San Jose-based Perceive emerged from stealth this week with a first product, the Ergo edge processor chip for AI inference. CEO Steve Teig claims the chip provides breakthrough performance and accuracy levels. The company has been incubated for two years at Xperi Corp., which is also Perceive's majority owner. Xperi licenses chip technologies to customers such as Samsung.
Perceive claims the Ergo chip delivers around 4 theoretical operations per second (TOPS), can run multiple machine learning models simultaneously, and consumes minimal power. The chip is small at 7 mm x 7 mm, requires no external RAM, and can theoretically achieve 55 TOPS/watt. The company also plans to provide a complete package to manufacturers, including reference boards and audio and video inferencing applications.
At this time, Perceive has no published IP. However, given Xperi's focus on licensing and the rate at which this market is expanding, it is probably safe to assume that numerous applications have already been filed.
