Founded in 2019, Alif Semiconductor designs AI-enabled microcontrollers and fusion processors for global markets. The company has offered NPU technology since 2021, recently announcing benchmarks for its E4, E6, and E8 Ensemble processors that execute generative AI workloads locally without cloud connectivity. These Arm-based devices combine Cortex-M55 MCU cores, Cortex-A32 microprocessors, and Ethos NPUs, delivering 3,670-plus DMIPS compute performance and 450-plus GOPS AI performance with sub-millisecond inference speeds, targeting applications in robotics, healthcare, transportation, and smart infrastructure systems. Founded in 2019 in Pleasanton, California, Alif Semiconductor designs and manufactures secure, connected, power-efficient artificial intelligence and machine learning microcontrollers and fusion
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