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Embedded edge AI IoT solutions today, like wearables, smart home appliances, and factory automation solutions, demand versatility and diversity in connectivity. These low-power IoT applications can benefit from wireless SoCs leveraging Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and low-power, low-data-rate communication protocols for suitable performance and interoperability.

AI IoT applications today require solutions that enable local processing for real-time decision making, expansive AI capabilities, low-power operations, hardware based security, seamless interaction with other devices or networks, and much more in order to keep up with the demands of modern multimodal consumer, enterprise, and industrial Internet of Things (IoT) applications.

Embedded Computing Design is excited to reveal that its all new Dev Kit Zone will make its debut at embedded world 2025 in Nuremburg, Germany, March 11 to 13.

The industry revolves around two types of AI, namely research AI versus production AI. I wasn’t sure what these terms meant and their differences, so I asked an expert to join me on this week’s Embedded Executives podcast.

John Weil is the Vice president and General Manager of Synaptics’ IoT Business Unit. After setting me straight, John talks about the last 20% of a design that the customer needs to figure out for themselves, amongst other things.

With all the focus on AI and machine learning these days, we sometimes take other facets of design for granted, some of which are vital, like the wireless component.
 

In order to create more innovation in wireless performance and interoperability utilizing scalable AI, Synaptics designed its Veros Seamless Intelligent Connectivity series to support systems on chips (SoCs) for Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth, and 802.15.4. The SYN4383 and SYN43756E SoCs target devices demanding the highest Wi-Fi throughput and range with seamless network interoperability.