
It's official: "Edge AI Movement" stole the show at this year's CES!
What gives? Because it greatly embodies the popular idealism of "AI Everywhere. For Everyone."
Edge AI gives wings (of #Inference) to thin clients, puts 32-bit MCUs on steroids, and more importantly, translates directly into a new market for tens of billions of affordable (<$10 each) AI/ML-capable chips (e.g., NPUs); in contrast to millions of exorbitant ($10k-$100k each) DPUs/GPUs/DLAs currently required for implementing Cloud AI.

Enclosed is a list of 24 leading semiconductor startups in the field of Edge AI (in alphabetical order; Q1 ’24 Edition):

Alif Semiconductor

AONDevices, Inc.

Axelera AI

Blaize

BrainChip

DEEPX

Edge Impulse

Efinix, Inc.

Esperanto Technologies, Inc

Eta Compute

Expedera Inc.

Flex Logix Technologies, Inc.

GreenWaves Technologies

HALIO, Inc.

INUITIVE

Kinara, Inc.

Mythic

Perceive

Quadric

Roviero Inc.

SiMa.ai

Syntiant Corp.

Tenstorrent Inc.

Untether AI

Knowing when to pivot is an essential survival skill for every startup. More than one of the honorees above have pivoted from an IC model to an IP one (and vice versa), given this everchanging and increasingly competitive market.

6 more notables in this esteemed cohort of Edge AI chip startups:

Ceremorphic, Inc.

Condor Computing Corporation

Edgecortix

Fabric Cryptography

MIPS (Not a startup per se but you get the idea

)

Rain AI
In closing, AI implemented near/on/at the Edge—in a distributed or, in some cases, decentralized fashion—offers a perfect complement to a largely centralized, Cloud-based AI, while injecting new energy and life (with neural networks) to an arguably lukewarm 5G/IoT market. Not only #semiconductor #startups but also megacorporations have taken notice; from #AMD to #AnalogDevices, from #Intel to #Infineon, from #Nvidia to #NXP, #Google to #Qualcomm, and the list goes on... Exciting times ahead!

Notes:
#AI: Artificial Intelligence
#IoT: Internet of Things
#MCU: Microcontroller Unit
#ML: Machine Learning
#NPU: Neural Processing Unit
#DPU: Data Processing Unit
#GPU: Graphics Processing Unit
#DLA: Deep-Learning Accelerator
#IC: Integrated Circuit
#IP: Intellectual Property
Additional reading:

Xnor.ai (acquired by Apple):
https://lnkd.in/dsT2ZuG9

NeuRRAM by Stanford University:
https://lnkd.in/gDGD2TRK

Edge AI and Vision Alliance (Blog):
https://lnkd.in/gBZHWMj7

Plumerai (Blog):
https://blog.plumerai.com

Deloitte (TMT Predictions 2020):
https://lnkd.in/g_a3XJDh

Notes on #CES2023:
https://lnkd.in/gDg2x32n

Notes on #CES2022:
https://lnkd.in/g7vsjNCr
➟To be continued.
#SemiconductorIndustry #Semiconductors #EdgeAI #EdgeComputing #EdgeSecurity #EdgeNetwork #EdgetoCloud #CES2024 #CIM #5G #SiP #HeterogeneousIntegration #AdvancedPackaging #AIIoT #DistributedComputing #Blockchain #CloudAI #CloudComputing