SynapticOS: An Inference-First Runtime Architecture for Neural Processing Units
SynapticOS offers an open-source runtime on Zephyr, prioritizing inference for neural processing units with innovative subsystems.
Microcontrollers equipped with neural processing units (NPUs) have become mainstream, yet the system software supporting them is still evolving. SynapticOS presents an open-source runtime based on Zephyr, treating inference as a first-class workload. It features four cooperative subsystems: memory allocation, hardware abstraction, model lifecycle management, and cycle-accurate profiling.