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The Astra Platform has been architected to address the needs of customers building a new generation of smart IoT devices by providing:

COMPUTE SOLUTIONS
Build differentiation with our power-efficient multi-modal AI-enabled MPUs and high performance AI and connectivity MCUs.

ADAPTIVE AI FRAMEWORK
Move from 'making AI work' to 'working with AI' with our open, cross-platform, tooling, modeling & optimization infrastructure.

UNIFIED SOFTWARE EXPERIENCE
Leverage an open, consistent cross platform experience, supporting Linux, Android and the leading RTOS offerings.

PARTNER SOLUTION ECOSYSTEM
Build market ready systems & solution stacks with industry-leading ODMs, ISVs, service providers and system integrators.

WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY
Pair with best-in-class, industry proven, wireless connectivity options spanning Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, BLE, 802.15.4 & GPS/GNSS.

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Advancing Edge AI Industry Statements

"Arm technology has powered multiple generations of Synaptics AI-enabled IoT solutions for multimedia, audio, and conferencing markets. We are excuted to continue the partnership to address fragmentation across broader IoT market segments and look forward to collaborating on ensuring long-term success for the Synaptics Astra IoT platform."

- Paul Williamson, SVP & GM, IoT Line of Business, Arm

"Arm technology has powered multiple generations of Synaptics AI-enabled IoT solutions for multimedia, audio, and conferencing markets. We are excuted to continue the partnership to address fragmentation across broader IoT market segments and look forward to collaborating on ensuring long-term success for the Synaptics Astra IoT platform."

- Paul Williamson, SVP & GM, IoT Line of Business, Arm

“We have had great success with Synaptics’ best-in-class connectivity modules. With Synaptics’ Astra Platform we are excited to bring new system on modules (SoMs) combining highly integrated intelligent computing and wireless connectivity to the embedded IoT market.”

 - Janet Wei, CEO, AMPAK

“We have had great success with Synaptics’ best-in-class connectivity modules. With Synaptics’ Astra Platform we are excited to bring new system on modules (SoMs) combining highly integrated intelligent computing and wireless connectivity to the embedded IoT market.”

 - Janet Wei, CEO, AMPAK

“LGU+ and Synaptics have a long history of partnership that has brought new and innovative features with every product generation. Together we invested early in AI and have use cases already deployed, including AI-based sound enhancements for a truly unique user experience. We are just starting to scratch the surface of AI's capabilities and are excited to see how Synaptics Astra Platform will further accelerate our lead in AI at the edge.”

- DaeWon-Song, VP, R&D Center, LGU+

“LGU+ and Synaptics have a long history of partnership that has brought new and innovative features with every product generation. Together we invested early in AI and have use cases already deployed, including AI-based sound enhancements for a truly unique user experience. We are just starting to scratch the surface of AI's capabilities and are excited to see how Synaptics Astra Platform will further accelerate our lead in AI at the edge.”

- DaeWon-Song, VP, R&D Center, LGU+

“Feature-flexibility, performance, and power efficiency are critical for multi-modal smart conference systems. Synaptics’ proven compute and connectivity solutions, coupled with its AI toolkit, provided the assurance we needed to execute a highly interactive solution. As we enable AI-powered features such as voice-to-text, gesture recognition, translation, and meeting summaries, we are excited to see where the Synaptics Astra Platform can take us.”

- Wesley Chen, AVP, QSI

“Feature-flexibility, performance, and power efficiency are critical for multi-modal smart conference systems. Synaptics’ proven compute and connectivity solutions, coupled with its AI toolkit, provided the assurance we needed to execute a highly interactive solution. As we enable AI-powered features such as voice-to-text, gesture recognition, translation, and meeting summaries, we are excited to see where the Synaptics Astra Platform can take us.”

- Wesley Chen, AVP, QSI

"embedUR is excited to partner with Synaptics on the Astra platform to enable cutting-edge AI models on its scalable portfolio of IoT processors with integrated NPUs. Working closely with Synaptics Engineering, embedUR integrated YOLO image segmentation models on tiny devices to achieve remarkable performance. We look forward to closer collaboration across many real-world edge applications"

- John Marconi, VP Technology, embedUR

"Synaptics Astra platform’s silicon portfolio, built on an open, AI-native approach, allows for effective integration into Wipro FullStride’s Edge Cloud, helping accelerate time-to-market for consumer and industrial enterprises at scale."

- Gagan Reen, Global Head, Google Business Unit & CTO, Wipro

Architected to deliver broad market flexibility

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Synaptics AI-Native Compute Solutions

Synaptics introduces a scalable portfolio of intelligent edge processors, ranging from highly integrated MPUs to high performance MCUs architected for an AI-enabled IoT.

Supported by the Astra platform, the Synaptics SL and SR Series of AI-native SoCs deliver a unified experience combining standards-based open software frameworks, rapid prototyping kits, full-featured AI/ML toolkits, and Synaptics’ best-in-class Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity solutions.

Synaptics introduces a scalable portfolio of intelligent edge processors, ranging from highly integrated MPUs to high performance MCUs architected for an AI-enabled IoT.

 Supported by the Astra™ platform, the Synaptics SL and SR Series of AI-native SoCs deliver a unified experience combining standards-based open software frameworks, rapid prototyping kits, full-featured AI/ML toolkits, and Synaptics’ best-in-class Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity solutions.

SL-Series

Highly integrated Arm-based application processors with up to 8 TOPS inferencing for multi-modal Consumer, Enterprise and Industrial IoT workloads

SL-Series

Highly integrated Arm-based application processors with up to 8 TOPS inferencing for multi-modal Consumer, Enterprise and Industrial IoT workloads

Astra SL1620

Astra SL1640

Astra SL1680

Astra Machina Foundation Series

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SR-Series

High-performance AI-native MCUs with tiered inferencing makes context-aware computing a reality across the smart home, the factory floor and at work.

SR-Series

High-performance AI-native MCUs with tiered inferencing makes context-aware computing a reality across the smart home, the factory floor and at work.

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Unified Software Experience

The Astra SL-series is supported by Yocto Linux and enabled with industry standard open software frameworks to deliver a unified experience across the Synaptics MPU portfolio. Get started with the essential elements of an intelligent state-of-the-art IoT system – computer AI, connectivity, and security – by exploring the SL-series Yocto Linux GitHub repositories here.

Unified software experience

The Astra SL-series is supported by Yocto Linux and enabled with industry standard open software frameworks to deliver a unified experience across the Synaptics MPU portfolio. Get started with the essential elements of an intelligent state-of-the-art IoT system – computer AI, connectivity, and security – by exploring the SL-series Yocto Linux GitHub repositories here.