Radxa Dragon Q6A Edge AI SBC with Qualcomm QCS6490 Octa-core Kryo 670 SoC Targets Raspberry Pi Alternatives

Radxa has unveiled the upcoming Raspberry Pi-style single-board computer (SBC) to meet the demands of on-device Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence (ML and AI) workloads. Powered by a Qualcomm QCS6490 octa-core Kyro 670 SoC, the Radxa Dragon Q6A is a credit card-sized development board designed for industrial IoT, Edge Intelligence, and smart terminal scenarios. With four Cortex-A78 cores and four Cortex-A55 cores, the SoC also offers an Adreno 634L graphics processor, an Adreno 633 vision processor, a Spectra image signal processor, a Hexagon digital signal processor, and a “Qualcomm AI Engine” developing 12 TOPS AI NPU.

The board also features up to 16GB LPDDR5 memory, an M.2 Key-M socket for SSD storage, a Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.4 wireless module, a MicroSDXC card reader, a connector for an eMMC or UFS flash module, and a 40-pin Raspberry Pi-compatible general-purpose input/output (GPIO) header.

Radxa Dragon Q6A specifications:

• SoC: Qualcomm QCS6490 with Kryo 670 octa-core processor
  • 1x Cortex-A78 “Gold Plus” @ 2.7GHz
  • 3x Cortex-A78 “Gold” @ 2.4GHz
  • 4x Cortex-A55 “Silver” @ up to 1.9GHz
• GPU: Adreno 643L @ 812MHz
• DSP: Hexagon DSP with dual HVX and 4K HMX
• VPU: Adreno 633 VPU
  • Up to 4K60 decode (H.264/H.265/VP9)
  • Up to 4K30 encode (H.264/H.265)
  • HDR10 and HDR10+ playback support
• ISP: Qualcomm Spectra ISP
  • 64MP single or 36+22MP dual or 3×22MP triple camera @ 30fps ZSL
  • 192MP single camera (non-ZSL)
• AI: 6th-gen Qualcomm AI Engine delivering up to 12 TOPS
  • Includes Hexagon DSP, HVX, Hexagon CP 2.0, and Tensor accelerator
• Memory: Up to 16GB LPDDR5 RAM
• Storage:
  • MicroSDXC card slot
  • M.2 M-Key socket (2242) for SSD
  • SPI NOR flash for bootloader
  • eMMC/UFS module support
• Display outputs:
  • HDMI port
  • 4-lane MIPI DSI with dual-display capability
• Camera:
  • 2x 2-lane MIPI CSI
  • 1x 4-lane MIPI CSI
• Audio:
  • 3.5mm headphone jack
  • Ribbon mic input
  • HDMI audio out
• Networking:
  • Gigabit Ethernet with optional PoE
  • Onboard Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.4 with external antenna support
• USB:
  • 1x USB 3.1 Type-A OTG
  • 3x USB 2.0 Type-A HOST
• Expansion:
  • M.2 M-Key (2242) slot for SSD
  • 40-pin Raspberry Pi-compatible GPIO header
• Misc: RTC battery connector
• Power:
  • USB Type-C Power Delivery input
  • 2-pin power input header
• Dimensions: 85 x 65 x 20mm

The Radxa Dragon Q6A SBC is intended to be a small Swiss army knife for industrial and AI use. Potential applications include in Robotics, Industrial Automation, AI boxes, Smart City Manufacturing process, etc. The development board will come with support for Android and various Linux variants.

The company has not revealed any availability date or pricing information for the Radxa Dragon Q6A SBC.

Information gathered from CNX Software and Hackster.

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