Kalray Signs VAR Agreement With Intron Technology

Strengthening its position in processors for new intelligent systems, Kalray Corporation signed a VAR agreement with Intron Technology Holdings Limited, a growing automotive electronics solutions provider in China.

Intron Technology is a company with years of experience in providing automotive electronics solutions especially in the NEV (New Energy Vehicles) market in China.

The addition of Intron to Kalray’s sales network will enable the company to provide Chinese customers with local engineering support and with system solutions adapted to the Chinese market.

Coupled with its customization engineering service, Intron will offer Kalray’s MPPA (Massively Parallel Processor Array) intelligent processors and acceleration cards to major Chinese OEM’s targeting next gen of and HPC systems. AI is at the heart of a growing number of applications such as autonomous vehicles, intelligent storage servers, data centers, and more. MPPA intelligent processor has been architected to meet the performance requirements of such advanced applications.

“We have been impressed by the expertise of Intron’s teams and their capability to integrate and deploy advanced technologies in the Chinese market,” said Eric Baissus, CEO, Kalray. “With the addition of Intron Technology to our global sales network, we will extend our presence in China. We will have the capability to best serve local customers and to exploit new opportunities with companies developing next gen of intelligent systems.“

Kalray announced earlier this year the tape-out of Coolidge, its third gen of MPPA intelligent processor, that is capable of processing massive amounts of data and trillions of instructions in parallel and in real time, making it the perfect architecture for AI applications.

“We’ve seen tremendous interest of Kalray’s MPPA technology at our OEM accounts,” said Davy Luk, chairman, co-CEO and executive director, Intron. “Kalray technology, available in integrated circuit forms or as boards with associated software, coupled with our high-level technical and sales support, provides our customers with comprehensive solutions for fast growing markets, and together foster the development of AI technology in China.“