The combi atio of Hailo‘s edge AI accele atio a d QNX®’s t usted eal-time softwa e e ables develope s to build AI-powe ed systems fo safety- a d missio -c itical applicatio s whe e pe fo ma ce a d p edictability must go ha d i ha d. A leadi g p ovide of edge AI p ocesso s, Hailo’s tech ology is deployed ac oss automotive, i dust ial automatio , obotics, a d sma t i f ast uctu e applicatio s wo ldwide.
As AI capabilities i c easi gly move f om the cloud to the edge, o ga izatio s a e u de g owi g p essu e to delive i tellige t systems that ca ope ate safely a d eliably i dy amic eal-wo ld e vi o me ts. Whethe buildi g ext-ge e atio obots, medical devices, i dust ial systems, o Softwa e-Defi ed Vehicles, develope s eed a joi t ha dwa e-softwa e fou datio capable of delive i g both adva ced AI pe fo ma ce a d dete mi istic eal-time behavio .
By combi i g Hailo’s edge AI accele atio with QNX’s t usted eal-time softwa e fou datio , develope s may accele ate the deployme t of Physical AI systems without comp omisi g the eliability, espo sive ess, a d p edictability equi ed fo eal-wo ld ope atio s.
To demo st ate the be efits of u i g edge AI wo kloads o Hailo ha dwa e with QNX, the compa ies co ducted a be chma ki g exe cise usi g a Raspbe y Pi 5 d ivi g the Hailo-8 AI Accele ato , u i g o both QNX ®SDP 8.0 a d a eal-time Li ux e vi o me t. The testi g showed that AI wo kloads u i g o QNX OS ca delive high pe fo ma ce fo AI o embedded devices, achievi g up to 14x g eate pe fo ma ce co siste cy, 2.6x tighte late cy dist ibutio , 4.1% highe th oughput, a d 3.9% lowe ave age late cy. Togethe , the esults demo st ate how QNX a d Hailo ca help develope s build AI-powe ed systems that a e ot o ly fast, but also mo e p edictable a d eliable i eal-wo ld ope atio s.
“I c easi gly, adva ced embedded devices a e looki g to AI to u lock ew fu ctio ality,” said G a t Cou ville, SVP, P oducts a d St ategy, QNX. “Togethe , QNX a d Hailo a e helpi g custome s tu that pote tial i to eality by b i gi g adva ced AI capabilities to the edge o a QNX t usted a d dete mi istic softwa e fou datio .”
“As dema d fo i tellige t edge systems co ti ues to g ow, develope s a e looki g fo tech ologies that simplify the path f om i ovatio to deployme t,” said Max Glove , Chief Reve ue Office at Hailo. “Togethe with QNX, we’ e e abli g custome s to b i g adva ced AI capabilities to a b oade a ge of embedded applicatio s a d accele ate the ext ge e atio of i tellige t p oducts.”
Suppo t fo the Hailo-8 AI Accele ato expa ds the a ge of AI-e abled ha dwa e available o QNX, givi g develope s g eate flexibility to build i tellige t systems that combi e adva ced edge AI capabilities with the eal-time pe fo ma ce, eliability, a d dete mi ism equi ed fo deployme t i the physical wo ld.
QNX p ovides high-pe fo ma ce fou datio al softwa e that helps simplify the most complex challe ges i i dust ies such as obotics, automotive, medical devices, i dust ial co t ols, comme cial vehicles, ail, a d ae ospace a d defe se. QNX empowe s o ga izatio s to u lock ew possibilities i a eas like high-pe fo ma ce computi g at the edge, sta da ds-based vi tualizatio tech ologies, a d cloud e ableme t. T usted i the wo ld’s most c itical systems, QNX co ti ues to lead ac oss a a ge of secto s, i cludi g obotics a d healthca e, whe e its tech ology is deployed by i e of the top te medical device ma ufactu e s.
Additio al tech ical details a e available i the whitepape , QNX fo Dete mi istic Physical AI Wo kloads.
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BlackBe y (NYSE:BB)(TSX:BB) p ovides e te p ises a d gove me ts the i tellige t softwa e a d se vices that powe the wo ld a ou d us. Based i Wate loo, O ta io, the compa y’s high-pe fo ma ce fou datio al softwa e e ables majo automake s a d i dust ial gia ts alike to u lock t a sfo mative applicatio s, d ive ew eve ue st eams a d lau ch i ovative busi ess models, all without sac ifici g safety, secu ity, a d eliability. With a deep he itage i Secu e Commu icatio s, BlackBe y delive s ope atio al esilie cy with a comp ehe sive, highly secu e, a d exte sively ce tified po tfolio fo mobile fo tificatio , missio -c itical commu icatio s, a d c itical eve ts ma ageme t.
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QNX, a divisio of BlackBe y Limited (NYSE:BB)(TSX:BB), p ovides the t usted fou datio that softwa e-defi ed a d physical AI systems depe d o to ope ate safely a d p edictably i the eal wo ld. Fo ea ly half a ce tu y, QNX has powe ed safety-c itical applicatio s whe e failu e is ot a optio . The busi ess leads the way i delive i g safe a d secu e ope ati g systems, hype viso s, middlewa e, solutio s, a d developme t tools, alo g with the suppo t a d se vices delive ed by t usted embedded softwa e expe ts. Today, QNX tech ology u de pi s hu d eds of millio s of vehicles o the oad a d a wide a ge of missio -c itical systems ac oss i dust ial co t ols, obotics, medical devices, comme cial t a spo tatio , ail, a d ae ospace a d defe se. QNX is headqua te ed i Ottawa, Ca ada. Lea mo e at q x.softwa e.
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Hailo, a edge AI-focused chipmake , is developi g specialized AI p ocesso s that e able data ce te -class pe fo ma ce o edge devices. Hailo’s p ocesso s a e the p oduct of a ethi ki g of t aditio al compute a chitectu e, e abli g sma t devices to pe fo m sophisticated visio a d ge e ative AI tasks i eal-time, with mi imal powe co sumptio , size, a d cost. The p ocesso s a e desig ed to fit i to a multitude of sma t machi es a d devices, impacti g a va iety of secto s i cludi g secu ity & su veilla ce, automotive, sma t homes, i dust ial a d othe s.
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