The board has AI, processor, and video assist. It helps construct instruments like drones, cameras, medical units, farm machines, and robots.
Virtium Embedded Artists has launched the iMX8M Mini DX-M1, a compact system-on-module (SOM) measuring 82 mm × 50 mm. This module integrates a quad-core NXP i.MX 8M Mini utility processor, that includes 4 Arm Cortex-A53 cores operating at 1.6/1.8 GHz, together with a 400 MHz Cortex-M4 controller core. It additionally consists of 2 GB of LPDDR4 reminiscence.
A key function of the SOM is the built-in AI accelerator, a neural processing unit (NPU) able to 25 TOPS. By embedding this AI {hardware} instantly into the board, the necessity for a separate AI module is eliminated. This simplifies system design, reduces the invoice of supplies, saves board house, and shortens growth time.
The SOM is well-suited for video and imaging duties. It features a 1080p video codec, 2D/3D graphics engine, a four-lane MIPI-DSI interface, and Gigabit Ethernet connectivity, making it a sensible selection for edge AI and industrial functions.
Working along with the DEEPX DX-M1 neural processing unit (NPU), the i.MX 8M Mini processor delivers the picture processing energy wanted for AI-enabled imaginative and prescient techniques. This mix helps a variety of functions, together with drones, safety and surveillance, automated inspection, transportation, medical units, and agricultural expertise.
The DX-M1 AI accelerator presents 25 TOPS of efficiency whereas sustaining a median energy consumption of simply 5 watts. This makes the SOM a robust match for edge AI functions the place energy effectivity is essential. On this implementation from Virtium Embedded Artists, the SOM consists of 4 GB of LPDDR5 reminiscence devoted to the AI processor, linked by way of a 64-bit, 4-channel information bus. This setup permits the DX-M1 to deal with a number of AI fashions without delay with out slowing down efficiency.
Anders Rosvall, Managing Director of Virtium Embedded Artists, stated: “By bringing the iMX8M Mini DX-M1 to market, Virtium Embedded Artists is assembly surging demand from edge and IoT gadget producers for a ready-made {hardware} platform for low-power imaginative and prescient AI processing and embedded management. Now OEMs can get to market quicker and extra simply with new product designs which supply the additional worth that imaginative and prescient AI brings to industrial, mobility, safety and edge computing functions.”
