Vayyar Selects Cadence Tensilica Vision DSP for Advanced Millimeter Wave 3D Imaging Radar Solution
Business Wire 8-Jan-2019 10:30 AM
Vision DSP family efficiently executes complex imaging algorithms and
processes back-end radar signals on the edge in real time without
needing a CPU
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CDNS) and Vayyar Imaging, a global
leader in 3D imaging technology, today announced that Vayyar
Imaging has selected the Cadence® Tensilica®
Vision DSP for its advanced millimeter wave 3D imaging solution. A
high-resolution sensor that tracks the environment around it in real
time without a camera, Vayyar's system on a chip (SoC) covers imaging
and radar bands from 3GHz to 81GHz with 72 transmitters and 72 receivers
in a single chip. This enables the sensor to differentiate between
objects and people, determine location while mapping large areas, and
create a 3D image of the environment with very high levels of accuracy.
The Tensilica Vision DSP enables Vayyar to execute complex imaging
algorithms and process back-end radar signals on the edge in real time,
on-chip, without the need for an external CPU.
Vayyar chose the Tensilica Vision DSP family for its high performance,
vast instruction set, small core area, low power demands, and attractive
performance/milliwatt (mW) profile compared to CPUs and GPUs. These
unique attributes allow for running the full application layer inside
the SoC, making complex imaging applications ultra-integrative and
exceptionally cost-effective. Furthermore, using the Tensilica Vision
DSP's highly optimized compiler-profiler package and high-performance
libraries, Vayyar is able to reduce development time while achieving
desired performance, resulting in faster time to market. In addition,
the DSP's programmable engine helps future-proof the design, providing
flexibility to Vayyar's customers, and the Tensilica Instruction
Extension (TIE) language allows the addition of instructions to improve
performance for customer-specific algorithms.
"Vayyar has successfully collaborated with Cadence over several
generations of IP cores, working in close cooperation with their
development team," said Ian Podkamien, director of business development
at Vayyar. "Incorporating the Tensilica Vision DSP into our SoC enables
Vayyar to achieve low latency and high frame rates for the high-speed,
time-critical solutions required by our target markets. In addition,
flexibility proved key, as the high-quality Tensilica Vision DSP core
was easy to integrate, with first-silicon success."
"Tensilica DSPs are being used in multiple radar application areas
today: making driving safer with more affordable automotive sensor
processing, increasing the usability of industrial robots with people
avoidance, enabling easier interaction with consumer products through
gesture recognition, and lowering energy bills in commercial properties
with occupancy detection," said Lazaar Louis, senior director of product
management and marketing for Tensilica IP at Cadence. "Vayyar's
innovative solution uses the Tensilica Vision DSP to process back-end
radar signals in real time from a multi-antenna array radar and generate
a high-resolution 3D image. Tensilica DSPs deliver high performance and
high-power efficiency compared to CPUs for both front-end and back-end
radar signal processing."
The Tensilica
Vision DSP family addresses a wide range of markets, offering
high-performance and power-efficient DSPs to enable processing at the
edge for rich, real-time experiences. The Vision P6 DSP is designed for
general-purpose imaging and occasional-use AI / neural network inference
for both fixed- and floating-point datatypes, offering 4X the peak
performance compared to its predecessor, the Vision P5 DSP. The latest
addition to the popular Vision DSP family, the Vision Q6 DSP offers 1.5X
greater vision and AI performance compared to the Vision P6 DSP, and
1.25X better power efficiency at the Vision P6 DSP's peak performance.
Cadence also offers the Tensilica ConnX family of DSPs optimized for the
full radar sensor-processing chain: from the front-end raw antenna data
that requires complex arithmetic for FFTs and beamforming, to the
back-end object detection and estimation that requires the precision
that floating-point datatypes provide.
About Cadence
Cadence enables electronic systems and semiconductor companies to create
the innovative end products that are transforming the way people live,
work and play. Cadence software, hardware and semiconductor IP are used
by customers to deliver products to market faster. The company's System
Design Enablement strategy helps customers develop differentiated
products—from chips to boards to systems—in mobile, consumer, cloud
datacenter, automotive, aerospace, IoT, industrial and other market
segments. Cadence is listed as one of Fortune Magazine's 100 Best
Companies to Work For. Learn more at cadence.com.
About Vayyar Imaging, Ltd.
Vayyar Imaging is the global leader for imaging and sensing applications
with its cutting-edge 3D imaging sensor technology. Vayyar's sensors
quickly and easily look into objects or any defined volume and detect
even the slightest anomalies and movements to bring highly sophisticated
imaging capabilities to many industries. Utilizing a state-of-the-art
embedded chip and advanced imaging algorithms, Vayyar's mission is to
help people worldwide improve their health, safety and quality of life
using mobile, low-cost, and safe 3D imaging sensors. Visit www.vayyar.com
to learn more.
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