--- title: Garmo-NPU-256 | Garmo Labs url: https://garmolabs.com/ip/garmo-npu-256 description: AI Compute — 256 tensor-slice edge NPU --- [Ip](https://garmolabs.com/marketplace) › IP-2066 Compute & AI # Garmo-NPU-256 AI Compute — 256 tensor-slice edge NPU Evaluation package [Request evaluation](https://garmolabs.com/contact?products=ip-ip-2066) Gar Compute & AI THE TECHNICAL ROLE ## A clear integration boundary. Garmo-NPU-256 integration role: AI Compute — 256 tensor-slice edge NPU. Documented composition: 256 tensor slices; each slice executes a 256-element INT4 dot product per cycle; INT2/INT4/INT8, FP4 E2M1/E3M0, FP8 E4M3/E5M2, BF16 accumulation; Native 2:4 and programmable N:M sparsity; zero-skip before operand fetch. 01 256 tensor slices 02 each slice executes a 256-element INT4 dot product per cycle 03 INT2/INT4/INT8, FP4 E2M1/E3M0, FP8 E4M3/E5M2, BF16 accumulation 04 Native 2:4 and programmable N:M sparsity 05 zero-skip before operand fetch TECHNICAL OVERVIEW ## The details matter. [Download the product brief](https://garmolabs.com/static/briefs/ip-ip-2066.pdf) Canonical identity IP-2066 Responsibility AI Compute — 256 tensor-slice edge NPU Documented interface architecture AXI4 512-bit data master, AXI4-Lite CSR, 512-bit ready/valid tensor stream, IRQ/RAS/DFT Documented building blocks 256 tensor slices; each slice executes a 256-element INT4 dot product per cycle; INT2/INT4/INT8, FP4 E2M1/E3M0, FP8 E4M3/E5M2, BF16 accumulation; Native 2:4 and programmable N:M sparsity; zero-skip before operand fetch Delivery boundary Evaluation / IP scope Evidence scope Evaluation package Architecture targets · not measurements 196.6 TOPS INT4 dense @ 1.5 GHz; 393 TOPS effective with 2:4 sparsity; target <10 W core power on advanced node. ### Before integration. Garmo-NPU-256 integration role: AI Compute — 256 tensor-slice edge NPU. Documented composition: 256 tensor slices; each slice executes a 256-element INT4 dot product per cycle; INT2/INT4/INT8, FP4 E2M1/E3M0, FP8 E4M3/E5M2, BF16 accumulation; Native 2:4 and programmable N:M sparsity; zero-skip before operand fetch. - Interface version and parameter set - Clock/reset domains and integration constraints - Companion memory, PHY and software requirements - Verification collateral and acceptance criteria The selected release must confirm: - Node/library binding - Clock/reset limits - Physical and protocol dependencies - Artifact hashes - Acceptance criteria Unpublished values are not inferred from family names or architecture targets. [Discuss the integration](https://garmolabs.com/contact?products=ip-ip-2066) Evaluation package ## Know the release. Know what it establishes. Canonical technology and its architecture/integration role are recorded. The offered delivery is confirmed against the exact release before licensing. This is a controlled-portfolio summary, not a fresh execution of the chip qualification flow. [Explore the evidence center](https://garmolabs.com/evidence) [Qualification record](https://garmolabs.com/qualification/ip-ip-2066) ### Release-specific qualification No node-port, silicon-performance, standards certification or analog qualification is inherited from a related product. Canonical record: P1 / REPRESENTATIVE ARCHITECTURE RTL — concrete integration specification and synthesizable RTL shell/representative datapath only; all frequency, throughput, power, area, jitter and standards-superiority figures remain architecture targets until the required evidence hierarchy closes. A PATH THAT FITS THE PROJECT ## Build with Garmo-NPU-256. Technical scope, rights, support and release configuration are agreed before delivery. evaluation ### Evaluate an individual IP configuration Inspect the named release and establish technical fit. [Discuss this scope](https://garmolabs.com/contact?products=ip-ip-2066&scope=evaluation) production ### Named-design production license Agree deployment or design rights, deliverables and support. [Discuss this scope](https://garmolabs.com/contact?products=ip-ip-2066&scope=production) custom ### Node binding or derivative integration Define the customer-specific work and acceptance criteria. [Discuss this scope](https://garmolabs.com/contact?products=ip-ip-2066&scope=custom) ## Keep exploring. Compute & AI [## NPJ SolveTile v1.0.0](https://garmolabs.com/ip/npj-solvetile-v1-0-0) Reusable solver/bitset/sparse tile binding lane ALU, popcount/zero-skip, descriptor FIFO and deterministic transport to a reference model and SV source. RTL + models IP-4276 · Source / reference evidence Compute & AI [## Garmo RISC-V Processor IP](https://garmolabs.com/ip/garmo-risc-v-processor-ip) CPU pipeline; cache/memory interfaces; MMU/TLB options; interrupt/debug; FPU/vector options; compiler/software support; verification/formal collateral; hardened physical views. Architecture IP IP-001 · Source documented Compute & AI [## Garmo-NPU-1024](https://garmolabs.com/ip/garmo-npu-1024) AI Compute — 1024 tensor-slice cloud/robotics NPU Evaluation package IP-2067 · Source documented ## Your next big idea. Let’s build it together. Start with a chip, a software release or a single IP block. [Talk to Garmo](https://garmolabs.com/contact) [Start exploring](https://garmolabs.com/developers) CANONICAL EVIDENCE RECORD · IP-2066 ### Source documented A concrete source or implementation record exists; the selected evidence does not establish complete qualification. **Record integrity and qualification boundary**Retained exact-release source reference; no new table locator was inferred. Evidence ranking for evaluation prioritization; not a probability or certification. [How evidence priority is determined ](https://garmolabs.com/marketplace/evidence)