Echo — The Open Platform for Communication–AI Convergence Fusion
🌍 What Is Echo?
Echo is an open-source development platform built on Venus, our RISC-V processor designed for communication-AI fusion. Echo empowers developers to build, test, and deploy next-generation applications where signal processing meets intelligent computation.
Echo includes:
- Communication & AI operators for FFT, Decoder, Conv2D/3D, GELU/SiLU and more
- A full toolchain: compiler, debugger and hardware simulator
- Functional & Performance Simulator: Simulates Venus workloads and output Latency & throughput estimation
- Real-world application demos (5G/LTE, AI-Based Channel Estimation, GNSS, LORA, etc.)
- Comprehensive documentation & tutorials
🔋 Powered by AURA Architecture & Venus Chip
AURA: AI Unified Radio Architecture
AURA is the foundational computing architecture behind Echo. It is designed for tight integration of perception, communication, and computation, optimized for edge and low-latency scenarios.It is composed of Venus Language, Zoozve Compiler, and Mathematic Libraries. ( If you want to learn more about compilers, you can see Zoozve: A Strip-Mining-Free RISC-V Vector Extension with Arbitrary Register Grouping Compilation Support (WIP) )
Venus: Our RISC-V Communication-AI Chip
Venus is a custom RISC-V processor based on the AURA architecture:
- Instruction set extensions for communication and neural workloads
- Built-in accelerators (vector engine, etc.)
- Composed of Venus Tile, Venus Scheduler, and Venus DFE ( For details, see A Hierarchical Dataflow-Driven Heterogeneous Architecture for Wireless Baseband Processing )
- Ideal for 5G/6G, GNSS, LoRa, edge AI, V2X, and more
✅ Why Choose Echo?
| Feature | Highlights |
|---|---|
| Unified Programming Model | A single programming framework bridging communication systems and AI workloads. |
| Modular by Design | Flexible architecture for rapid prototyping |
| Plug & Play | No hardware background required to get started |
| Full Toolchain | Simulation + compilation + deployment all included |
| Cycle-Accurate Simulator | It is for software-hardware co-design |
| Open Collaboration | Contribute operators, apps, or hardware extensions |
| Communication & AI operators | It can provide AI Operator Library and Richer Operator Library of signal processing |
| Real Use Cases | Validated in live projects with measurable performance |
👨💻 Who Is Echo For?
Academia & Researchers→ Open-Source Platform for Communication-AI Research
Echo provides a low-cost, low-power environment to prototype and validate communication algorithms with real-world performance. Ideal for academic research and rapid innovation.
Industry→ Decoupled Software-Hardware Baseband Chip Solution
Accelerate your baseband chip development with a modular, software-first approach.
• R&D Cycle Reduced: From 12–18 months to just 3–6 months.
Standards Organizations→ Fast-Track 6G Technology Validation
Streamline the path to 6G standardization with efficient tools and full-stack communication-AI libraries.
• Cut traditional prototype cycles (3–5 years) down to months.
Echo is your playground.
Whether you’re building, testing, or scaling — Echo gives you the freedom to create.
🚗 Future Roadmap of Echo
Echo v1.0 beta is Scheduled for release before January 1, 2026. A major milestone in our open-source journey —— officially introducing a unified programming paradigm for Communication-AI fusion.
🚀 Get Started Now
- Visit our quick-start guide: Get Started with OpenEcho / ACE-LAB Echo
- Download the toolchain & examples
- Join the community and start building!
📣 Join the Echo Community
Email: shenyihao@shu.edu.cn
Community: [coming soon]
“Echo is not just a platform — it’s a call to build the future of Communication.”
We warmly welcome more developers, researchers, and collaborators to join us on this journey.