Industry-leading energy efficiency
Unparalleled energy efficiency and flexibility to give developers the powerful computing solutions they need.
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Energy is everything
Efficient Computer is pioneering a new era in general-purpose computing by replacing energy-intensive, instruction-centric pipelines with the Fabric architecture designed for breakthrough energy efficiency.
The synergy of the Electron E1 general-purpose processor and effcc Compiler delivers up to 100x better energy efficiency by executing real-world workloads as connected tasks in a spatial dataflow model. With unmatched energy efficiency, programmability, and performance, our technology eliminates energy constraints in edge computing and lets you build cutting-edge applications that were previously impossible.
Rearchitecting compute for zero wasted data movement
We’re not building on the status quo, we’re reimagining the general-purpose processor at its core. Efficient’s Fabric architecture replaces the 80-year-old serial execution model with a reconfigurable spatial dataflow array. By mapping application graphs directly onto hardware, the Fabric avoids the data movement tax inherent in Von Neumann CPUs, delivering accelerator-class efficiency of up to 1 TOPS/W for the entire application.
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Category-defining energy efficiency
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Efficiency with a parallel performance boost
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The versatility of general-purpose programmability
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Redefining energy efficiency in general-purpose compute
Efficient’s Electron E1 general-purpose processor optimizes throughput by intelligently distributing workloads and connecting instructions across the Fabric architecture to reflect the application dataflow. It uses our Non-Uniform Processing-Element Access (NUPEA) innovation to place critical instructions proximal to memory, yielding an average 28% average speedup over traditional uniform architectures. Along with an integrated, energy-efficient RISC-V scalar core for control, Electron E1 scales from 5.4 GOPS at low voltage to 21.6 GOPS at high voltage.
This design delivers energy efficiency and performance while maintaining full programmability. With its scalable architecture, the Electron E1 supports applications from edge devices to wearables and more.
Write conventional code,
get parallel execution
Efficient’s effcc Compiler works hand-in-hand with the Electron E1 processor – it is the key to unlocking all of the Fabric architecture’s capabilities without rewriting your code.
Our compiler leverages proprietary Modular Optimization Framework (MOF) technology to extract dataflow from high-level languages and frameworks–like C, C++, and TFLite–and optimally map it to the Fabric architecture. As a drop-in replacement for GCC/Clang, it eliminates the hours-long synthesis delays of FPGAs, providing ultra-fast compilation times and a familiar GDB-compatible debugging experience.
Unlocking energy efficiency and performance
The effcc Compiler optimizes every step of your program’s operations for the Fabric architecture.
The trouble with most processors
Processors on the market today are still built on concepts developed over 70 years ago, with inherent limitations.
Traditional CPUs spend significant energy on the "instruction fetch/decode/execute" loop and constant data shuffling between registers and memory hierarchies. This overhead creates thermal and power ceilings that limit intelligence in constrained environments.
The power of hardware and software
The effcc Compiler transforms your source code into an optimized dataflow graph, while our place-and-route algorithms minimize wire length to reduce communication energy.
This tight coupling of software and hardware allows the Fabric architecture to reconfigure its interconnect for each kernel, providing sustained, real-world performance without the energy waste of a fixed-pipeline architecture. Our spatial dataflow execution keeps data close to compute and delivers up to 100x greater energy efficiency than leading low-power CPUs.
Expanding product capabilities
By combining high efficiency and strong performance, the Fabric architecture allows products to operate far longer, expanding their potential and enabling new use cases.
It lets you break free from the limitations of traditional processors and usher in what’s new.
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