Google and Synaptics Deploy First RISC-V Coral Open NPU

Google and Synaptics deployed the first commercial hardware utilizing the RISC-V Coral Open NPU specification, code-named "Torq." The architecture integrates open-source IREE and MLIR compiler toolchains, freeing embedded developers from proprietary vendor compilation pipelines. By operating directly within standard open-source runtimes, edge devices can execute computer vision and lightweight audio processing models across diverse silicon targets without software rewrites.