Anker made its own chip to bring AI to all its products

Anker has developed a custom AI chip (Thus) that brings compute-in-memory architecture to edge devices, enabling complex AI inference locally on power-constrained hardware like earbuds without constant data movement between storage and processors. This represents a significant shift in AI deployment strategy, demonstrating how custom silicon can democratize AI capabilities across consumer IoT devices while reducing latency and power consumption—a model that enterprises may need to consider for their own edge computing and IoT initiatives. For IT organizations, this signals the growing trend of vertical integration in AI chip design and the increasing importance of understanding edge AI architectures as they evaluate technology partnerships and infrastructure investments.

The VergeApril 22, 20262 min read

Anker has announced its own custom silicon that the company says will bring local AI to audio devices, mobile accessories, and IoT devices. The Thus processor is the world's first neural-net compute-in-memory AI audio chip, which is smaller than traditional chips, and requires less power to run complex computations. That makes it an attractive solution for smaller devices. When comparing Thus to existing chips, Anker CEO Steven Yang said, "Every AI chip built until now stores the model on one side and does the computation on the other. To think, the device has to carry all those parameters across, many times per second, every single infere … Read the full story at The Verge.