Linley microprocessor report: Ceva-SensPro Fuses AI and Vector DSP

Applications Include Smart IoT Devices, Drones, and Small Robots
By Mike Demler (April 20, 2020)
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Ceva-SensPro gives designers a versatile and highly configurable set of licensable intellectual-property (IP) cores for scalar and vector signal processing as well as neural-network acceleration. The company designed Ceva-SensPro, which it introduced at the recent Linley Spring Processor Conference, as a powerful sensor hub that combines technology from its Ceva-BX2 DSP, Ceva-XM6 computer-vision engine, and Ceva-NeuPro deep-learning accelerators (DLAs). Although the new offering’s neural-network capacity is less than Ceva-NeuPro’s, its AI/sensor-fusion capabilities are a good fit for a wide range of products, from IoT devices and smartphones to ADASs, augmented/virtual-reality (AR/VR) headsets, drones, and robots.