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21.08.2018

A team of Taiwanese researchers, in collaboration with specialists from a chip design company, has created a specialized image recognition processor using deep learning technology.

The idea of the Mipy chip was put forward by three electrical engineering professors from National Taiwan Normal University and implemented by AVSdsp. Mipy is claimed to be the smallest and cheapest AI processor available on the market. These qualities make it possible to count on mass application in home and automotive electronics, in products for the police, in advertising and educational products, in industrial equipment and toys. Mipy costs only $1.

According to the developers, the Mipy chip acts as a companion to the mainstream SoC and can be easily added to any product with basic sound and image processing functions.

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