Geniatech APC888 Edge AI Box PC is powered by an NXP i.MX 95 Cortex-A55/M7/M33 applications processor, and features an M.2 socket for AI accelerator from Hailo, MemryX, DeepX, or Kinara (now NXP).
The system comes with 4GB LPDDR5 and 32GB eMMC flash by default, features two Gigabit Ethernet ports, optional WiFi, Bluetooth, cellular, and GNSS connectivity, and two USB 3.0 ports. It’s available in commercial and industrial temperature grades.
Geniatech APC888 specifications:
SoC – NXP i.MX 95
CPU
Up to 6x Arm Cortex-A55 application cores clocked at 1.8 GHz with 32KB I-cache and D-cache, 64KB L2 cache, and 512KB L3 cache
1x Arm Cortex-M7 real-time core clocked at 800 MHz
1x Arm Cortex-M33 safety core clocked at 333 MHz
GPU – Arm Mali-G310 V2 GPU for 2D/3D acceleration with support for OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 3.0
VPU
1080p60/4Kp30 H.265 and H.264 encode and decode
JPEG Encoder, JPEG Decoder
Decoding – 4Kp30/1080p60 HEVC/H.265, VP9, VP8, AVC/H.264 (Baseline / Main / High Profile)
Encoding – 4Kp30/1080p60 HEVC/H.265, AVC/H.264
AI Accelerator – NXP eIQ Neutron 2 TOPS neural processing unit (NPU) with 750 inf/sec
System Memory – 4GB LPDDR5 (higher capacity options available)
Storage – 32GB eMMC flash (64GB or 128GB as options)
AI – M.2 slot for AI accelerator from Hailo, MemryX, DeepX, or NXP/Kinara (up to 40 TOPS)
Networking
2x Gigabit Ethernet ports
Optional WiFi
Optional 4G LTE
GNSS – Optional GPS module
USB – 2x USB 3.0 ports, 1x USB Type-C port
Expansion – “Rich I/O: MIPI-DSI/CSI, PCIe, CAN, UART, SPI, I²C, PWM, GPIO”
Power Supply – 12V/1.5A via lockable DC jack
Dimensions – 203 × 174 × 67 mm
Weight – 1.25 kg
Temperature Range – Commercial: 0°C – 60°C; industrial: -40°C – 85°C
The expansion part is unclear, but considering that the box comes with two Gigabit Ethernet ports and five RJ45 ports, three of the RJ45 ports could be used for RS232/RS485, CAN Bus, or other I/Os. I can also see two red and black jacks on the front panel that could be for power or some odd-looking audio jacks.
Geniatech provides support for Linux through Yocto 5.0. There’s no other information about the software at this stage. Target applications include multi-camera video analytics, machine vision inspection, robotics perception, and intelligent retail analytics. We’ve covered a good number of NXP i.MX 95 hardware platforms (mostly system-on-modules), but somehow, it’s the first time we come across an AIoT gateway/Edge AI box PC based on the processor, except for the DAB Embedded AquaEdge, which is a bit different, as it specifically targets edge video processing.
The company has not provided availability and price information. More details can be found on the product page and in the press release.
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