Altai (neuromorphic processor)

2023: Product Announcement

In November 2023, the Motif Neuromorphic Technologies (Motif NT) company announced the first neuromorphic processor in Russia. It was named "Altai" and is intended for vision systems, intelligent and robotic systems and data centers. The neuroprocessor will be used for the tasks of recognizing and classifying video and audio images, integrating and processing information from various sensors and sensors.

According to the developers, the chip allows you to twist ordinary neural networks on its basis and provides unlimited opportunities for studying neuromorphic processes, including training and inference of spike networks.

Neuromorphic processor "Altai"

Algorithms for neuromorphic chips are based on the principles of the human brain, which makes them energy efficient and fast. Thanks to this, they are more adapted to work with machine learning and artificial intelligence technologies. Such chips will find application in robotics, in facial recognition systems, in the production of unmanned vehicles and other niches.

By the end of November 2023, Motif NT, together with Kaspersky Lab, is testing manufactured experimental samples. During the tests, the processor consumes about 1000 times less power than modern GPUs. The main areas of application of Altai are:

• systems of the Internet of Things, including industrial (IIoT);
• intelligent video cameras;
• cybersecurity systems;
• robotics and unmanned vehicles;
• passive 3D sensors, medical equipment, smart leather, etc.

The key features of the neuroprocessor in "Motive NT" included:

• low energy consumption;
• high performance;
• unlimited scalability;
• small size;
• low cost;
• high fault tolerance.^[1]

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