Technologies and solutions for intelligent industries
Innovative Platform Series from Qualcomm Technologies - The new age of intelligent industry begins with Qualcomm IQ9, IQ8 and IQ6
Each industry faces its individual variety of functional, economic, and organizational challenges – innovation in technology is the key to creating functional solutions for a new era of intelligent industries. With the establishment of advanced automation, IoT, AI, and powerful processing, innovation in technology proves to be the most efficient response to the ever-evolving demand for more economical, intelligent, and dynamic production methods as well as optimized processes in the industrial field. Therefore, the development of unprecedentedly high-performing, innovative technological solutions is essential to facilitate business’ development and success in the dynamic industrial branch.
Our long-time partner and a global innovation leader Qualcomm Technologies now introduces a new product portfolio for the Internet of Things (IoT) to enable industrial industrial-grade use cases with powerful on-device AI functionality designed to serve a wide variety of industries and operate in the harshest environments. The new industrial-grade Qualcomm IQ series is designed to facilitate and streamline the development of intelligent industrial solutions. With integrated safety features and a wide temperature range, the Qualcomm IQ Series Platforms can be used in the most challenging environments, such as warehouses, productions halls, or even outdoors.
Industrial intelligence in a wide range of areas
The Qualcomm IQ series are the latest high-performance industrial-grade platforms for developers to facilitate a more intelligent and connected creation of next-generation Edge AI solutions for industrial applications. Qualcomm’s IQ9, IQ8, and IQ6 series platforms are compatible with the Qualcomm IoT Solutions Framework, which aims to provide a high-performing composition of chipsets, operating systems, software, reference designs, and extensive partner networks for a convenient integration of edge AI into connected devices in an industrial context.
Advantages of Qualcomm IQ Series Platforms
Supporting a variety of operating systems such as Linux, Ubuntu and many more, the Qualcomm IQ Series platforms offer developers the freedom to use their preferred system and subsequently simplify their work on next-generation industrial devices. The chips’ developer friendly design, longevity, power-efficiency, and intelligent high-performance computing abilities provide the perfect base to create innovative IoT solutions for industrial use cases to counter demanding workloads and challenging environments.
INTELLIGENT SOLUTIONS FOR INDUSTRY AND INFRASTRUCTURE
Our well-established network of carefully selected partners and our comprehensive portfolio of the latest technologies and components allow for the seamless integration and development of customized partial and complete solutions for industrial applications. These include IoT Devices (i.e. smart sensors, gateways, and wearable devices), robotics applications (i.e. autonomous robots, drones), machine vision solutions (cameras, scanners, and inspection systems), industrial automation applications (systems for factory automation, process control, and predictive maintenance) as well as further use cases in smart city concepts (i.e. infrastructure monitoring, traffic management, and environmental sensing).
By pairing the Qualcomm IQ Series with other fitting components from our portfolio, Atlantik Elektronik can help with creating smart solutions for industrial automation, devices, robotics, machine vision, or adding a new level of industrial intelligence to smart city concepts – our team provides the expertise and experience to realize high-performing solutions for industrial applications along the entire value chain.
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IQ9 Series Platform
Manufacturer: Qualcomm Technologies
The Qualcomm IQ9 Series Platform, featuring a Qualcomm® Kryo™ 6 CPU with all eight high-performance cores and a Qualcomm® Adreno™ 663 GPU, is the most powerful of the Qualcomm IQ series. With built-in safety mechanisms and exceptional design flexibility for edge computing and power-efficient operations in extreme environments, it provides up to 100 TOPS AI performance for demanding industrial applications. It can run Llama2 13 billion parameter models, generating about 12 tokens per second.
IQ8 Series Platform
Manufacturer: Qualcomm Technologies
The Qualcomm IQ8 Series Platform, featuring a Qualcomm® Kryo™ Gen 6 CPU, pairing four high-performance cores with four efficiency cores, and a Qualcomm® Adreno™ 663 GPU, is the second variation of the Qualcomm IQ series. Thanks to built-in safety mechanisms and high design flexibility for edge computing and power-efficient operations, it is suitable for use in extreme environments. It reaches up to 40 TOPS of AI performance and can also run Llama2 13 billion parameter models, generating about nine tokens per second.
IQ6 Series Platform
Manufacturer: Qualcomm Technologies
The Qualcomm IQ6 Series Platform is the third of the IQ series. It features a Qualcomm® Kryo™ Gen 4 CPU delivering exceptional efficiency with two high-performance cores and six efficiency cores as well as a Qualcomm® Adreno™ 612 GPU. Qualcomm IQ6 enables on-device AI workload processing and supports a rich array of input and output interfaces, incl. Wi-Fi, PCIe, ethernet, and USB.
Rubik Pi
Manufacturer: Thundercomm
RUBIK Pi is a lightweight development board built on the Qualcomm®QCS6490 platform. It is the first Pi designed specifically for developers using Qualcomm® AI technologies and supports various operating systems, incl. Android, Linux, and LU. SDKs from Thundercomm enhance the developer experience. With impressive AI capabilities of 12.5 TOPS, the QCS6490 can be paired with the Qualcomm® AI Hub, allowing developers to explore the advancements of AI firsthand.
Linux Stack
Manufacturer: Qualcomm Technologies
Designed specifically for Qualcomm® Technologies' IoT platforms, the Qualcomm® Linux* software stack provides support for processor cores, subsystems and components within the platform. Initially starting with the QCS6490 processor, the package enables a unified Linux distribution with essential components such as the Long-Term Support (LTS) kernel, enabling a seamless developer experience.
*The registered trademark Linux® is used pursuant to a sublicense from the Linux Foundation, the exclusive licensee of Linus Torvalds, owner of the mark on a worldwide basis. Snapdragon and Qualcomm branded products are products of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and/or its subsidiaries.