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2 months agoQualcomm acquires AI platform Edge Impulse to boost Dragonwing chips
Qualcomm acquires Edge Impulse to enhance AI capabilities for edge computing.
Neural networks are becoming larger and more complex, but their applications increasingly require running on resource-constrained devices such as smartphones, wearables, microcontrollers, and edge devices. Quantization enables: - Reducing model size: For example, switching from float32 to int8 can shrink a model by up to 4 times. - Faster inference: Integer arithmetic is faster and more energy-efficient. - Lower memory and bandwidth requirements: This is critical for edge/IoT devices and embedded scenarios.