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"Cadence Tensilica HiFi iQ DSP IP is the sixth generation of the company’s HiFi DSP family found in countless SoCs with audio features, and is based on a new architecture designed for next-generation voice AI and immersive audio applications. Compared to the Tensilica HiFi 5s DSP, the HiFi iQ DSP offers twice the compute performance, 8x higher AI performance, and more than 25% energy savings for most workloads, while delivering over 40% performance uplift on several audio codecs. The company claims it can act as an all-in-one AI processor for voice AI applications running popular SLMs and LLMs on the DSP itself. Tensilica HiFi iQ DSP key specifications: Load Units – 2 VLIW Slots – 5 Vector operations (SIMD) – 256-bit Accumulator Width – 80-bit Fixed Point MACs MACs for AI – Up to 128 16×8, up to 256 16×4 Optional instructions for AI (improved from HiFi 5s) Optional Vector [...] The post Cadence Tensilica HiFi iQ DSP to power next-generation Voice AI and Audio applications appeared first on CNX Software - Embedded Systems News."
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