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Vendor:
Arm Ltd.
Category:
NPU
NPU
Accelerate Edge AI Innovation AI data-processing workloads at the edge are already transforming use cases and user experiences.
Overview
Accelerate Edge AI Innovation
AI data-processing workloads at the edge are already transforming use cases and user experiences. The third-generation Ethos NPU helps meet the needs of future edge AI use cases.
The Ethos-U85 offers support for transformer-based models at the edge, the foundation for newer language and vision models, scales from 128 to 2048 MAC units, and is 20% more energy efficient than Arm Ethos-U55 and Arm Ethos-U65, enabling higher performance edge AI use cases in a sustainable way. Offering the same toolchain as previous Ethos-U generations, partners can benefit from seamless migration and leverage investments in Arm-based machine learning (ML) tools.
AI data-processing workloads at the edge are already transforming use cases and user experiences. The third-generation Ethos NPU helps meet the needs of future edge AI use cases.
The Ethos-U85 offers support for transformer-based models at the edge, the foundation for newer language and vision models, scales from 128 to 2048 MAC units, and is 20% more energy efficient than Arm Ethos-U55 and Arm Ethos-U65, enabling higher performance edge AI use cases in a sustainable way. Offering the same toolchain as previous Ethos-U generations, partners can benefit from seamless migration and leverage investments in Arm-based machine learning (ML) tools.
Key features
- Sustainable Innovation
- 20% more energy efficient than Ethos-U55 and Ethos-U65, enabling future use cases in a sustainable way.
- Scalable Performance
- Scales from 128 to 2048 MACs, providing up to 4 TOPs of performance at 1 GHz.
- Generative AI at the Edge
- Native support for transformer networks, along with support for Tensor Operator Set Architecture (TOSA) as a standard.
- System Level Solution
- Supported by Arm Corstone-320, a reference design with a unified toolchain and the extensive Ethos-U ecosystem.
Block Diagram
ETHOS-U85 block diagram
Benefits
- The Arm Ethos-U85 is the highest performance implementation of the Arm Ethos-U NPU. It enables enhanced edge AI processing with support for transformer-based models and delivers 20% more energy efficiency than previous generations of Ethos. The key characteristics of Ethos-U85 include:
- Scalable performance – 256 GOP/s up to 4 TOPs at 1 GHz
- Scales from 128 to 2048 MACs
- Further reduced energy consumption – 20% lower than previous Ethos-U NPUs
- Native support for transformer-based networks
- Scalable performance – 256 GOP/s up to 4 TOPs at 1 GHz
- Ethos-U85 targets numerous different applications with use in high-performance Arm Cortex-A or low-power embedded devices based on Arm Cortex-M.
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Specifications
Identity
Part Number
ETHOS-U85
Vendor
Arm Ltd.
Type
Silicon IP
Provider
Arm Ltd.
HQ:
Great Britain
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