The Akida Pico packs BrainChip’s event-based neural processing capabilities into an area of just 0.12 square millimeters.

And it does it all while consuming less than a single milliwatt of power.

It integrates 150,000 transistors in a digital NPU design along with a DMA engine and bus interfaces.

BrainChip unveils microscopic NPU that consumes less than 1 milliwatt of power

Manufacturers can add SRAM, flash storage, and peripherals like GPIO to suit their needs.

Filtering is performed by a neural web connection designed to eliminate any false alarms.

For its silicon, BrainChip is using GlobalFoundries' 22nm FD-SOI process.