Arm Ethos-U85: Addressing the High Performance Demands of IoT in the Age of AI
Parag Beeraka, Senior Director, Segment Marketing, IoT, Arm
Vendor:
Arm Ltd.
Category:
Edge AI Accelerator
Highly Scalable and Efficient Second-Generation ML Inference Processor
Arm’s second-generation, scalable and efficient NPU, the Ethos-N78 enables new immersive applications with a 2.5x increase in sin…
Overview
Arm’s second-generation, highly scalable and efficient NPU, the Ethos-N78 enables new immersive applications with a 2.5x increase in single-core performance now scalable from 1 to 10 TOP/s and beyond through many-core technologies. It provides flexibility to optimize the ML capability with 90+ configurations.
Key features
- Increased Performance
- Improves user experience with 2.5x increased single-core performance scalable from 1 to 10 TOP/s and beyond through many-core technologies.
- Improved Efficiency
- Up to 40 percent lower DRAM bandwidth (MB/Infr) and up to 25 percent increase in efficiency (inf/s/mm2) enables demanding neural networks to be run in diverse solutions.
- Extended Configurability
- Target multiple markets with the flexibility to optimize ML capabilities with 90+ configurations and the Ethos-N Static Performance Analyzer.
- Unified Software and Tools
- Develop, deploy, and debug with the Arm AI platform using online or offline compilation and Arm Development Studio 5 Streamline.
Specifications
Identity
Part Number
ETHOS-N78
Vendor
Arm Ltd.
Type
Silicon IP
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Provider
HQ:
Great Britain
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