Startup AONDevices, Inc., a partner of the TinyML foundation, has announced the availability of engineering samples and a development kit for its new AON1100 processor. The edge AI processor enables high-accuracy sensing capabilities in battery-powered, always-on devices that support local wake words, voice commands, sound event detection, context detection, and sensor fusion at high accuracy.
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The AON1100 provides a natural human-machine interface without sending any data to the cloud for an improved user experience and privacy in applications ranging from phones, headsets, wearables, and game controllers to vehicles and smart home appliances.
The company claims the AON1100 is the industry’s first ultra-low-power, multi-modal solution that enables simultaneous and highly accurate recognition of multiple voice commands and sound events using a single microphone. In addition, the edge AI processor simultaneously detects specific motion patterns, such as walking or falling.
The AON1100 features two cores, the AONVoice and AONSens, which are based on the company’s proprietary neural network technology. The device delivers 90% accuracy in 0 dB SNR conditions. The AONVoice core, including front-end processing and all required memory, consumes less than 150 µW proven in 40-nm ULP silicon, which is measured in 100% constant speech conditions, according to benchmark performance data.
Engineering samples of the AON1100 chip are available now. The AONVoice and AONSens cores are available for licensing as IP cores for integration in an SoC for high-volume customers. AONDevices will demonstrate its AON1100 at CES 2022, January 5-8, Las Vegas at booth #61709 in Eureka Park.
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