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Ambarella Expands N1 Edge GenAI Family With SoC Targeted at On-Premise Multi-Channel VLM and NN Processing in Under 20 Watts - Ambarella (NASDAQ:AMBA)
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Jan. 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ambarella, Inc. AMBA, an edge AI semiconductor company, today announced during CES the N1-655 edge GenAI system-on-chip (SoC), which provides on-chip decode of 12x simultaneous 1080p30 video streams, while concurrently processing that video and running a hybrid of multiple, multimodal vision-language models (VLMs) and traditional CNNs. This SoC's high AI processing performance supports most of the popular multimodal VLMs and large-language models (LLMs), while consuming only 20 watts of power -- 10-100x lower than cloud processors. For example, the N1-655 reliably runs the Phi, Gemma, LLaVA-OneVision and Llama models, without the need for an internet connection, on data inputs like visuals and speech in applications such as on-premise AI boxes, autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), and smart-city security video recorders. Following its initial N1 SoC introduced last year, Ambarella is building up a family of edge GenAI SoCs for tasks that go beyond what can be done on-camera. Both of the current family members process GenAI models locally to improve privacy with state-of-the-art performance per watt, significantly reducing power consumption as well as the total cost of ownership compared to cloud-based inference processing. "The N1-655 continues Ambarella's industry-leading levels of AI performance per watt, this time for AMRs and on-premise AI box applications that require the latest edge GenAI features while keeping power consumption under 20 watts," said Fermi Wang, President and CEO of Ambarella. "We tailored this new SoC to run faster, while fine-tuning the most popular LLMs and VLMs to make them even smaller, eliminating the need for high-bandwidth and cost-intensive cloud processing in this class of applications." There is a trend toward doing more GenAI processing at the edge, due to cloud-based processing's bandwidth cost, ongoing service fees and high power usage, along with data security and privacy concerns. Ambarella employs cutting-edge fine tuning techniques such as QLoRA, which reduces the footprint sizes of popular GenAI models to enable their use in edge applications. The Company is at the forefront of this trend, as exemplified by the high performance and low power consumption of the new N1-655. To support N1-655 based designs, Ambarella is also expanding its Cooper™ Developer Platform with the new Cooper Pro member of the Cooper developer kit family, which provides industrial-class performance. This kit is powered by the N1-655 and will begin shipping after CES. To register interest in the Cooper Pro, visit www.ambarella.com/cooper. N1-655 samples are available now, upon request. This new SoC and the Cooper Pro kit are also being demonstrated at Ambarella's invitation-only exhibition during CES in Las Vegas this week. For more information or to schedule a demo during the show, please contact your Ambarella representative or visit www.ambarella.com/products/aiot-industrial-robotics. About Ambarella Ambarella's products are used in a wide variety of human vision and edge AI applications, including video security, advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), electronic mirror, drive recorder, driver/cabin monitoring, autonomous driving and robotics applications. Ambarella's low-power systems-on-chip (SoCs) offer high-resolution video compression, advanced image and radar processing, and powerful deep neural network processing to enable intelligent perception, fusion and planning. For more information, please visit www.ambarella.com. Ambarella Contacts Media contact: Eric Lawson, elawson@ambarella.com, +1 480-276-9572Investor contact: Louis Gerhardy, lgerhardy@ambarella.com, +1 408-636-2310Sales contact: https://www.ambarella.com/contact-us/ All brand names, product names, or trademarks belong to their respective holders. Ambarella reserves the right to alter product and service offerings, specifications, and pricing at any time without notice. © 2025 Ambarella. All rights reserved. A photo accompanying this announcement is available at https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/99505458-f5b9-4c1a-b744-ffa97b0c7bf5 AMBAAmbarella Inc$78.18-%WatchlistOverviewMarket News and Data brought to you by Benzinga APIs
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Ambarella Expands N1 Edge GenAI Family With SoC Targeted at On-Premise Multi-Channel VLM and NN Processing in Under 20 Watts By Investing.com
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Jan. 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ambarella, Inc. (NASDAQ: NASDAQ:AMBA), an edge AI semiconductor company, today announced during CES the N1-655 edge GenAI system-on-chip (SoC), which provides on-chip decode of 12x simultaneous 1080p30 video streams, while concurrently processing that video and running a hybrid of multiple, multimodal vision-language models (VLMs) and traditional CNNs. This SoC's high AI processing performance supports most of the popular multimodal VLMs and large-language models (LLMs), while consuming only 20 watts of power"10-100x lower than cloud processors. For example, the N1-655 reliably runs the Phi, Gemma (EGX:ECAP), LLaVA-OneVision and Llama models, without the need for an internet connection, on data inputs like visuals and speech in applications such as on-premise AI boxes, autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), and smart-city security video recorders. Following its initial N1 SoC introduced last year, Ambarella is building up a family of edge GenAI SoCs for tasks that go beyond what can be done on-camera. Both of the current family members process GenAI models locally to improve privacy with state-of-the-art performance per watt, significantly reducing power consumption as well as the total cost of ownership compared to cloud-based inference processing. The N1-655 continues Ambarella's industry-leading levels of AI performance per watt, this time for AMRs and on-premise AI box applications that require the latest edge GenAI features while keeping power consumption under 20 watts, said Fermi Wang, President and CEO of Ambarella. We tailored this new SoC to run faster, while fine-tuning the most popular LLMs and VLMs to make them even smaller, eliminating the need for high-bandwidth and cost-intensive cloud processing in this class of applications. There is a trend toward doing more GenAI processing at the edge, due to cloud-based processing's bandwidth cost, ongoing service fees and high power usage, along with data security and privacy concerns. Ambarella employs cutting-edge fine tuning techniques such as QLoRA, which reduces the footprint sizes of popular GenAI models to enable their use in edge applications. The Company is at the forefront of this trend, as exemplified by the high performance and low power consumption of the new N1-655. To support N1-655 based designs, Ambarella is also expanding its Cooper™ Developer Platform with the new Cooper Pro member of the Cooper developer kit family, which provides industrial-class performance. This kit is powered by the N1-655 and will begin shipping after CES. To register interest in the Cooper Pro, visit www.ambarella.com/cooper. N1-655 samples are available now, upon request. This new SoC and the Cooper Pro kit are also being demonstrated at Ambarella's invitation-only exhibition during CES in Las Vegas this week. For more information or to schedule a demo during the show, please contact your Ambarella representative or visit www.ambarella.com/products/aiot-industrial-robotics. About Ambarella Ambarella's products are used in a wide variety of human vision and edge AI applications, including video security, advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), electronic mirror, drive recorder, driver/cabin monitoring, autonomous driving and robotics applications. Ambarella's low-power systems-on-chip (SoCs) offer high-resolution video compression, advanced image and radar processing, and powerful deep neural network processing to enable intelligent perception, fusion and planning. For more information, please visit www.ambarella.com. Ambarella Contacts All brand names, product names, or trademarks belong to their respective holders. Ambarella reserves the right to alter product and service offerings, specifications, and pricing at any time without notice. © 2025 Ambarella. All rights reserved. A photo accompanying this announcement is available at https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/99505458-f5b9-4c1a-b744-ffa97b0c7bf5
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Ambarella introduces the N1-655 edge GenAI system-on-chip, capable of processing multiple AI models simultaneously while consuming only 20 watts of power, marking a significant advancement in edge AI technology.
Ambarella, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMBA), a leading edge AI semiconductor company, has announced the N1-655 edge GenAI system-on-chip (SoC) during CES 2025. This new chip represents a significant advancement in on-premise AI processing capabilities, offering high performance with remarkably low power consumption 1.
The N1-655 boasts impressive specifications, including:
The N1-655 is designed for various edge AI applications, including:
These applications benefit from the chip's ability to process GenAI models locally, improving privacy and reducing the total cost of ownership compared to cloud-based inference processing.
Ambarella's N1-655 aligns with the growing trend of performing more GenAI processing at the edge. This shift is driven by several factors:
To address these challenges, Ambarella employs advanced fine-tuning techniques like QLoRA, which reduces the footprint sizes of popular GenAI models for edge applications 1.
To support N1-655 based designs, Ambarella is expanding its Cooperâ„¢ Developer Platform with the new Cooper Pro developer kit. This industrial-class performance kit, powered by the N1-655, will begin shipping after CES 2025 2.
N1-655 samples are currently available upon request. Ambarella is showcasing the new SoC and the Cooper Pro kit at their invitation-only exhibition during CES in Las Vegas. Interested parties can contact Ambarella representatives or visit their website for more information or to schedule a demo 1.
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