Startup's IoT SoC Packs a Punch EE Times

An ambitious startup claims it has an SoC that will deliver breakthrough performance-per-watt and software for it that can run high data-rate networks at ultra-low power levels. Greenwaves Technologies' GAP8 chip and GreenOFDM code aim to bring new levels of processing and communications to nodes on the Internet of Things. The eight-core chip includes a dedicated block which can process Google's Tensorflow algorithm for machine-learning tasks like image recognition. The OFDM code ultimately aims to be a new and more efficient physical layer, supporting links up to 10 Mbit/second for any IoT network. The ten-person company was formed in January when the developers behind the separate chip and software efforts met and decided to team up.