POLYN Technology announces first tapeout of NASP chip

POLYN Technology, a fabless semiconductor company specializing in Neuromorphic Analog Signal Processing (NASP) technology, has completed the tapeout of its first product chip. The chip features an analog neuromorphic core designed for a Voice Activity Detection neural network model. It will be used to qualify the NASP platform technology and support initial customer products, while demonstrating the technology’s performance and robustness.
The NASP technology enables on-chip AI for IoT devices, supporting applications in automotive, consumer electronics, industrial IoT, machine-to-human interfaces, and wearables. It uses analog neurons with selective connections for inference, achieving low power consumption and latency. The technology is designed to facilitate cloudless AI processing for real-time IoT applications.
POLYN has developed a neural network compiler and a customized EDA flow using standard Cadence tools to convert trained digital neural network models into analog neuromorphic cores. This process generates a neural network layout with thousands of neurons and resistive weight connections, compatible with any semiconductor foundry. The company integrated Cadence Virtuoso for custom analog design and Innovus Implementation System for digital place and route, clock tree synthesis, and timing closure, streamlining chip development.
The NASP chip is sche...