The world's smallest AI chip, called Mipy, is here. The chip's makers claim that Mipy is not only the smallest, but also the most affordable one available on the market right now.
It was developed by a collaboration between a team of Taiwanese scientists from National Taiwan University and an IC design company “AVSdsp” and has a production cost as low as one dollar! You read that right!
This chip has an integrated AI deep learning image recognition circuit, which can be used in various applications such as home, advertising, education, automotive, police, security, industrial products, and gaming products.
According to the developers, Mipy is a collaborative integrated circuit that manufacturers can place alongside the main controller chip. It can also be integrated into any circuit board very easily if it has a main audio-video processing function.
AI-capable chips are the future and will be implemented in almost every device in the coming years. All major tech companies have already embraced the AI revolution, and from smartphones to self-driving cars, these chips will change the way they work.
For now, smart speakers like Amazon Echo or Google Home are the cutting edge of artificial intelligence for us, but they rely primarily on network connections to function.
However, this will change with the inclusion of built-in AI chips that will allow them to process voice commands faster and perform tasks more efficiently. With the production cost of an AI chip not exceeding one dollar, the integration of this technology into devices is set to happen on a much larger scale.
