Introducing Astra™
AI-Native IoT processors powered by open software and best-in-class wireless connectivity for a secure, multi-modal device edge.
Enabling Smarter Environments
Purpose-Built Silicon
High-performance and low-power Arm-based AI MPUs and MCUs architected with the IoT in mind.
Edge AI for All
Open-source AI tools and standards-based approaches support users while empowering developers.
A History of Innovation
Solutions with on-device AI for vision, audio, voice, and touch modalities, paired with wireless technology optimized for the IoT.
Embedded Processors for an
AI-Native IoT
SL1680
The SL1680 incorporates high-performance compute engines, including a quad-core Arm® Cortex®-A73 64-bit CPU subsystem, a multi-TOPS NPU, a high-efficiency, feature-rich GPU for advanced graphics and AI acceleration, and multimedia accelerators for image signal processing (ISP), 4K video encode/decode, and audio.
SL1640
The SL1640 is a cost and power optimized secure embedded SoC with high-performance compute engines including a quad-core Arm® Cortex®-A55, 1.6+ TOPS NPU, Imagination GE9920 GPU with 90 GFLOPS 16-bit operations, Ultra HD video encode and decode pipelines, and audio DSP.
SL1620
The SL1620 is designed and optimized for embedded applications that require powerful processing, advanced AI capability, and 3D graphics. This chip comes with Linux® OS, superior audio algorithms, a variety of peripherals, dual displays, companion Synaptics SoC for connectivity and audio front end.
Software
Astra SL Software SDK is Synaptics' unified software release for embedded development on Astra Machina platforms, tailored for consumer, enterprise, and industrial IoT products. The SDK emphasizes AI-native, multi-modal processing with hardware accelerators for edge inferencing, security, graphics, vision, and multimedia.
Building on popular open-source components and tools, the SDK streamlines development with:
• Upstream Kernel and U-Boot for efficient system bring-up.
• GStreamer for advanced multimedia, camera, and edge AI functionality.
• OP-TEE for a trusted execution environment, and Synaptics’ root of trust for secure boot.
• Yocto build environment for seamless integration of open-source and proprietary packages.
The SDK supports Astra Machina SL Foundation Series Boards and includes comprehensive documentation available on Synaptics' GitHub.
SR Series Coming Soon
High-performance AI MCUs with tiered inferencing makes context-aware computing a reality across the smart home, the factory floor, and at work.
The Industry's Premier IoT AI System
Introducing the industry’s premier IoT system for compute, Edge AI, and connectivity built on open software
Astra Machina Tutorial Videos
Embark on an exciting journey with Synaptics Astra. In this series of videos our team is going to help you design with Astra, our AI-Native compute platform of intelligent edge processors designed for the IoT.
Applications that fit your needs
Home Control & Automation
With a scalable compute portfolio coupled with right-sized Wi-Fi and Bluetooth/BLE connectivity solutions designed for the IoT, Synaptics Astra delivers highly integrated solutions at price points that help OEMs drive differentiation.
Smart Appliances
As conversational AI unlocks new experiences within homes, at work or on factory floors, next-generation appliances powered by MCUs and MPUs will need to be multi-modal in nature. With built-in vision, video, audio, and display engines and AI-enabled pipelines, Astra SoCs make this world possible.
Manufacturing and Industrial Systems
AI-accelerated connected systems integrated across production lines can drive beneficial business outcomes through higher levels of quality assurance by detecting manufacturing anomalies at-scale and minimizing human intervention. The Astra SL Series coupled with the Machina development kit, enables rapid prototyping with developer friendly AI tools and pre-optimized edge models from the Synaptics partner ecosystem, to build production-ready systems.
Wearables & AI Vision/Audio Processing
AI-enhanced on-body monitoring and multi-modal processing devices require silicon architectures optimized for ultra-low power compute, capable of enriching end-user experiences. As the area of contextual language models with support for transformers develop rapidly, Synaptics’ portfolio of AI MPUs and the upcoming line of AI MCUs is designed from the ground-up, to deliver intelligence at various power levels.
Smart Retail
Vision and voice are emerging as essential modalities across retail IoT systems such as smart shelving/freezers/robots, kiosks, and point-of-sale devices. With multi-sensor inputs, industry-tested secure video, imaging and inferencing pipelines, Synaptics Astra delivers differentiated options for intelligent compute in smart retail.
In the Media
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Trusted by Industry Leaders
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"Arm technology has powered multiple generations of Synaptics AI-enabled IoT solutions for multimedia, audio, and conferencing markets. We are excuted to continue the partnership to address fragmentation across broader IoT market segments and look forward to collaborating on ensuring long-term success for the Synaptics Astra IoT platform."
Paul WilliamsonSVP & GM, IoT Line of Business, ARM -
"We have had great success with Synaptics' best-in-class connectivity modules. With Synaptics' Astra Platform we are excited to bring new system on modules (SoMs) combining highly integrated intelligent computing and wireless connectivity to the embedded IoT market."
Janet WeiCEO, AMPAK -
"LGU+ and Synaptics have a long history of partnership that has brought new and innovative features with every product generation. Together we invested early in AI and have use cases already deployed, including AI-based sound enhancements for a truly unique user experience. We are just starting to scratch the surface of AI's capabilities and are excited to see how Synaptics Astra Platform will further accelerate our lead in AI at the edge."
DaeWon-SongVP, R&D Center, LGU+ -
"embedUR is excited to partner with Synaptics on the Astra platform to enable cutting-edge AI models on its scalable portfolio of IoT processors with integrated NPUs. Working closely with Synaptics Engineering, embedUR integrated YOLO image segmentation models on tiny devices to achieve remarkable performance. We look forward to closer collaboration across many real-world edge applications."
John MarconiVP Technology, embedUR -
"Feature-flexibility, performance, and power efficiency are critical for multi-modal smart conference systems. Synaptics' proven compute and connectivity solutions, coupled with its AI toolkit, provided the assurance we needed to execute a highly interactive solution. As we enable AI-powered features such as voice-to-text, gesture recognition, translation, and meeting summaries, we are excited to see where the Synaptics Astra Platform can take us."
Wesley ChenAVP, QSI
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Resources
Astra Machina plug-in modules unlock unprecedented levels of evaluation efficiency.
SL1680 Core Module Guide
SL1640 Core Module Guide
SL1620 Core Module Guide
Linux, SDK, and Documentation
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