Shinko Shoji Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, CEO: Tatsuya Ogawa (hereinafter referred to as “Shinko Shoji”) has signed the exclusive distributorship agreement in Japan with SiMa.ai.

SiMa.ai was founded in 2018, and is headquartered in San Jose, USA, with sales offices in Germany, Belgium, Italy, Korea, and India. SiMa.ai is the software-centric, embedded edge machine learning system-on-chip (MLSoC) company and delivers full-stack edge AI solutions from silicon to software.

SiMa.ai‘s platform will be the platform for edge AI that can flexibly adapt to various frameworks, networks, AI models, and sensors.

The edge computing market size is expected to reach US$893.93 billion by the end of 2036, growing 39.65% over 2024. (Research Nester, January 23, 2024)

In addition, the Japanese market is estimated to be 1.6 trillion yen in 2024 and is expected to grow to 2.3 trillion yen by 2027. (The 2024 White Paper on Information and Communications, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications)

We aim to expand sales beyond the growth rate of the Japanese market by offering SiMa.ai image-edge AI solutions for the market, which can achieve lower power consumption than current products, for applications such as surveillance, security, customer behavior analysis system in retail stores, and visual inspection in manufacturing plants. We are currently in detailed discussions with more than 10 customers.

【Supported Applications】

Providing specialized solutions for applications requiring advanced image AI processing and low power consumption.

【SiMa.ai Image Edge AI Features】

1. Original device “SiMa.ai MLSoC”

SiMa.ai MLSoC(50 TOPS) is optimized for edge AI processing by implementing the dedicated image AI accelerator within hardware on an original SoC (MLSoC) and achieving the industry's top low power consumption.

2. Development Kit MLSOC™ Development Kit 2

SiMa.ai Development Kit is a development environment in which data from general-purpose frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch, ONNX, etc.) can be input and evaluated for implementation to SiMa.ai MLSoC within a short time by using SiMa.ai Palette software.

*Ordering Information

Development Kit 2: SKU# MLSOC-DEV-16GB-200-AB (Sales Price $1,995)

3. Production Board

Two types of boards and development kits are available for mass production.

(Production boards: HHHL type (PCIe Half-height, Half-length) / Dual M.2 type)

【About SiMa Technologies,Inc.】

Headquarters：333 W. San Calos St. Suite 1100 San Jose, CA 95110, USA

Representative：Krishna Rangasayee

Established：2018

Business：Development and sales of SoC devices and mass-produced boards specifically designed for image AI processing

URL：Sima.ai Website

【About Shinko Shoji Co., Ltd.】

Headquarters：1-2-2 Osaki, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, 141-8540, Art Village Osaki Central Tower 13F

Representative：President and CEO Tatsuya Ogawa

Established ：1953

Business : Sales of electronic components such as integrated circuits and semiconductor devices, as well as electronic equipment

URL：Shinko Shoji Website