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| Smart Edge SoCs Blend Neural Net Acceleration and Far-Field Voice
Synaptics has announced its new AS3xx series, part of its Smart Edge AudioSmart family. The series includes fully integrated SoCs comprising neural network acceleration, a proprietary wake word engine with support for custom wake words and advanced far-field voice processing. Designed using a 22-nm process node, and targeting a broad variety of voice-enabled Smart Home devices including hubs, Wi-Fi repeaters, speakers and appliances, the AudioSmart AS371 is sampling now and incorporates a new machine learning engine using SyNAP (Synaptics Neural Network Acceleration and Processing) technology.
According to Synaptics, intelligence at the edge results in an enhanced user experience through better response times and robustness. For example, performing Automated Speech Recognition (ASR) and Natural Language Understanding (NLU) locally on-device ensures core Smart Home voice control works when there is poor or intermittent Internet connectivity. SyNAP enables advanced features such as user identification and behavioral prediction which allows voice assistants to perform ambient computing and a more intuitive interaction with users.
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Intel Atom-Based AV Compute Platform Targets Autonomous Cars
At CES, Intel unveiled an Intel AV compute platform aimed at autonomous cars. It features a pair of Linux-driven Mobileye EyeQ5 sensor processing chips and a new Intel Atom 3xx4 CPU. The Intel AV system provides 60 percent greater performance at the same 30 W consumption as Nvidia's automotive-focused Jetson Xavier processor, claims Intel. The Mobileye EyeQ5 processors are each claimed to generate 24 trillion deep learning operations per second (TOPS) at 10 W each. The Atom 3xx4 chip borrows high-end multi-threading and virtualization technologies from Intel's Xeon processors for running different tasks simultaneously on different systems around the car. Volkswagen and Nissan have announced plans to use the earlier EyeQ4 processor when it launches later this year. EyeQ5 production won't begin until 2020, but later this year Intel will release an EyeQ5 Linux SDK with support for OpenCL, deep learning deployment tools, and adaptive AUTOSAR.
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i.MX 8M SoC-Based Solution Enables Immersive 3D Audio NXP Semiconductors has announced its Immersiv3D audio solution for the Smart Home market. The solution combines NXP software on its i.MX 8M Mini applications processor and will support both Dolby Atmos and DTS:X immersive audio technologies in future devices that integrate the i.MX 8M Mini SoC. The i.MX 8M Mini also brings smart capabilities like voice control to a broader range of consumer devices including soundbars, smart speakers and AV receivers with the option for adding additional speakers to distribute smart voice control and immersive audio throughout the home.
TVs and audio systems are becoming more advanced thanks in large part to the development of Dolby Atmos and DTS:X. Both technologies are a leap forward from surround sound and transport listeners with moving audio that fills the room and flows all around them. According to NXP, listeners will feel like they're inside the action as the sounds of people, places, things and music come alive with breathtaking realism. NXP's Immersiv3D audio solution was designed to enable OEMs to bring to market affordable consumer audio devices capable of supporting Dolby Atmos and DTS:X in their next-generation devices.
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