Murata and Google claim to have created the world’s smallest AI module – the Coral Accelerator Module – which will be available to buy in ‘early’ 2020.

The module packages Google’s Edge TPU ASIC within a miniaturized footprint.

The device claims to accelerate the algorithmic calculations required to execute AI.

The goal of Coral is to enable AI applications running at the device level to quickly move from prototype to production.

Coral provides the complete toolkit of hardware components, software tools, and pre-compiled models for building devices with local AI. The AI module is an integral part of the fully integrated Coral platform, which can be implemented in a myriad of applications across numerous industries.