Sampling success
AI video processing solution, built on GF’s 12LP+ and 28ESF3 platforms, features SuperFlash® technology to efficiently store and process millions of AI interference parameters.
GlobalFoundries, Witmem Technology, and Microchip Technology via its subsidiary Silicon Storage Technology (SST) have announced the sampling of Witmem’s WTM-8 8K/120FPS AI video processor, which is ideal for high performance, low power consumption applications such as AR/VR headsets and advanced 8K TVs and video screens.
The WTM-8 achieves superior AI video processing performance by combining two chiplets, the digital logic chiplet built utilizing GF’s 12LP+ platform, and the analog compute-in-memory (aCIM) chiplet built utilizing GF’s 28ESF3 platform leveraging SST’s SuperFlash® technology. The WTM-8 efficiently stores and processes up to 64 million AI inference parameters within the SuperFlash® memory array, eliminating unnecessary data movement and power. The WTM-8 is fully reprogrammable to future-proof the processor as AI video models rapidly evolve.
The WTM-8 features include:
• Supports AI-based video enhancement solutions including frame interpolation, super resolution, asynchronous Timewarp, object recognition and a multitude of complex edge computing scenarios.
• Achieves 4K/8K @ 60/120FPS frame interpolation, super resolution, HDR wide dynamic range and superior noise reduction for video displays.
• Best in class FPS/watt performance, achieving 8K/120FPS AI video processing consuming less than 2 watts.
• Best in class FPS/$ cost effectiveness, outperforming GPU and DRAM based solutions that cost up to 10x more than the WTM-8.
• SuperFlash memory array for optimal efficiency and processing.
“Our partnership with Witmem to bring their WTM-8 AI video processor to the stage of sampling underscores GF’s commitment to creating future-ready solutions for edge AI devices,” said Michael Hogan, chief business unit officer at GF. “Witmem is redefining the edge computing landscape by combining chiplets built on GF 12LP+ with an industry-first analog compute-in-memory built on our 28ESF3 platform to achieve unparalleled performance.”
“Witmem has discovered an ideal AI product collaboration partner in GF,” added Dr. Shaodi Wang, Witmem’s Founder and CEO. “We look forward to further collaboration with GF to release the WTM-8 to mass production, and to pave the way for a new generation of low power, cost effective AI processor products for high-performance imaging, video display, and augmented reality applications.”
