Synaptics Incorporated, Accton Technology Corporation, Gallopwave Incorporation, and Hsuan Yuan Technology Co. Ltd. (HYTech) publicized a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) covering Edge AI solutions for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) applications.

Edge AI is exceeding the expectations that I had for the technology, at least at this early point in its ramp-up. I had expected it to take longer to reach fruition than it actually has, although you could probably argue that it hasn’t come close to reaching even the beginnings of its potential. 

To understand where Edge AI stands today, where it’s going, and when it could potentially get there, I spoke to John Weil, the Vice President and General Manager for IoT and Edge AI Processors at Synaptics, on this week’s Embedded Executives podcast.

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Synaptics Incorporated will exhibit at COMPUTEX Taipei 2026 taking place June 2–5, at the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center. The company will highlight how its AI-native compute, connectivity, and sensing solutions are innovating the next generation of Edge IoT applications.

Embedded Computing Design is excited to reintroduce the Dev Kit Zone at embedded world 2026 in Nuremberg, Germany, March 10 – 12.

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I recently spent some time with Synaptics’ new CEO, Rahul Patel. It was at the company’s Tech Day event held in its San Jose headquarters. Rahul arrived at Synaptics after spending more than a decade at both Qualcomm and Broadcom, so he is no stranger to the semiconductor space. And that’s a good thing, because he joined at a time when the company was already in the midst of a transformation, attempting to become a major player in the Edge AI semiconductor space.