In comparison to solutions utilizing the industry standard SRAM, SureCore has allowed KU Leuven, Belgium’s esteemed research university, to create a neural processing accelerator chip for AI applications that boasts dynamic power savings of more than 40%.
The 16nm FinFET version of PowerMiser IP, which has already been shown at more developed nodes, combines the industry-leading power-saving technologies of the company to produce results of the highest calibre, affirmed its official release.
PowerMiser is a low-power SRAM IP designed for cutting-edge devices that require little operational and standby power consumption in addition to significant computational loads when active.
Compared to foundry and other SRAM solutions, it can save up to 50% on dynamic power and up to 20% on static/leakage power, with savings throughout the whole process, voltage, and temperature range.
Leadership Comments
Paul Wells, CEO at sureCore, says: “We are delighted to hear that the team at KU Leuven has achieved significant improvements with our ground-breaking PowerMiser SRAM IP, which we created to deliver unparalleled dynamic and static power performance.”
Wells continues: “People forget that the initial drivers for the 16nm node were mobile and HPC solutions, and hence most of the IP developed for this node was optimised for performance not power. Today 16nm could almost be considered to be a mature node with many millions of devices in the field. Forward-thinking application developers are now looking to exploit this node’s improved density, leakage and power characteristics, especially for wearables, medical and Edge-AI devices. This is where our PowerMiser SRAM can bring huge benefits by enabling challenging power budgets to be delivered.”
Professor Wim Dehaene at KU Leuven (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) comments: “We licensed sureCore’s PowerMiser IP because we wanted to create a novel neural processing accelerator chip for AI applications. The chip has very high computational processing needs, and, of course, such devices naturally also have significant power consumption characteristics. We were very impressed that the sureCore solution could go so far in terms of power savings.”
Availability
PowerMiser is available in 28nm, 22nm and 16nm process nodes, and later this year sureCore plan to release a 7nm variant.
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