The rise of AI-driven IoT devices is pushing the limits of today’s microcontroller unit (MCU) landscape. While AI-powered perception applications—such as voice, facial recognition, object detection, and gesture control—are becoming essential in everything from smart home devices to industrial automation, the hardware available to support them is not keeping pace. The challenge? The broad 32-bit traditional MCU install base cannot handle the…

In an era where technology seamlessly integrates with our daily lives, Synaptics leads the way, envisioning a future where digital and physical realms blend harmoniously. With the advent of the Synaptics AstraTM family of processors, we are not just launching a series of products but initiating a paradigm shift in the IoT and edge AI sectors.

In a highly connected world, there is a need for more intelligent and secure computation locally and preferably on the very devices that capture data, whether it be raw or compressed video, images, or voice. End markets continue to expect compute costs to trend down, at a time when computation demands are increasing, as is evident from recently popularized AI paradigms…