CAIRNE is a proud partner of the EU-funded project CONVOLVE. The project enforces the EU’s position in the design and development of smart edge-processors, such that it can become a leader in the global edge processing market.

With the rise of deep learning (DL), our world welcomes Artificial Intelligence (AI) in every edge device, creating an urgent need for edge-AI processing hardware. Unlike existing solutions, this hardware needs to support high throughput, reliable, and secure AI processing at ultra-low power (ULP), with a very short time to market.

With its strong legacy in edge solutions and open processing platforms, the EU is ideally positioned to become the leader in this  edge-AI market. However, certain demands need to be met to position the EU as a leader in these technologies: Edge processors need to become 100x more energy efficient; Their complexity demands automated design with 10x design time reduction; They must be secure and reliable to get accepted; Finally, they should be flexible and powerful to support the DL domain. CONVOLVE addresses these roadblocks and thereby enables EU leadership in Edge-AI.

The CONVOLVE consortium includes some of Europe’s strongest research groups and industries, covering the whole design stack and value chain. In a community effort, we will demonstrate Edge-AI computing in real-life vision and audio domains. By combining innovative ULP and fast design solutions, CONVOLVE will, for the first time, enable reliable, smart, and energy-efficient edge-AI devices at a rapid time-to-market and low cost, and as such open the road for EU leadership in edge-processing.

Our main role is as communication and dissemination expert in WP8, developing communication and dissemination plan and materials related to these activities. (Promotion of community engagement and connectivity. Leveraging our existing community, network, and contacts.)