Synaptics Incorporated has announced a collaboration with Google to advance Edge AI solutions for the IoT. The partnership will integrate Google’s MLIR-compliant ML core with Synaptics’ Astra™ AI-Native hardware and open-source software and tools to define optimalimplementation of multimodal processing for context-aware computing.
Enhancing Context-Aware AI Devices
This collaboration aims to expedite the development of AI devices for the IoT that support the processing of vision, image, voice, sound, and other inputs—for seamless interactivity in applications such as wearables, appliances, entertainment, embedded hubs, monitoring, and control systems across consumer, automotive, enterprise, and industrial systems.
The Synaptics Astra AI-Native compute platform for the IoT combines scalable, low-power compute silicon for the device Edge together with open-source, user-friendly tools and software, a strong partner ecosystem, and wireless connectivity. The platform builds upon Synaptics’ foundation in neural networks, field-hardened AI hardware and compiler design expertise for the IoT, and refined, in-house support of a broad base of modalities. Google’s ML core is a highly efficient open-source machine learning (ML) core that is compliant with the multi-level intermediate representation (MLIR) compiler.
Industry-Leading Collaboration
“We are on the brink of a transformative era in Edge AI devices, where innovation in hardware and software is unlocking context-aware computing experiences that redefine user engagement,” said Vikram Gupta, Senior Vice President and General Manager of IoT Processors, Chief Product Officer at Synaptics. “Our partnership with Google reflects a shared vision to leverage open frameworks as a catalyst for disruption in the Edge IoT space. This collaboration underscores our commitment to delivering exceptional experiences while validating Synaptics’ silicon strategy and roadmap for next-generation device deployment.”
“Synaptics’ embrace of open software and tools and proven AI hardware makes the Astra portfolio a natural fit for our ML core as we ramp to meet the uniquely challenging power, performance, cost, and space requirements of Edge AI devices,” said Billy Rutledge, Director of Systems Research in Google Research. “We look forward to working together to bring our capabilities to the broad market.”
About Synaptics Incorporated
Synaptics (Nasdaq: SYNA) specializes in AI-enabled Edge computing solutions, providing technology for intelligent connected devices in various environments, including home, workplace, and mobile applications. The company offers advanced products such as the Synaptics Astra™ AI-Native embedded compute platform, Veros™ wireless connectivity solutions, and multimodal sensing technologies. Synaptics supports applications in touch, display, biometrics, wireless connectivity, video, vision, audio, speech, and security processing, enabling enhanced user experiences across consumer, enterprise, and industrial markets.
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