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VIA SOM-9X35 Edge-AI Starter Kit Designed to Accelerate Edge AI Device Development

VIA Technologies has announced the release of the VIA SOM-9X35 Starter Kit. According to the manufacturer, the kit allows you to accelerate the entry into the market of peripheral artificial intelligence (AI) devices. Offering a flexible high-performance platform based on a MediaTek i350 quad-core processor running at 2.00GHz Cortex-A53 cores, the starter kit comes with a 7-inch 1024 x 600 pixel LCD touchscreen display, a 13-megapixel HD camera module, dual speakers and microphone. It supports dual-band 802.11ac Wi-Fi, 10/100Mbps Ethernet, Bluetooth 5.0, and 4G (optional) for a wide range of use cases. There are also HDMI, MIPI DSI and MIPI CSI interfaces.

“As AI increasingly moves to the edge, the demand for powerful and affordable peripherals with the power and flexibility to run intelligent vision applications such as face, object, gesture and movement recognition is growing exponentially,” commented Richard Brown (Richard Brown), the vice president for the international marketing of VIA Technologies. "By combining core computing, video and display components in one package, the VIA SOM-9X35 starter kit enables our customers to accelerate the development of innovative devices to take advantage of these growing market opportunities."

VIA SOM-9X35 can be purchased as a standalone module or in combination with the VIA VAB-935 base board.

VIA SOM-9X35 Edge-AI Starter Kit Designed to Accelerate Edge AI Device Development