Products of the Week: October 16, 2023

Oct. 16, 2023

Here's this week's selection of some of the most interesting new products that have been launched of late.

AI Processors Enable Edge-Native Inference Acceleration

Premio now offers HAILO-8 AI accelerator modules for its RCO Series of industrial computers. A compact edge-AI accelerator that provides up to 26 TOPS, the Hailo-8 processor has a typical power consumption of less than 2.5 W/module. Low-power Hailo-8 modules can work with any Premio x86 industrial-grade RCO-1000, RCO-3000, or RCO-6000 Series computer to process inference analysis and object-detection workloads in real-time.

The AI accelerators can deploy either directly on board, or through Premio’s EDGEBoost I/O modules that have a M.2 carrier board. With EDGEBoost I/O modules, customers may use either a M.2 M-key in PCIe x4 or B-key in PCIe x2 to allow for maximum throughput. EDGEBoost I/O modules are customizable to match I/O requirements within a passively cooled, ruggedized design, with the ability to linearly scale the number of AI accelerators in compatible Premio computers, increasing total TOPS and AI inference acceleration.

Alix Paultre | Editor-at-Large, Microwaves & RF

Alix is Editor-at-Large for Microwaves & RF.

An Army veteran, Alix Paultre was a signals intelligence soldier on the East/West German border in the early ‘80s, and eventually wound up helping launch and run a publication on consumer electronics for the U.S. military stationed in Europe. Alix first began in this industry in 1998 at Electronic Products magazine, and since then has worked for a variety of publications, most recently as Editor-in-Chief of Power Systems Design.

Alix currently lives in Wiesbaden, Germany.