tinyML Summit 2022: Brains into sensors with AI in the Edge

tinyML Summit 2022
Sensors Session
Brains into sensors with AI in the Edge
Andrea ONETTI, Executive Vice President, STMicroelectronics

AI solutions can be made significantly more efficient when data pre-processing and initial analysis is performed as close as possible to the sensing and actuating elements, rather than in the cloud. Applying this approach vastly reduces the amount of data transferred and offers enhanced data security and privacy. It decreases the processing and data storage resources required in cloud servers while allowing processing to take place in power-optimized components like ultra-low-power microcontrollers and sensors. It also minimizes latency allowing real-time responses in critical situations.

Today MEMS sensors with embedded AI can operate at microwatt levels of power consumption, ultra-low latency, and minimized silicon area thanks to on-die integration of sensor and logic processing. These devices are paving the way for the Onlife Era, where embedded sensors are enabling innovative products to sense, process, and take action. To demonstrate this is already a reality today, ST will present the world’s tiniest sensor solution that is bringing intelligence in the edge.