December 18, 2024
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Cupertino, California – PIMIC announces formal company launch with new technology designed to power the next generation of intelligent voice-activated edge devices (VADs) such as toys, home and business audio systems, wearables, and mobile phones. Revealed our mission to provide cutting-edge AI inference silicon. And a robot.
PIMIC was founded by technology industry veteran CEO/CTO Subhi Krishnamurthy. He assembled an engineering and business development team to design and deliver efficient edge AI solutions with ideal performance and energy savings. The company was founded in response to two market trends: the migration of AI inference to edge devices and the rise of voice as the primary interface for intelligent interactions.
“We founded PIMIC to provide AI devices at the edge with the kind of efficiency and performance that was previously only possible in large-scale, power-intensive environments,” said PIMIC CEO/ said Subhi Krishnamurthy, CTO. “We recognized the need for AI to be more accessible and practical, not just for cutting-edge technology users, but also for everyday applications that improve lives.”
PIMIC’s unique Jetstreme™ Processing-in-Memory (PIM) acceleration architecture increases AI computing efficiency by addressing key requirements for edge environments, including low power, compact design, and superior AI model parameter update performance. Designed to improve.
“Jetstreme provides significant technical flexibility, allowing PIMIC to be portable across semiconductor manufacturing nodes with minimal additional investment. PIMIC provides cutting-edge technology to diverse industry segments due to its pioneering memory structure. We aim to redefine the edge AI market by delivering solutions that bring innovation to the world,” continued Subhi Krishnamurthy.
Jetstreme is currently built on TSMC’s 22nm ultra-low leakage (ULL) technology platform and provides a ULL SRAM solution that enables PIMIC’s scalable AI memory architecture.
The main advantages of Jetstream are:
10x better power, performance, and area (PPA) compared to existing near-memory solutions Dynamic AI model updates with high write performance of model parameters, essential for next-generation edge devices Power consumption with model reconfiguration Very low values enable extended operating life in battery-powered edge AI applications
Jettreme’s 10x PPA advantage over existing near-memory solutions is aimed at changing the way intelligent devices operate and enabling new possibilities for audio and other edge AI applications, according to the company. .
“AI is rapidly expanding from the cloud to the edge due to the growing demand for real-time processing, low-latency, and energy-efficient solutions on edge devices,” said Lucas Tsai, vice president of business management at TSMC North America. I am. “We are proud to work with innovators like PIMIC to address the challenges of efficient memory architecture and power next-generation edge AI applications using TSMC’s industry-leading ultra-low power platform.”
Jettreme product design and development services are available by contacting: (email protected). Products based on Jettreme technology are expected to be available in early 2026.
PIMIC will be exhibiting at CES 2025, January 7-10 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, North Hall, Booth #9628.
For more information, please visit www.pimic.ai.
