U.S. startup SiMa.ai starts shipping machine learning chip and system

SiMa.ai CEO Krishna Rangasayee poses for a picture with his machine learning system used for processing video and images for security cameras, satellite images, drones, industrial robots, and eventually self-driving cars in, San Jose, California, U.S., in this undated handout photo. SiMa.ai/Handout via REUTERS

(Reuters) - Silicon Valley-based SiMa.ai, a machine learning startup backed by Fidelity Management & Research Company, said on Tuesday it started shipping chips and systems to customers that are testing them, an important step for mass production.

The product called MLSoC, short for machine learning system on chip, is designed to process video and images using machine learning and traditional computing on a single platform.