aiWare4 2021

Scalability
Up to 256 TOPs per core (up from 32 TOPS for aiWare3) with greater configurability of on-chip memory, hardware safety features and external/shared memory support
Safety
Enhanced standard hardware features and related documentation ensuring straightforward ISO26262 ASIL B and higher compliance for both SEooC (Safety Element out of Context) and in-context safety element applications
Power, Performance and Area (PPA)
8-10 Effective TOPS/W for typical CNNs (theoretical peak up to 30 TOPS/W) using a 5nm or smaller process node; up to 98% efficiency for a wider range of CNN topologies; more flexible power domains enabling dynamic power management able to respond to real-time context changes without needing to restart
Processing
Innovative Wavefront RAM (WFRAM) leverages aiWare’s latest wavefront-processing and interleaved multi-tasking scheduling algorithms, enabling more parallel execution, better multi-tasking capability and substantial reductions in memory bandwidth compared to aiWare3 for CNNs requiring access to significant external memory resources
Efficiency
aiWare4 extends aiMotive’s leadership with up to 98% efficiency over a wider range of NN topologies. This efficiency scales especially for large input sizes such as early fusion of multiple different high data rate sensors, or from one or multiple high resolution camera sensors