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Ambiq Micro introduced the Atomiq SoC, which integrates a Neural Processing Unit (NPU) for ultra-low-power, always-on edge AI applications.
Built using SPOT technology, the chip achieves high energy efficiency, enabling tasks like real-time audio and vision processing on-device.
Featuring an Arm Ethos-U85 NPU, the Atomiq delivers >200 GOPS performance, supporting sparsity and on-the-fly weight decompression for advanced AI workloads.
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