Scalable Hardware Integration Empowers AI-Based Edge Solutions

Oct. 28, 2024

The Synaptics Astra platform simplifies edge AI deployment by combining scalable hardware, unified software, and open-source AI.

Alix Paultre

Related To: Electronic Design

The explosive growth of IoT applications in the cloud and the continued development of advanced edge-computing solutions to manage them is challenging the engineering community. Synaptics addresses the need for next-generation solutions to advance AI-powered, cloud-based products with the Astra AI-native compute platform. It can help rapidly develop and deploy context-aware IoT edge devices.

A winner in the Machine Learning and Deep Learning category of the 2024 EDGE Awards, the Synaptics Astra platform simplifies edge AI deployment by combining scalable hardware, unified software, and open-source AI, leveraging a broad partner ecosystem.

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AI on the Edge

Artificial intelligence requires compute horsepower, but more efficient algorithms and specialized hardware have made it practical for edge nodes.

The scalable portfolio of intelligent edge processors range from highly integrated MPUs to high-performance MCUs designed for an AI-enabled IoT. Leveraging the Astra platform, the Synaptics SL and SR series of AI-native SoCs deliver a unified experience, combining standards-based open software frameworks, rapid prototyping kits, AI/ML toolkits, and Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity solutions.

The Astra SL series is supported by Yocto Linux and offers industry-standard open software frameworks for the Synaptics MPU portfolio.

Alix Paultre | Editor-at-Large, Electronic Design

An Army veteran, Alix Paultre was a signals intelligence soldier on the East/West German border in the early ‘80s, and eventually wound up helping launch and run a publication on consumer electronics for the US military stationed in Europe. Alix first began in this industry in 1998 at Electronic Products magazine, and since then has worked for a variety of publications in the embedded electronic engineering space. Alix currently lives in Wiesbaden, Germany.

Also check out his YouTube watch-collecting channel, Talking Timepieces.