Founded in 2016, quadric, Inc is a unified AI processor IP company that develops a licensable processor architecture for on-device inference. The company's core innovation lies in blending machine learning performance with full C++ programmability within a single unified architecture, a distinction that addresses the fragmented landscape of edge AI hardware design.
The company's primary offering is the Chimera GPNPU (General Purpose Neural Processing Unit), a licensable processor IP architecture that scales from 1 to 864 TOPS. This scalability is designed for deployment across consumer electronics, enterprise systems, robotics, and automotive applications. The architecture merges ML acceleration with general-purpose compute, allowing developers to use a single programming model for both workloads.
Supporting the hardware is the Chimera SDK, a comprehensive software stack. It includes a graph compiler that auto-compiles hundreds of models from ONNX, with import support from PyTorch and TensorFlow. Programmability is extended through a Python-based framework, ChiPy™, and C++ with an included LLVM compiler. The company's technical expertise spans edge AI, neural processing, digital signal processing, compiler technology, and hardware architecture design.
