Pulsar: The first commercially available, brain-inspired microcontroller for sensing at the edge
Brain-inspired, ultra-low-power, and built for real-time - the only microcontroller a sensor needs
Revolutionising intelligence at the edge - a new era for Ambient Intelligence
As the world becomes more connected, the volume of sensor data generated at the edge is exploding. Yet today's AI hardware struggles to meet the real-time, energy-efficient demands of modern devices. Pulsar changes the game: the world’s first mass-market neuromorphic processor, purpose-built to bring brain-inspired intelligence directly to sensors, wearables, industrial systems, and beyond. Delivering real-time responsiveness with ultra-low power consumption, Pulsar enables smarter, faster, and more efficient products, without relying on the cloud.
Always-on intelligence without draining your battery
Pulsar brings real-time, event-driven intelligence directly to your devices, enabling sub-millisecond responsiveness at microwatt power levels.
This means your application processor stays asleep until truly needed. Enabling a much greater battery life for features like gesture recognition, fall detection, and smart environmental sensing without cloud dependence.
Transform any sensor into a smart one
Pulsar empowers sensor makers to deliver smarter, self-contained modules.
By embedding neuromorphic intelligence directly at the edge, Pulsar enables faster development cycles, lower component costs, and smarter, event-driven sensors ready for integration across applications.
Neuromorphic development made easy
Building brain-inspired AI doesn’t mean starting from scratch.
Pulsar’s Talamo SDK allows developers to create spiking neural network models or port existing TensorFlow and PyTorch models easily. No need for a PHD or new training.
Ready to find out how Pulsar can unlock smart sensing for your solutions?
Made for the real world
● Wearables & hearables: Always-on health monitoring, gesture recognition, fall detection.
● Smart home & IoT: Real-time event detection, environmental awareness without cloud reliance.
● Industrial applications: Predictive maintenance, anomaly detection with ultra-efficient monitoring.
Powered by brain inspired architecture: Spiking Neural Networks
Pulsar is powered by a Spiking Neural Network (SNN) engine, bringing brain-like intelligence to the edge. Unlike traditional AI, which processes dense data continuously, SNNs operate through event-driven spikes — activating only when new information appears. This approach cuts energy consumption dramatically while delivering sub-millisecond inference speeds. Pulsar focuses compute power exactly where it's needed, enabling always-on, ultra-efficient processing for sensor data like motion, audio, and vibration. Its hybrid design combines SNNs with a RISC-V MCU and CNN acceleration, offering flexibility across workloads. With Pulsar, brain-inspired, real-time edge AI is no longer a future promise — it’s here.
Trusted by industry leaders
“Innatera’s Pulsar chip has the potential to redefine what’s possible at the edge,” says David Harold, senior analyst, Jon Peddie Research. “By using brain-inspired Spiking Neural Networks, it brings real-time processing to ultra-low-power devices without leaning on the cloud. That means sensors that can think for themselves—faster responses, lower energy use, and smarter performance across everything from wearables to industrial systems.”
“The combination of Innatera’s Spiking Neural Processor (SNP) and Socionext’s highly integrated, sophisticated radar sensor technology introduces a powerful new approach to reducing power consumption and minimizing false detections in challenging applications, such as battery-powered devices,” says Matthias Neumann, Senior Marketing Manager Smart Sensor & Smart Devices at Socionext. “We are confident that this collaboration will accelerate the adoption of radar sensing solutions in the market, bringing cutting-edge technology to a wider range of industries.”
"Aria Sensing is committed to providing advanced, highly intuitive Ultra-Wideband system-on-chip and complete solutions. The Pulsar microcontroller by Innatera facilitates real-time sensing with exceptional energy efficiency, thereby creating opportunities for continuous operation applications," says Alessio Cacciatori, Founder and CEO of Aria Sensing. "We are particularly enthusiastic about the potential of Pulsar’s neuromorphic architecture to integrate brain-inspired intelligence into our state-of-the-art 1D/2D/3D high-resolution sensing systems, leading to enhanced speed, responsiveness, and significantly improved power efficiency."
“Innatera’s Pulsar marks a leap forward in edge intelligence. As a partner, we see their neuromorphic approach redefining what’s possible in ultra-low-power, always-on AI - exactly the kind of innovation the edge AI ecosystem needs to thrive,” says Pete Bernard, CEO, EDGE AI FOUNDATION.
“As a trusted solution partner for innovative semiconductor technologies, SmartSoC is proud to collaborate with Innatera to bring cutting-edge AI solutions like Pulsar to market. Pulsar’s unique neuromorphic architecture perfectly complements our mission to deliver smarter, more efficient products to customers across Europe and India, enabling a new generation of intelligent edge applications,” says Bharath Desareddy, CEO, SmartSoC Solutions.