Renesas Electronics has developed an AI accelerator that performs convolutional neural network (CNN) processing at high speeds and low power. A test chip with this accelerator has achieved the power efficiency of 8.8Tera operations per second per W (TOPS/W), which is the industry’s highest class of power efficiency, reports Renesas. The accelerator is based on the processing-in-memory (PIM) architecture, in which multiply-and-accumulate (MAC) operations are performed in the memory circuit as data is read out from that memory.
Wearable
Smart amplifier enriches sound at low power, says Maxim Integrated
Integrating speaker protection to deliver up to 2.5 times loudness and two octaves of bass with the lowest quiescent power consumption of around 24mW, the MAX98390 5.1W dynamic speaker management (DSM) smart amplifier is announced by Maxim Integrated Products.
Tri-colour e-paper displays target portable equipment
Pervasive Displays (PDi) has introduced a range of rugged tri-colour displays, aimed at the growing market for portable equipment designed for use in demanding conditions.
Medically Wearable, Scalable & Available
The total medical electronics market in 2018 was valued at $73.3B and is expected to grow an additional 13% during 2019. [Source: Global Market Insights]. Accordingly, it should come as no surprise that some of the key factors driving this growth rate are the rising ageing population and growing lifestyle diseases; rising demand for personalized, easy to use, and advanced healthcare devices; and the ever-increasing adoption of wearable medical electronics.
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