Alphaics

AlphaICs is a cutting-edge technology company specializing in the development of advanced AI co-processors optimized for vision applications such as image classification, face recognition, and object detection. The company serves a diverse range of clients across industries including automotive, industrial robotics, retail, and surveillance. Operating in the AI hardware market, AlphaICs leverages its scalable architecture to produce co-processors with performance ranging from 0.5 to 64 TOPS (Tera Operations Per Second). Their flagship product, Gluon, is an 8 TOPS inference co-processor built on 16 nm TSMC FF technology, designed for easy deployment of deep neural networks with features like one-click quantizer, debugger, and profiler support. The business model revolves around selling these high-performance co-processors and evaluation boards, which are used by clients to prototype and develop AI hardware solutions. AlphaICs generates revenue through direct sales of its hardware products and associated software tools.

Keywords: AI co-processors, vision applications, scalable architecture, deep neural networks, image classification, face recognition, object detection, automotive, industrial robotics, surveillance.