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Posted on by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - 2 Comments on Luxonis OAK4 standalone AI vision camera features Qualcomm QCS8550 SoC with up to 52 TOPS performance

Luxonis OAK4 standalone AI vision camera features Qualcomm QCS8550 SoC with up to 52 TOPS performance

Luxonis OAK4 Qualcomm QCS8550 AI camera family

Luxonis OAK 4 is a standalone AI vision system/camera powered by a Qualcomm DragonWing QCS8550 platform delivering up to 52 TOPS of AI performance for on-device real-time perception without relying on a host computer. Four variants are offered: OAK 4 S, OAK 4 D, OAK 4 D Pro, and OAK 4 CS. All four feature 8GB of RAM, 128GB of storage, and a 48 MP RGB camera sensor with rolling shutter, although the OAK 4 CS model can feature a 5MP global shutter camera thanks to support for wappable lenses. Depth sensing is implemented through an OV9282 sensor in the OAK 4 D and OAK 4 D Pro (dual camera) models, and the latter also adds a laser dot projector to improve depth perception. Luxonis OAK 4 specifications: SoC – Qualcomm DragonWing QCS8550 CPU – 1x GoldPlus core @ 3.2 GHz + 4x Gold cores @  2.8 GHz + 3x […]

Posted on by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - 5 Comments on Qualcomm launches Dragonwing IQ-X SoCs for industrial Windows PCs

Qualcomm launches Dragonwing IQ-X SoCs for industrial Windows PCs

Qualcomm Dragonwing IQ-X Windows industrial PC

The Qualcomm Dragonwing IQ-X family, comprised of the IQ-X7181 and IQ-X5181 SoCs, offers eight or twelve Oryon cores clocked at up to 3.4 GHz, an Adreno GPU, and up to 45 TOPS of AI performance for industrial PCs running Windows LTSC. Those are upgrades to the Dragonwing IQ9/IQ8/IQ6 SoCs introduced last year, offering faster cores, higher speed interfaces, and more. The IQ-X chips support up to 64GB LPDDR5x memory, UFS 4.0 and SD 3.0 storage, eDP and USB-C display interfaces, up to six cameras, PCIe Gen4 connectivity for optional Ethernet, WiFi 7, and 5G cellular connectivity, and feature eleven USB interfaces and 221 GPIOs. As industrial-grade parts, they are rated for -40°C to 105°C operation. Qualcomm DragonWing IQ-X7181 and IQ-X5181 specifications: CPU IQ-X5181 – Custom Qualcomm Oryon 8-core 64-bit Armv8 CPU clocked up to 3.4 GHz IQ-X7181 – Custom Qualcomm Oryon 12-core 64-bit Armv8 CPU clocked up to 3.4 GHz […]

Posted on by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - 48 Comments on Radxa Dragon Q6A – A $60+ Qualcomm QCS6490 Edge AI SBC with GbE, WiFi 6, three camera connectors

Radxa Dragon Q6A – A $60+ Qualcomm QCS6490 Edge AI SBC with GbE, WiFi 6, three camera connectors

Radxa Dragon Q6A

Radxa Dragon Q6A is a credit card-sized SBC powered by a Qualcomm QCS6490 octa-core SoC with a 12 TOPS AI accelerator, up to 16GB LPDDR5 memory, and the usual ports found on Raspberry Pi-like single board computers, such as gigabit Ethernet, four USB ports, HDMI video output, and a 40-pin GPIO header. The board also features an M.2 Key-M socket for SSD storage, a WiFi 6 and Bluetooth 5.4 wireless module, a MIPI DSI display interface, three MIPI CSI connectors, a connector for an eMMC or UFS flash module, a microphone input connector, and an RTC battery connector. Radxa Dragon Q6A specifications: SoC – Qualcomm QCS6490 CPU – Octa-core Kryo 670 with 1x Gold Plus core (Cortex-A78) @ 2.7 GHz, 3x Gold cores (Cortex-A78) @ 2.4 GHz, 4x Silver cores (Cortex-A55) @ up to 1.9 GHz GPU – Adreno 643L GPU @ 812 MHz with support for Open GL ES 3.2, […]

Posted on by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - 22 Comments on Qualcomm acquires Arduino, introduces Arduino UNO Q “dual-brain” SBC

Qualcomm acquires Arduino, introduces Arduino UNO Q “dual-brain” SBC

Arduino UNO Q

Qualcomm has just signed an agreement to acquire Arduino, and the goal of the purchase is to “combine Qualcomm’s leading-edge products and technologies with Arduino’s vast ecosystem and community to empower businesses, students, entrepreneurs, tech professionals, educators, and enthusiasts to quickly and easily bring ideas to life.” They also took the opportunity to launch the Arduino UNO Q “dual-brain” SBC powered by a Qualcomm DragonWing QRB2210 SoC running Linux and an STMicro STM32U585 MCU for real-time control, as well as the Arduino App Lab integrated development environment to “unify the Arduino journey across Real‑time OS, Linux, Python, and AI flows”. Will the acquisition change anything? I suppose we’ll see more and more Arduino boards based on Qualcomm processors, but the company also promises to preserve Arduino’s open approach and community: Arduino will retain its independent brand, tools, and mission, while continuing to support a wide range of microcontrollers and microprocessors […]

Posted on by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - 2 Comments on Fogwise AIRbox Q900 – $599 Qualcomm IQ-9075 AI Box delivers up to 200 TOPS of AI performance

Fogwise AIRbox Q900 – $599 Qualcomm IQ-9075 AI Box delivers up to 200 TOPS of AI performance

Radxa Fogwise AIRbox Q900

Fogwise AIRBox Q900 AI box is an upgrade to the Fogwise Airbox powered by a Qualcomm IQ-9075 SoC with up to 200 TOPS (sparse) of AI performance, 36GB RAM, and 128GB UFS storage. Radxa says its new AI micro-server competes directly against the NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX 16GB, offering cheaper overall system cost, similar performance, and higher efficiency.  Other benefits include Cortex-R52 real-time cores, 2.5GbE networking, and separate GPU, NPU, and DSP. Fogwise AIRBox Q900 specifications: SoC – Qualcomm DragonWing IQ-9075 CPU Octa-core Kryo Gen 6 (Cortex-A78C-based) application cores @ up to 2.36 GHz Quad-ore Cortex-R52 real-time cores @ up to 1.85GHz GPU – Adreno 663 GPU delivering up to 1.2 TFLOPS FP32 with secure GPU compute; supports Vulkan 1.2, OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 2.0 FP, Adreno NN Direct VPU – Adreno VPU 765 Video Decode AV1 / HEVC / H.265 / H.264 / VP9 / MPEG-2 1x 8Kp60 / […]

Posted on by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - 9 Comments on Qualcomm IPQ5322 embedded boards target WiFi 7 and 10GbE networking applications

Qualcomm IPQ5322 embedded boards target WiFi 7 and 10GbE networking applications

Wallys DR5322S WiFi 7 embedded board

There are already some consumer-grade WiFi 7 routers based on Qualcomm IPQ5322 SoC like Xiaomi Router BE6500 Pro and TP-Link Deco BE65, but if you plan on developing your own embedded solution, Compex and Wallys offer separate embedded boards based on the quad-core Cortex-A53 router processor with support for 10GbE, 2.5GbE, and up to tri-band WiFi 7. Compex AP.MI01.2 AP.MI01.2 specifications: SoC – Qualcomm IPQ5322 ‘Miami’ Series quad-core Arm Cortex-A53 processor @ 1.5GHz System Memory – 1GB, DDR4 16-bit (1×16-bit) interface Storage – 128MB NAND Flash, 4MB NOR Flash, 8GB eMMC flash Networking 4x 2.5Gbps Gigabit Ethernet RJ45 ports (note: the photo below shows 4x Gigabit Ethernet (1GbE) ports, but the rest of the documentation mentions 2.5GbE) 1x SFP+ receptacle (20 positions)  Wireless On-board 2×2 2.4GHz MU-MIMO 802.11b/g/n/ax/be, max 25dBm per chain 2x U.FL connectors Frequency Range – 2.412~2.484 GHz Modulation – OFDMA: BPSK, QPSK, 16-QAM, 64-QAM, 256-QAM, 1024-QAM WiFi 7 […]

Posted on by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - 4 Comments on Canonical releases Ubuntu 24.04 Desktop image for the Qualcomm DragonWing QCS6490 and QCS5430 processors

Canonical releases Ubuntu 24.04 Desktop image for the Qualcomm DragonWing QCS6490 and QCS5430 processors

Qualcomm DragonWing Ubuntu 24.04

Canonical has just released a publicly available Ubuntu 24.04 Desktop beta image for the Qualcomm DragonWing QCS6490 and QCS5430 processors, and more specifically for the Qualcomm RB3 Gen 2 Vision Kit (QCS6490) and Qualcomm RB3 Gen 2 Lite Vision Kit (QCS5430). This adds to the existing Ubuntu 24.04 Server image for the Qualcomm vision kits, and Canonical says the unified image is currently designed for developers, ODMs/OEMs, and customers who want to evaluate the solution, and certified versions of Ubuntu 24.04 Desktop and Server images are coming soon with long term support and maintenance. Canonical explains the image enables the full Ubuntu Desktop experience at the edge with “powerful AI acceleration with high-performance graphics” (so I assume that means GPU and NPU are already supported), enhanced camera and multimedia capabilities, sensor integration, and various performance optimizations of the DragonWing family. So the way I read the announcement is that contrary […]

Posted on by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - 2 Comments on Linux 6.14 release – Main changes, Arm, RISC-V, and MIPS architecture

Linux 6.14 release – Main changes, Arm, RISC-V, and MIPS architecture

Linux 6.14 release

Linus Torvalds has just announced the release of Linux 6.14 on LKML: So it’s early Monday morning (well – early for me, I’m not really a morning person), and I’d love to have some good excuse for why I didn’t do the 6.14 release yesterday on my regular Sunday afternoon release schedule. I’d like to say that some important last-minute thing came up and delayed things. But no. It’s just pure incompetence. Because absolutely nothing last-minute happened yesterday, and I was just clearing up some unrelated things in order to be ready for the merge window. And in the process just entirely forgot to actually ever cut the release. D’oh. So yes, a little delayed for no good reason at all, and obviously that means that the merge window has opened. No rest for the wicked (or the incompetent). Below is the shortlog for the last week. It’s nice and […]