"Anker CEO Steven Yang stated, 'Every AI chip built until now stores the model on one side and does the computation on the other. To think, the device has to carry all those parameters across, many times per second, every single inference. Thus puts the computation where the model already lives. The model never has to move again.'"
"The first Thus chip will integrate into Soundcore's upcoming flagship earbuds. The company says it's starting with earbuds because they're the most challenging devices to put AI chips in due to size constraints."
Anker has unveiled the Thus chip, a custom silicon designed to enhance audio devices, mobile accessories, and IoT devices with local AI capabilities. This chip is the first neural-net compute-in-memory AI audio chip, which is smaller and more energy-efficient than traditional chips. The initial application will be in Soundcore's flagship earbuds, as they present unique challenges due to size and power constraints. The Thus chip allows for more complex computations without the need to move data across the device, improving efficiency and performance.
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