Edge Impulse Partners with STMicroelectronics for STM32N6 Support in Edge Impulse Studio

Partnership, unveiled during this wee's STM32 Summit, brings day one support for the Neural-ART coprocessor to Edge Impulse Studio

Edge Impulse has announced immediate support for STMicroelectronics' new STM32N6, a high-performance microcontroller with integrated in-house Neural-ART coprocessor — delivering, the company claims, a 600-fold improvement in on-device machine learning and artificial intelligence (ML and AI) performance over its predecessors in the STM32 range.

"The STM32N6 is the perfect complement to the Edge Impulse platform," claims Edge Impulse co-founder and chief executive officer Zach Shelby of his company's latest hardware target. "Technologically, it’s a leap forward and is fantastic for the industry, enabling developers to push the boundaries of what's possible at the edge. With its powerful AI capabilities and energy-efficient design, it aligns perfectly with our mission to make edge AI accessible and impactful across every sector. We couldn't be more excited to integrate it and help users build incredible enterprise-grade solutions with it."

“The future of AI will undoubtedly have a significant edge perspective, and the STM32N6 promises to be a key to unlocking that potential," adds STMicro's Patrick Aidoune of his company's latest launch, unveiled during the STM32 Summit keynote. "By combining our state-of-the-art Neural-ART accelerator with the intuitive tools from Edge Impulse, we are empowering developers to bring sophisticated AI capabilities directly to the edge. This collaboration amplifies innovation across industries, from industrial automation to smart home applications, ensuring that cutting-edge technology is both accessible and transformative."

The collaboration brings day one support for the STM32N6 into Edge Impulse's platform, including Edge Impulse Studio — delivering an easy way to create, train, and fine-tune custom models for on-device operation at the edge. These models run on the chips' 600 giga-operations per second (GOPS) Neural-ART coprocessor, leaving the 800MHz Arm Cortex-M55 core free to handle other tasks.

More information is available on the Edge Impulse website; the companies will also be demonstrating the fruit of their partnership at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas in January.

Gareth Halfacree
Freelance journalist, technical author, hacker, tinkerer, erstwhile sysadmin. For hire: freelance@halfacree.co.uk.
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