Overview
AI Boost Provides Energy-Efficient AI in a Small Footprint
The Cadence® Tensilica® NNE 110 offers an energy-efficient hardware-based AI engine that can be paired with any Tensilica based DSP. The NNE 110 targets a variety of applications including audio, voice, and speech AI, lightweight vision AI, and always-on multi-sensory applications.

Key Benefits
Best-in-Class Energy
High MAC utilization and sparsity acceleration deliver significant energy improvements over CPUs and DSPs.
Enables Compelling Use Cases and Advanced Concurrency
Resource-intensive AI applications like advanced noise suppression and speech recognition can run concurrently with all other workload needs
Scalable IP for Various Workloads
Balance area and performance based on system and use case requirements
Small System Footprint
Compact design area and compression/decompression reduce system memory and bandwidth requirements
Fast Time to Market
Fully verified IP packages including comprehensive software solutions that leverage existing programming paradigms
Features
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