization, XCORE.AI also supports binarized networks and larger datatypes (e.g., floating point) where needed.

Flexible & Scalable

  • Unique design with 16 independent hardware threads per device
    • Threads can be used independently or collaboratively.
    • Supports a diverse range of functions, including; AI inferencing, signal conditioning, I/O and control
  • High-speed communication between threads and between devices provides:
    • Scalability of performance and memory.
    • Concurrent implementation of high-performance inferencing alongside other functions 

A.I. Workflow

Efficient data capture and processing with deep neural networks; inferencing and characterisation of 8bit, 16bit, 32bit and binarized network models are supported. Programmable in C with standard tools, and frameworks.

Other Capabilities

DSP

XCORE enables whole DSP systems to be built with the lowest system bill of materials, including significant DSP workloads in both fixed- and floating-point formats.

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I/O

Designed to meet the demands of advanced applications in diverse industries, XMOS processors offer cutting-edge features and robust performance in handling I/O operations.

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Control

XCORE® delivers in hardware, many of the elements that you’d expect to see in a real-time operating system (RTOS), but with 10ns per single cycle response to events

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