Top AI Chipset Companies Announced, Including NVIDIA, Intel, NXP, IBM, and AMD based on CompassIntel.com Research

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS—April 10th, 2018—  NVIDIA, Intel, NXP, IBM, and AMD top the A-List in AI Chipset Index based on recently released research by Compass Intelligence. The A-List in AI (artificial intelligence) Chipset Index includes companies providing software and hardware components of AI chipsets. AI chipset products include central processing units, graphic processing units, neural network processors, application specific integrated circuits, field programmable gate arrays, reduced instruction set computer processors, accelerators and more. These companies, among others, showcase the top companies innovating and succeeding in AI chipset technologies. Based on a proprietary research framework and model, these companies scored roughly 80 to 90 points out of a total of 100 points per the index.

NVIDIA tops the A-List in AI Chipset Index, followed by Intel, NXP, IBM, and AMD. Rounding out the rest of the top 15 include Google, ARM, Apple, Qualcomm, Broadcom, Samsung Electronics, Huawei, Imagination, Synopsys, and MediaTek. NVIDIA is leading the way with its Volta GPU architecture for data centers, NVIDIA DRIVE™ PX for Advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS, AI Chip for self-driving cars), Xavier system on a chip (SOC) used in the NVIDIA DRIVE™ PX 2 platform and other innovations such as the DGX-1 AI Supercomputer.  Other companies that made the top 24 include Marvell, Xilinx, CEVA, Cadence, General Vision, Rockchip, Cambricon, Verisilicon, and Horizon Robotics.

For a complete list, please be sure to visit https://www.compassintelligence.com/a-list-index-in-AI-chipset.html and download the complimentary executive brief.

“Companies have invested over $60 billion in AI through acquisitions and startups over the last three years, in addition to their own research and development.,” says Nadine Manjaro, Senior Analyst. “The AI chipset segment is one area where companies are racing to improve chipset processing and power efficiency. Hiring, acquisitions, and new announcements in the AI sector are occurring at such a rapid pace as this technology is expected to impact many industries and support the rapid scale of Internet of Things.”

Top 15 in The CompassIntel A-List in AI Chipset Index include:

The CompassIntel A-List Index is a research framework using economic indicators, vendor tracking analysis, firmographics, market metrics, quantitative tracking, and data analytics to provide a scoring and ranking system for vendors in the mobile, IoT, and emerging technologies markets. The CompassIntel A-List Index combines research, quantitative metrics analysis, and expert analyst due diligence.
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To review the complete Index list, meet the analyst team, or read the methodology, please visit https://www.compassintelligence.com/a-list-index.html.