AMBIQ


Associated tags: SOC, Artificial intelligence, Intelligence, IOT

Locations: INDIA, MINNESOTA, AUSTIN, TX, US, AR, TEXAS

Ambiq Apollo510 Delivers 30x Power Efficiency Improvement to Unleash Endpoint AI

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Tuesday, March 26, 2024

AUSTIN, Texas, March 26, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ambiq, a technology leader in exceptionally energy-efficient semiconductors for IoT devices, is introducing the new Apollo510, the first member of the Apollo5 SoC family, which is uniquely positioned to kickstart the age of truly ubiquitous, practical, and meaningful AI.

Key Points: 
  • The Apollo510 achieves up to 10x better latency while reducing energy consumption by around 2x, compared to Ambiq's previous power efficiency leader, the Apollo4.
  • With more than 30x energy improvement, the Apollo510 is capable of running a vast majority of today's endpoint AI calculations, including low-power sensor monitoring, always-on voice commands, telco-quality audio enhancement, and more.
  • Apollo510 contains everything needed for driving intelligent systems: ultra-efficient compute, expansive on-chip memories, high-bandwidth interfaces to off-chip memories, and security.
  • IoT endpoint device manufacturers can expect unrivaled power efficiency to develop more capable devices that process AI/ML functions better than before.

Smartaly and Ambiq Develop Energy Efficient AI-Enabled Medical-Grade ECG Monitor

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Tuesday, March 19, 2024

With more than 99% accuracy, the ECG can notify the users of any abnormality or disturbance in real time for immediate response.

Key Points: 
  • With more than 99% accuracy, the ECG can notify the users of any abnormality or disturbance in real time for immediate response.
  • The Smartaly ECG is lightweight and can last one year on standby mode.
  • "We are very proud to have taken on this global challenge of providing the medical sector with a portable, battery-powered electrocardiogram (ECG) monitor," says Arnaud Duclap, CEO of Smartaly.
  • Helping medical devices overcome their power constraints to provide insightful health analysis that patients can depend on is exactly what we envision with the Smartaly ECG Monitor."

Ambiq Named IoT Semiconductor Company of the Year 2024

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Thursday, January 11, 2024

AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 11, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ambiq®, a recognized technology leader in ultra-low power semiconductors for IoT endpoints, today announced that it has been awarded as the 2024 "IoT Semiconductor Company of the Year" by IoT Breakthrough, a leading market intelligence organization that recognizes the top companies, technologies, and products in the global Internet-of-Things (IoT) market today.

Key Points: 
  • AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 11, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ambiq ®, a recognized technology leader in ultra-low power semiconductors for IoT endpoints, today announced that it has been awarded as the 2024 "IoT Semiconductor Company of the Year" by IoT Breakthrough , a leading market intelligence organization that recognizes the top companies, technologies, and products in the global Internet-of-Things (IoT) market today.
  • Ambiq makes the lowest power energy-efficient semiconductors to help manufacturers expand their IoT products with 10x more compute power for more advanced features and sophisticated AI capabilities.
  • "Ambiq has revolutionized on-chip power utilization by bringing the benefits of power efficiency and AI to IoT devices.
  • "We are happy to recognize Ambiq as 'IoT Semiconductor Company of the Year.'

Ambiq and Xiaomi Together Redefine Lifestyles with Xiaomi Smart Band 8

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Wednesday, November 15, 2023

The Xiaomi Smart Band 8 completely reimagined a band by its looks, features, and functionalities.

Key Points: 
  • The Xiaomi Smart Band 8 completely reimagined a band by its looks, features, and functionalities.
  • Enabled by Ambiq's Apollo4 Blue Lite SoC, Xiaomi Smart Band Xiaomi Smart Band 8 is equipped with all-day SpO2 and heart rate monitoring, sleep monitoring, pressure monitoring, and even female menstrual cycle1.
  • "The Xiaomi Smart Band 8 redefines what a smart band can be," said Fumihide Esaka, CEO at Ambiq.
  • The Xiaomi Smart Band 8 is now available for purchase.

DigiKey Announces Global Partnership with Super Low Power IC Provider Ambiq

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Wednesday, November 1, 2023

Through the new partnership, DigiKey is now stocking Ambiq's Apollo4 Blue Plus .

Key Points: 
  • Through the new partnership, DigiKey is now stocking Ambiq's Apollo4 Blue Plus .
  • "DigiKey is pleased to add Ambiq to our core supplier line card," said David Stein, vice president, semiconductors at DigiKey.
  • "Ambiq shares the same value of meeting and exceeding customer's expectations with DigiKey," said Mike Kenyon, vice president of sales and business development at Ambiq.
  • For more information about Ambiq and to order from their product portfolio, please visit the DigiKey website .

Noise and Ambiq Collaborate to Catalyze a Transformative Lifestyle Shift with the new Luna Ring

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Thursday, October 5, 2023

The Luna Ring is crafted to enhance users' daily performance effectively, offering a high-quality lifestyle with precise data tracking and processing this information into valuable insights.

Key Points: 
  • The Luna Ring is crafted to enhance users' daily performance effectively, offering a high-quality lifestyle with precise data tracking and processing this information into valuable insights.
  • Catalyzing a transformative lifestyle shift, the Luna Ring is an ideal ally equipped with advanced sensors (PPG, skin temperature, and 3-axis accelerometer) and personalized nudges.
  • Our inaugural smart ring, Luna Ring, embodies this commitment, offering a range of industry-leading features, including the Ambiq Apollo3 Blue Plus chipset.
  • With an exclusive launch price of INR 14,999/ $180, the Luna Ring by Noise goes on sale today in India.

Ambiq Launches Speech Enhancement AI to Eliminate Noise in IoT Applications

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Tuesday, September 5, 2023

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 05, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ambiq®, a pioneer of ultra-low-power semiconductor solutions that deliver a multifold increase in energy efficiency, introduces the Neural Network Speech Enhancer (NNSE), its latest addition to its neuralSPOT's Model Zoo. This highly optimized AI model effectively removes background noise from speech on the device in real time, allowing clean speech capture in noisy environments. As with all Ambiq Model Zoo components, NNSE includes scripts and tools to help developers add speech de-noising capabilities to their applications. It also consists of a simple graphical user interface allowing users to easily record and save the enhanced speech along with the original noisy audio on their PC for demonstration purposes.

Key Points: 
  • This highly optimized AI model effectively removes background noise from speech on the device in real time, allowing clean speech capture in noisy environments.
  • As with all Ambiq Model Zoo components, NNSE includes scripts and tools to help developers add speech de-noising capabilities to their applications.
  • "Ambiq's neural network speech enhancer may be the only open-source TinyML™ implementation of AI-based speech de-noising for IoT endpoint devices," said Carlos Morales, the VP of AI at Ambiq.
  • "The highly optimized AI model will help developers get started on speech de-noising applications on Ambiq Apollo4 Plus SoC in a matter of minutes."

Ambiq Propels Remote Healthcare Monitoring Sector Growth with New Ultra-Low Power Processors

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Monday, July 10, 2023

AUSTIN, Texas, July 10, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ambiq®, a technology leader in ultra-low power semiconductor products and solutions, introduces the Apollo4 Lite and Apollo4 Blue Lite SoC to its expanding portfolio of SoCs for IoT endpoint devices, especially the remote monitoring products of the healthcare sector. This announcement follows Ambiq’s release of its Heart Kit™, an optimized open-source AI model utilizing multi-head neural networks (MH-NNs) to enable a variety of real-time heart-monitoring applications.

Key Points: 
  • This announcement follows Ambiq’s release of its Heart Kit™, an optimized open-source AI model utilizing multi-head neural networks (MH-NNs) to enable a variety of real-time heart-monitoring applications.
  • Both SoCs are embedded with an ultra-low power Cortex-M4 core that can operate at up to 192 MHz with turboSPOT, an audio subsystem, GPU, and ample MRAM and SRAM.
  • They are also conveniently pin-compatible with Ambiq’s Apollo4 Plus and Blue Plus¹, providing developers with optimum flexibility for innovation.
  • “Today’s patients are more empowered to monitor and advocate for their own health, and healthcare providers require more data analytics to prescribe holistic treatment,” said David Priscak, VP of Technical Solutions at Ambiq.

Ambiq Achieves Milestone of Powering Over 200 Million IoT Devices

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Monday, June 12, 2023

AUSTIN, Texas and SINGAPORE, June 12, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ambiq®, a leading developer of ultra-low-power semiconductor solutions that deliver a multifold increase in energy efficiency, achieved a key milestone of powering over 200 million IoT devices earlier this year.

Key Points: 
  • AUSTIN, Texas and SINGAPORE, June 12, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ambiq®, a leading developer of ultra-low-power semiconductor solutions that deliver a multifold increase in energy efficiency, achieved a key milestone of powering over 200 million IoT devices earlier this year.
  • As part of this expansion, Ambiq is actively recruiting regional talents to bolster its team and support its global expansion.
  • The Center's expansion will enable Ambiq to establish an integrated circuit (IC) design team in Singapore for product development.
  • These devices are powered by the Ambiq Apollo3 Blue SoC, using Bluetooth signals to trace others nearby.

Ambiq AI-based HeartKit Supercharges Digital Health Intelligence

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Tuesday, May 2, 2023

AUSTIN, Texas, May 02, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ambiq®, a leading developer of ultra-low-power semiconductor solutions that deliver a multifold increase in energy efficiency, introduces Ambiq HeartKit, its latest addition to neuralSPOT's Model Zoo. This highly optimized AI model enables running various real-time heart monitoring applications to help users and their healthcare providers quickly identify any irregular events to take necessary actions. As with all Ambiq Model Zoo components, HeartKit includes scripts and tools to help AI developers add real-time ECG monitoring capabilities to their health-tech applications.

Key Points: 
  • AUSTIN, Texas, May 02, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ambiq®, a leading developer of ultra-low-power semiconductor solutions that deliver a multifold increase in energy efficiency, introduces Ambiq HeartKit, its latest addition to neuralSPOT's Model Zoo.
  • As with all Ambiq Model Zoo components, HeartKit includes scripts and tools to help AI developers add real-time ECG monitoring capabilities to their health-tech applications.
  • Personalized health monitoring is becoming ubiquitous with the development of AI models, spanning clinical-grade remote patient monitoring to commercial-grade health and fitness applications.
  • "Ambiq's HeartKit may be the most comprehensive open-source TinyML™ implementation of AI-based heart monitoring for IoT endpoint devices," said Carlos Morales, the VP of AI at Ambiq.