Andes Technology Corp. Brings Its Broad Family of RISC-V CPU IP to the Silicon Catalyst Semiconductor Incubator
Hsinchu, Taiwan and Silicon Valley, CA – September 8, 2021 – Andes Technology Corporation (TWSE: 6533), a leading supplier of high efficiency, low-power 32/64-bit RISC-V processor cores and Founding Premier member of RISC-V International, today announced that it has joined Silicon Catalyst’s In-Kind Partner program. Andes Technology will make available a wide range of its RISC-V processors to startups participating in the Silicon Catalyst incubator program.
These include all Andes RISC-V offerings between the smallest N22 to its multicore 5-stage pipeline 25 and 27 families with P extension, floating point, L2 cache controller and memory management unit. Incubator startups will also have access to Andes’ AE250 Pre-integrated AHB platform, AE350 Pre-integrated AXI platform, and AndeSight Eclipse-based Integrated Development Environment.
“Andes has been helping a steady stream of new design starts to incorporate our wide range of RISC-V AndesCore™ processors,” said Dr. Charlie Su, President and CTO of Andes Technology. “Silicon start-ups such as those in the Silicon Catalyst incubator program are ideal examples of the new ventures. Many have great products on papers but need the IP and tools to lift their design from the page and implement it in silicon. The Silicon Catalyst incubator and Andes provide them the perfect environment and high efficiency RISC-V CPU IPs to achieve this goal. We are delighted to be part of this endeavor.”
“We applaud Andes’ initiative in expanding the reach and visibility of the RISC-V ISA,” said Calista Redmond, CEO of RISC-V International. “As an open computing platform, the continued growth and adoption of RISC-V depends on a broad ecosystem of hardware and software tools and IP. Andes contributing its silicon-proven RISC-V IP to the Silicon Catalyst incubator will help make it easier for emerging startups to build the next generation of semiconductor applications with RISC-V.”
The mission of Silicon Catalyst is to lower the capital expenses associated with the design and fabrication of silicon-based IC’s, sensors, and MEMS devices. For over seven years, the Silicon Catalyst partner ecosystem has enabled early-stage companies to build complex silicon chips at a fraction of the typical cost. Silicon Catalyst has created a unique ecosystem to provide critical support to semiconductor hardware start-ups, including tools and services from a comprehensive network of In-Kind Partners (IKPs). The Portfolio Companies in the incubator utilize IKP tools and services including design tools, simulation software, design services, foundry PDK access and MPW runs, test program development, tester access, and banking and legal services. Additionally, the startups can tap into the world-class Silicon Catalyst network of advisors and investors.
“Adding a tier one RISC-V IP supplier such as Andes Technology; with its broad range of IP, hardware design tools, and integrated software development environment; broadens the selection of design IP and tools our incubator companies have to create with,” said Paul Pickering, Managing Partner at Silicon Catalyst. “Andes’ success with startups in the emerging 5G and AI chip markets demonstrates their understanding of nurturing new ventures building products for markets that are just beginning to field large numbers of new silicon designs. We are pleased to have them join the Silicon Catalyst incubator and look forward to seeing new designs containing their IP.”
About Silicon Catalyst
It’s About What’s Next® – Silicon Catalyst is the world’s only incubator focused exclusively on accelerating solutions in silicon (including IP, MEMS & sensors), building a coalition of in-kind and strategic partners to dramatically reduce the cost and complexity of development. More than 400 startup companies have engaged with Silicon Catalyst since April 2015, with a total of 38 startup and early-stage companies admitted to the incubator. With a world-class network of mentors to advise startups, Silicon Catalyst is helping new semiconductor companies address the challenges in moving from idea to realization. The incubator/accelerator supplies startups with a path to design tools, silicon devices, networking, access to funding, banking and marketing acumen to successfully launch and grow their companies’ novel technology solutions. The Silicon Catalyst Angels was established in July 2019 as a separate organization to provide access to seed and Series A funding for Silicon Catalyst portfolio companies.
More information is available at www.siliconcatalyst.com and www.siliconcatalystangels.com
About Andes Technology
Sixteen years in business and a Founding Premier member of RISC-V International, Andes is a leading supplier of high-performance/low-power 32/64-bit embedded processor IP solutions, and a main force to take RISC-V mainstream. Andes’ fifth-generation architecture AndeStar™ adopted the RISC-V as the base. Its V5 RISC-V CPU families range from tiny 32-bit cores to advanced 64-bit cores with DSP, FPU, Vector, Linux, superscalar, and/or multicore capabilities. The annual volume of Andes-Embedded SoCs has exceeded 2 billion since 2020 and continues to rise. To the end of 2020, the cumulative volume of Andes-Embedded™ SoCs has surpassed 7 billion.
For more information, please visit https://www.andestech.com. Follow Andes on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube!
About RISC-V AndesCore™
Andes Technology’s comprehensive CPU includes entry-level, mid-range, high-end, extensible and security families to address the full range of embedded electronics products, especially for connected, smart and green applications. From 2017, Andes expands its product line to RISC-V processors and provides a total solution in V5 family cores, including N22, N25F/NX25F, D25F, A25/AX25, A25MP/AX25MP, A27/AX27/NX27V, A45/D45/N45, AX45/DX45/NX45 and A45MP/AX45MP.
For more information about Andes Technology products, please visit http://www.andestech.com/
Contact Information
Andes Technology – Jonah McLeod , jonahm@andestech.com
Silicon Catalyst – Richard Curtin, richard@siliconcatalyst.com
晶心科技擴增並升級旗下RISC-V產品 (參考翻譯)
By Bob Wheeler (February 1, 2021)
晶心科技為其超純量RISC-V處理器新增加多核心系列，創建了迄今為止最強大的處理器叢集。AX45MP鎖定不同領域的高階應用，例如AR / VR(擴增/虛擬實境)，人工智慧邊緣計算(egde AI)，車載資訊娛樂系統和先進駕駛輔助系統(ADAS)，視訊處理，高速聯網以及高階儲存裝置。晶心科技於2020年第三季發表了該系列之單核RTL並已獲得了多個訂單， 而支援多核的45MP系列也於2021上半年全面上市。除了64位元的AX45MP之外，也包括32位元A45MP。晶心科技這次所推出最新旗艦級RISC-V多核心處理器和SiFive在之前推出的U74MC處理器瞄準同一量級之應用，為競爭對手。
在這個等級的叢集產品中，A45MP和AX45MP跟晶心科技在2019年所發布之純量核心A25MP和AX25MP相似(請參閱MPR 4/15/19 “Andes Strengthens Its RISC-V Arsenal”)。這個多核心叢集，可支援最多4個CPU核心，搭配Coherence Manager和可選用的L2快取控制器，並為SoC的其餘部分提供一個128位元AXI主接口。Coherence Manager採用目錄式協定(directory-based protocol)以取代25多核心系列的窺探式協定(snooping protocol)，也提供了一個用於輸入／輸出(I / O)的AXI-128從端口(slave port)，其寬度是25系列的兩倍。每個中央處理器都配置一個可用於區域記憶體的AXI從端口。多核心叢集也包括除錯的支援以及平台級中斷控制器(PLIC)。
45系列為晶心科技第一個超純量(superscalar)中央處理器，相較於25系列的5階管線設計，45系列則提供達8階的管線設計。這些中央處理器透過256條分支目標緩衝器(branch target buffer)來執行動態預測。晶心科技45系列和SiFive的7系列一樣，循序執行管道都包含兩個「後期」的算術邏輯單元(late ALUs)來消除負載使用上的損失。(請參閱MPR 11/12/18, “SiFive Raises RISC-V Performance”)。這個方法讓2個有相依性的ALU指令能夠與加載的數據指令在同個週期內發出。單獨的兩週期乘法器已完全管線化。晶心科技估測AX45為每百萬赫茲5.50 CoreMarks，較AX25提升了56%。在28奈米的製程技術，此中央處理器時脈速度在 worst-case條件下可達到1.2GHz，而於12奈米的製程技術， 在typical-case條件下可達到2.4GHz。
晶心科技45系列強化了很多性能，例如MemBoost，這個功能首度出現於帶有向量(RVV)擴展指令的NX27V中 (請參閱MPR5/25/20,“Andes Plots RISC-V Vector Heading”)。45系列包含指令及數據預取、支援多個未完成(multiple outstanding)的資料存取和能夠繞過快取的動態寫入法則。為了處理虛擬記憶體，A45和AX45都帶有記憶體管理單元(MMU)和共享的轉譯後備緩衝區(TLB)，此轉譯後備緩衝區(TLB)可配置32到512條目。另外，45系列也提供了最多達16區的物理内存保護(PMP)。客戶可以將AX45的實體位址配置為38位元(SV39)或47位元(SV48)，而A45則受限於34位元實體位址(記憶體可定址達16GB)。
晶心科技AX45MP的直接競爭對手是SiFive的U74MC。SiFive的U74MC是一個具備L2快取控制器和SMP-Linux 兼容性的64位元RISC-V多核心叢集。儘管兩者的管線數目設計相似，但是SiFive估測他們的設計下每百萬赫茲少於5.1 CoreMarks，並且需要在7奈米製程的技術才能夠在typical-case下達到2.3GHz時脈速度。我們認為AX45和U74有著相似的面積，因此晶心科技應該在每平方毫米CoreMarks中較具有優勢。但在另一方面，U74MC最多能擴展到9個中央處理器(CPU)，而SiFive同意客戶能夠在叢集(cluster)中混合應用型中央處理器(application CPUs)及實時中央處理器(real-time CPUs)。AX45的特別之處在於能同時支援區域記憶體(TCM)及資料高速緩存器，而SiFive之客戶僅能從兩者中擇一支援。AX45的47位元實體位址(PA)也是獨一無二的，但我們預期是在設計多芯片一致性互連架構下才需要超過38位元的實體位址。
儘管SiFive確實被視為RISC-V的先驅，但晶心科技卻是第一個供應RISC-V指令集CPU IP 的上市公司。在過去幾年，晶心科技將RISC-V產品從微控制器核心擴展到具備DSP、向量(Vector)和浮點運算單元的嵌入式核心。AX45和 ARM 所推出的 「小核」 Cortex-A53 在市場相同級別競爭。晶心RISC-V近期的訂單，包括瑞薩（Renesas）物聯網晶片、比科奇(Picocom) 5G基頻處理器及一些使用NX27V核心的但未公開發表的AI加速器客戶。AX45MP提供了適合SMP Linux的高效率-面積(area-efficient)中階叢集，從而實現了晶心科技以往無法達到的更複雜功能的SoC設計。
原文出處：http://www.andestech.com/wp-content/uploads/Andes-Scales-Up-Its-RISC-V.pdf
Andes Technology And Cyberon Collaborate To Provide Edge-Computing Voice Recognition Solution On DSP-Capable RISC-V Processors
Press highlights:
- Cyberon DSpotter, the voice wake-up and local command recognition solution, supports Andes RISC-V CPU families
- The local and offline command recognition provides users with a quick-response voice operation interface, protects personal privacy, and also reduces the development and maintenance costs of the device manufacturers.
- AndesCore™ D25F with DSP/SIMD P-extension instructions boosts the computing performance and efficiency for voice processing to provide competitive voice recognition and voice assistant solutions on edge devices
HSINCHU, TAIWAN – August 19, 2021 – Cyberon Corporation, a leading embedded speech solution provider, and Andes Technology (TWSE: 6533), a major supplier for high efficiency, low-power 32/64-bit RISC-V processor cores, announced their collaboration on the edge-computing voice recognition solution, Cyberon DSpotter, by exploring Andes DSP-capable RISC-V CPU cores such as the popular D25F and comprehensive software development environment to provide a cost-effective, high performance, and easy-to-deploy solution.
The development of AI technology has recently brought tremendous progress in speech recognition. In addition to voice assistant services based on cloud-computing architecture, there are growing demands for local voice recognition by edge-computing devices from the market. Locally executed offline command recognition provides users with a quick-response voice operation interface, protects personal privacy, and reduces the development and maintenance costs of the device manufacturers.
For many products that have a strong demand for voice control, such as wearable devices, home appliances, IoT devices, etc., low computing resource requirements and high recognition performance are important considerations. Therefore, Cyberon based on more than 20 years of professional experience, introduces its new generation algorithm, DSpotter, for voice wake-up and local command recognition.
Different from most solutions in the market, Cyberon’s DSpotter adopts phoneme-based acoustic model to improve customers’ product development efficiency. Developers do not need to collect a large amount of training corpus in advance. They can create the required commands by simply entering text. Based on the relevant foundation built over the past years, Cyberon has developed more than 40 global languages for DSpotter. It helps customers to introduce their products to the global market in a timely manner. Regarding the recognition performance, DSpotter has high accuracy and high noise robustness due to the strength of its acoustic model consisting of TDNN-F architecture. In addition, the algorithm has been well optimized by Cyberon to fit into general MCU platforms without using a dedicated neural network processor. In this way, manufacturers can provide products with voice interfaces through cost-effective hardware.
Furthermore, the performance of DSpotter is increased significantly by leveraging RISC-V DSP/SIMD P-extension (RVP) instructions on AndesCore™ D25F, a 32-bit RISC-V CPU core with highly optimized 5-stage pipeline. The RVP enables multiple data in integer registers to be processed in one single cycle, thus efficiently boosts the computations for voice, audio, image and signal processing. It also greatly improves performance for edge AI involving the above data types. The D25F is the first market-proven RISC-V RVP-capable processor, and has the most complete ecosystem in development tools, libraries for DSP and neural networks, and audio/voice codec.
“The AI technology of edge computing has gradually entered people’s lives,” said Alex Liou, VP of Cyberon Embedded solution BU. “Cyberon’s DSpotter algorithm helps developers to reduce development costs of voice recognition applications. We offer a convenient and easy-to-use tool to create customized commands of global languages. Developers can create various voice recognition applications efficiently to meet the strong and diverse demands of the market. The collaboration with Andes extends the application of DSpotter technology to RISC-V platforms and demonstrates excellent computing and recognition performances. It is hoped that it will bring more products with intelligent and convenient voice interface to people’s lives.”
”Intelligence is now in everyone’s daily life empowering not only by cloud computing but also by edge computing,” said Simon Wang, Technical Marketing Manager of Andes Technology, and in charge of RISC-V compute acceleration ecosystem. “Andes offers a comprehensive 32 and 64 bit RISC-V processor core series with high computation efficiency and low power consumption for general computing solutions. In addition, we provide AI solutions based on RVP, RVV and ACE instruction extensions with the support of Andes NN SDK and have been cooperating with partners to extend our solutions. We are excited to work with Cyberon to offer very competitive voice recognition and voice assistant solutions for edge devices based on the strength of AndesCore™ D25F, esp. its RVP support.”
About Cyberon Corporation
Cyberon Corporation, with its headquarter in New Taipei City, Taiwan, is a leading speech solution provider. Established in 2000, Cyberon has rich experiences in speech algorithm and application development. Its speech recognition and text-to-speech technologies have been widely adopted by IOT devices, home appliances, wearable devices, smart toys, automotive equipment, and enterprise customers. Cyberon provides a full range of voice solutions for embedded MCU/DSP, OS platforms, and server-based services, and is committed to providing users with natural and convenient human-machine voice interfaces. For more information, please visit http://www.cyberon.com.tw
About Andes Technology
Sixteen years in business and a Founding Premier member of RISC-V International, Andes is a leading supplier of high-performance/low-power 32/64-bit embedded processor IP solutions, and a main force to take RISC-V mainstream. Andes’ fifth-generation AndeStar™ architecture adopted the RISC-V as the base. Its V5 RISC-V CPU families range from tiny 32-bit cores to advanced 64-bit cores with DSP, FPU, Vector, Linux, superscalar, and/or multicore capabilities. The annual volume of Andes-Embedded SoCs has exceeded 2 billion since 2020 and continues to rise. To the end of 2020, the cumulative volume of Andes-Embedded™ SoCs has reached 7 billion. For more information, please visit https://www.andestech.com. Follow Andes on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube!
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