Ixana Claims Wearable Brain Success with New Chip
Biz Crast reports Ixana achieved breakthrough success toward wearable brain concept with new Wi-R silicon chip enabling distributed AR processing across lightweight devices at ultra-low power.
Biz Crast reports Ixana achieved breakthrough success toward wearable brain concept with new Wi-R silicon chip enabling distributed AR processing across lightweight devices. The technology eliminates heavy headsets by networking glasses, sensors and compute at ultra-low power.
Wearable brain architecture
Ixanas chip creates body-wide processing networks where compute distributes across wearables rather than concentrating in bulky AR headsets. Wi-R enables megabit communication between devices using electro-quasistatic signals confined to human body surface.
100x power efficiency advantage
Traditional wireless drains batteries preventing all-day AR use. Wi-R delivers 20 Mb/s data rates at sub-nJ/bit efficiency, making continuous operation practical across multi-device ecosystems including always-on cameras and real-time visual processing.
From Purdue research to production
Developed from Dr Shreyas Sens Purdue University work, the production-ready chip follows 3M seed funding. Ixana targets AR manufacturers building next-generation spatial computing platforms requiring seamless body-area networking infrastructure.
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