Vendor:
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
Category:
DSP Core
HiFi iQ DSP
Enabling Next-Generation Voice AI and Immersive Audio Applications With the rise of immersive audio and AI in home entertainment,…
Overview
Enabling Next-Generation Voice AI and Immersive Audio Applications
With the rise of immersive audio and AI in home entertainment, automotive infotainment (IVI), and smartphones, the HiFi iQ DSP IP provides the necessary performance and energy efficiency to handle the increasing computational needs of advanced SoCs. HiFi iQ DSP significantly increases both raw compute performance and AI performance with optimized instruction and architecture enhancements over previous generations.
Its improved auto-vectorization capabilities remove the need for manual optimization. This makes HiFi iQ DSP more accessible to a broader range of programmers and helps accelerate time to market. By leveraging the HiFi family’s extensive software ecosystem, HiFi iQ DSP provides an unparalleled out-of-the-box experience and streamlines access to software libraries, compilers, codec packages, and frameworks.
Perfect for Automotive, Smart Home, and Voice-Assisted AI Agents
| Feature | HiFi iQ |
|---|---|
| Load Units | 2 |
| VLIW Slots | 5 |
| Vector operations (SIMD) | 256-bit |
| Accumulator Width | 80-bit |
| Fixed Point MACs | Yes |
| MACs for AI | (16x8,16x4) (8x8,8x4) |
| Instructions for AI (optional) | Yes (improved from HiFi 5s) |
| Vector Floating Point (optional) |
FP8 (conversion), BF16 (conversion), FP16, FP32, FP64 |
| Complex Floating Point (w/ ADDSUB) |
Yes |
| Auto-vectorization | Yes (improved from HiFi 5s) |
Block Diagram
HiFi iQ DSP block diagram
Benefits
- 8X Increased AI Performance: Run the entire voice AI networks efficiently with configurable AI-MAC
- 2X Increased Raw Compute Performance: Wider SIMD allows more computations
- Expanded Data Type Support: Efficiently run cutting-edge voice AI models in FP8, BF16, and more
- Enhanced Auto-Vectorization: Automatically optimize code for performance, offering significant improvement over the previous generation
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Specifications
Identity
Part Number
HiFi iQ DSP
Vendor
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
Type
Silicon IP
Provider
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
HQ:
USA
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