Cloud-Based Environment Accelerates Automotive AI Software Development
Renesas Electronics launched a cloud-based development environment aimed at streamlining the software design process for automotive AI engineers. AI Workbench is an integrated virtual development environment that empowers automotive AI engineers to design, simulate, and fine-tune their automotive software within the cloud. Engineers can immediately begin designing automotive software by leveraging Microsoft Azure services including Azure Compute, IaaS services, Microsoft Entra ID, and Azure Security. Instead of installing tools on a PC or obtaining an evaluation board, they can perform tasks such as performance evaluation, debugging and verification using simulation tools online.
The AI Workbench includes a novel “Hybrid Compiler” architecture with in-house and kernel libraries that will allow engineers to unlock broader AI model and ONNX operator coverage, beyond the coverage of existing third-party hardware accelerator compilers available on Renesas SoCs such as DSPs and NPUs. Renesas will provide NNPerf, an online test environment for developers to evaluate the performance of AI models running on live Renesas SoCs with an updated hybrid AI compiler.
Microsoft's code editor, Visual Studio Code (VSCode), and a software development kit (SDK) from Renesas are both available in the cloud. The company will also provide an environment for developers to test and verify their application software using the AI models defined in the AI model performance testing tool NNPerf.
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