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Tohoku University and Aisin develop AI chip with STT-MRAM, world's first on 16nm process

Tohoku University and Aisin develop AI chip with STT-MRAM, world's first on 16nm process
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Tohoku University and Aisin developed a near-memory computing AI chip equipped with STT-MRAM, accelerating OS boot by about 39 times, reducing AI processing time by about one-tenth, and cutting energy consumption to one-fiftieth.

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  • •It is a near-memory computing (NMC) type AI chip equipped with the non-volatile memory STT-MRAM.
  • •The time from power-on to OS boot was accelerated by approximately 39 times compared to conventional methods.
  • •AI processing times for tasks like object detection were shortened to about one-tenth, and energy consumption was reduced to one-fiftieth.
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