Vendors listed in the Cool Vendor Report are Interesting, New and
Innovative
GRENOBLE, France–(BUSINESS WIRE)–GreenWaves
Technologies (GreenWaves), a fabless semiconductor start-up
designing disruptive ultra-low-power AI embedded processors for
battery-operated edge devices, announced today that it has been named a
Gartner “Cool Vendor” based on the April 29, 2019 report “Cool Vendors
in AI Semiconductors,” authored by Alan Priestley, VP Analyst, and
Saniye Alaybeyi, Senior Director Analyst. The report states, “[t]he
deployment of products with AI capabilities continues to gain momentum
but requires increasingly sophisticated semiconductor devices to enable
this new generation of smart things. This report highlights three
semiconductor vendors delivering innovative AI-enabled chips to
facilitate this trend.” GreenWaves Technologies, and its flagship GAP8
IoT application processor, is listed as one of these three vendors.
“We believe that Gartner’s Cool Vendor reports represent some of the
most cutting-edge, innovative and pioneering brands and technologies. We
also believe that to be included as a Cool Vendor in AI Semiconductors
is a true testament to GAP8 and the company’s commitment to delivering
AI at the very edge,” said Loic Lietar, GreenWaves’ co-founder and CEO.
“The industry is at an inflection point as the need for interpretation
of rich data sources is pushed out into IoT devices operating at the
very edge of the network. We are seeing a clear market need for a
flexible processor, optimized for battery operation, incorporating
acceleration for AI and other signal processing algorithms to support
booming IoT and consumer applications such as medical wearables, and
people and object detection and counting. We think it is great to be
recognized by such a prestigious analyst firm for our work to help
deliver the next wave of smart things.”
This report also recommends that “technology product managers planning
an AI-enabled hardware product portfolio must:
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Evaluate new AI chip designs that enable optimized productivity and
performance as an alternative to GPU-based solutions for edge and data
center deployments. -
Create ‘always on’ AI functionality by ensuring the selected vendors
have adequate support for the development of low-power IoT endpoint
devices.”
Subscribers may access the report here.
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To learn more about GreenWaves Technologies and GAP8 please visit www.greenwaves-technologies.com.
About GreenWaves Technologies
GreenWaves Technologies is a fabless semiconductor start-up designing
disruptive ultra-low power embedded solutions for image, sound and
vibration AI processing in sensing devices. GreenWaves was founded in
late 2014 with the mission of revolutionizing the market for intelligent
sensors and devices with ultra-low energy and cost-efficient solutions.
GreenWaves’ GAP8 is the industry’s first ultra-low-power processor
enabling battery-operated artificial intelligence (AI) in Internet of
Things (IoT) applications. The company is headquartered just outside
Grenoble, France. To learn more, visit www.greenwaves-technologies.com.
Contacts
Allison DeLeo
Racepoint Global for GreenWaves Technologies
Phone:
+1 (415) 694-6700
[email protected]
