Today at the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show VeriSilicon announces the extension of its collaboration with NXP® Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ:NXPI) to machine learning. NXP's upcoming i.MX products will include VeriSilicon's Vivante intelligent pixel processing IP solution centered around the VIP Neural Network Processor Unit.

"VeriSilicon's Vivante VIP IP family NPU's architecture has full scalability to address AI Everywhere, from battery operated OS-Less, DDR-Less devices to high performance Neural Network processors in Edge Server applications with a common SDK and unified software. We are honored to have NXP as a technology partner to address key market segments with Machine Learning technology. Vivante VIP IP is a leader in the NPU IP market with multiple products in the marketplace and solutions for each of the key market segments," said Weijin Dai, executive vice president and general manager of the Intellectual Property Division at VeriSilicon. "Continuing with our long-term technology partnerships with NXP, this engagement adopted the full Vivante Intelligent Pixel Processing Solution, which includes NPU, ISP, GPU, and Video IP."

"NXP's vision is machine learning everywhere. VeriSilicon Vivante VIP architecture matches our vision," said Martyn Humphries , vice president and general manager of i.MX applications processors at NXP. "These production-proven machine learning IP's together with our machine learning eIQ tools enable us to rapidly develop and deploy cloud-to-edge solutions."

VeriSilicon's Vivante® scalable intelligent pixel processing IPs from camera-in to display-out complete solutions include ISP, NPU, GPU and GPGPU, Hantro® video codec, and display controller, which deliver highly differentiated PPA and QOR on the devices, at the edge, and in the cloud. VeriSilicon's scalable ZSP® based solutions widely applied in HD audio/voice and BLE5.0, Wi-Fi, and NB-IoT.