Wedoany.com Report on Mar 4th, MathWorks, a U.S.-based company, recently announced its membership in the EDGE AI Foundation, an organization focused on energy-efficient artificial intelligence technologies for edge devices. This collaboration connects MATLAB and Simulink developers with this global non-profit community to jointly advance embedded AI workflows.
MathWorks will collaborate with Foundation members, covering the entire process from model training and engineering simulation integration to embedded hardware deployment. Formerly known as the tinyML Foundation, the EDGE AI Foundation brings together industry, researchers, and practitioners, with a network including over 100 Fortune 500 technology companies.
Pete Bernard, Executive Director of the EDGE AI Foundation, stated: "MathWorks joining the EDGE AI Foundation strengthens our shared mission to make edge AI more accessible. As a recognized leader in embedded AI for engineering systems, MathWorks brings proven capabilities in AI model integration, system-level simulation, and optimized code generation. These contributions will be invaluable to our community as we work together to accelerate progress in edge AI."
MathWorks develops MATLAB and Simulink software for numerical computation, algorithm development, simulation, and model-based design. These tools are widely used in automotive, aerospace, and academic research. The company positions its software as an end-to-end solution for embedded AI, supporting everything from model building to system simulation and code deployment.
The software integrates with various AI frameworks, including PyTorch, TensorFlow, ONNX, and XGBoost, and supports model compression techniques for resource-constrained devices. It also provides low-code applications, making it accessible to users without deep AI expertise.
In terms of applications, automotive engineering teams use these tools to build virtual sensors for estimating variables like battery state of charge; the aerospace sector develops anomaly detection algorithms deployed on FPGAs to meet safety requirements; and industrial automation uses them for defect identification in visual inspection.
Lucas Garcia, AI Product Manager at MathWorks, said: "Joining the EDGE AI Foundation is a natural extension of our commitment to empowering engineers and scientists to innovate in AI, machine learning, and edge computing. Our workflows enable teams to validate AI models developed in MATLAB and PyTorch through full-system simulation, optimize them for stringent computational and memory constraints, and deploy them on a wide range of embedded hardware platforms. We look forward to collaborating with the Foundation and its members to advance the deployment of reliable, efficient AI solutions that address real-world challenges."
Headquartered in Natick, Massachusetts, MathWorks has 34 offices worldwide and over 6,500 employees. The EDGE AI Foundation stated that as its supporter base expands, it will continue to build community projects around efficient and scalable edge AI technologies.
