Alpenglow Tek Co., Ltd.

Mr. Mark Chen, Founder & CEO, Alpenglow Tek Co., Ltd.

Mark Chen is the Founder and CEO of Alpenglow Tek, a Taiwan-based semiconductor startup focused on ultra-low-power edge AI computing. He has experience in AI SoC architecture, NPU design, and semiconductor product development, with prior industry experience at leading IC design and AI chip companies. At Alpenglow Tek, he leads the development of a CIM-based AI inference architecture and modular AI SoC platform for micro AI applications, targeting always-on edge devices where power efficiency, low latency, and compact AI processing are critical.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Topic:

Building the Next-Gen Chip for Low-Power Micro AI

 

Abstract:

As AI moves from the cloud to increasingly smaller edge devices, conventional Neural Processing Unit (NPU) architectures face growing challenges in power consumption and data movement. Building the next generation of low-power Micro AI chips therefore requires rethinking how AI computation and memory interact.

In this presentation, Alpenglow Tek will introduce its ultra-low-power NPU architecture based on Compute-in-Memory (CIM) technology. By performing AI computation in the memory and minimizing repeated data movement between memory and processing units, the architecture can improve energy efficiency by up to 100× compared with conventional approaches. We will explore the key architectural considerations behind a CIM-based NPU and how this approach enables efficient always-on AI inference for medical monitoring, industrial sensing, and wearable devices.

 

Key Technologies Covered:

• Compute-in-Memory (CIM) Architecture
• Ultra-Low-Power NPU Architecture
• Energy-Efficient AI Inference
• Data Movement Reduction
• Always-On AI Processing