Artosyn Microelectronics, a leading provider of AI SoCs for drones and other 
sophisticated applications finds itself at the intersection of hardware 
architecture and software development. "Our customers are advancing the state 
of AI programming every day," said Shen Sha, Senior R&D Manager of Artosyn's AI 
Chip Department. "They need early access to the hardware to develop their 
software. It's imperative."

Since 2015, Artosyn has specialized in Image Signal Processors(ISPs) and Neural 
Processing Units(NPUs), highly advanced ASIC devices that must meet the 
demanding requirements of low-power and high-performance. These systems 
represent the most advanced generation of controllers today, employing 
artificial intelligence for such tasks as object detection, object 
classification, and object tracking. Artosyn's chips are at the heart of the 
latest generation of UAVs(drones), as well as being used in smart surveillance 
systems, robots, autonomous vehicles, and more.

These are designs of enormous size and complexity, and verifying their correct 
operation presents its own challenges. "We've used many of S2C's FPGA 
development systems including their single and dual Prodigy VU440 and UV19P 
systems," explains Sha. "We were able to successfully complete the validation 
of several complex chips in the hundred-million gate range quickly and 
efficiently."

But validating hardware still leaves millions of lines of code to test and 
verify. As a company dedicated to the customer experience, Artosyn looks for 
creative ways to help: "In some cases we've used the large capacity FPGA-based 
systems from S2C to directly built a prototype for the customer's evaluation," 
said Sha. "This really accelerates their software development process." 

Sharing the power of S2C's Prodigy VU440 enabled both companies to leverage a 
unique form of cooperation – Artosyn was able to swiftly validate their 
100-million gate design, and their customer gained access to the hardware 
critical to furthering their development schedule. Moreover, Artosyn benefits 
from additional insight by working so closely with their customer; knowledge 
that helps drive improvements in their own designs. It's a win for both firms.

S2C specializes in providing leading-edge prototyping platforms for a broad 
range of design sizes and applications. Built around the world's largest and 
fastest FPGAs – such as the Xilinx UltraScale+ VU19P, and the Intel Stratix 10 
– S2C's Prodigy series can scale up to accommodate the largest designs in the 
hyperscale class. With a rich library of memories, daughter cards, and 
interface modules, Prodigy systems can be quickly adapted and configured for 
any purpose. If you're facing the challenge of large-scale design validation, 
let us help.

About S2C

S2C is a global leader of FPGA prototyping solutions for today's innovative 
SoC/ASIC designs. S2C has been successfully delivering rapid SoC prototyping 
solutions since 2003. With over 500 customers and more than 3,000 systems 
installed, our highly qualified engineering team and customer-centric sales 
team understands our users' SoC development needs. S2C has offices and sales 
representatives in the US, Europe, Israel, mainland China, Hong Kong, Korea, 
Japan, and Taiwan. www.s2ceda.com 

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