Thundercomm Launches RUBIK Pi on Qualcomm Platforms

[Nomad76]

At an industry event in Austin today, Thundercomm announces RUBIK Pi, the first Pi built on Qualcomm SoC platforms for developers. RUBIK Pi is an innovative tool that aims to lower the barriers application development with AI inference, allowing developers to access high-performance, easy-to-deploy AI R&D tools.

The Pi product is a must-have for electronics enthusiasts and developers. It can be seen as a microcomputer, integrating a processor, memory, storage, and various interfaces on a credit card-sized board. Thundercomm, a world-leading IoT product and solution provider, building on its expertise in ICT technologies and developer workflows, launched RUBIK Pi, aiming to create the most user-friendly AI R&D tools.



RUBIK Pi utilizes the Qualcomm QCS6490 processor, delivering 12.5 TOPS of AI inference performance and support for a 1.8 billion-parameter LLM. With Qualcomm AI Hub, developers can explore cutting-edge tools that allow developer to download pre-optimized AI models or optimize their custom model to get the best performance from the SoC.

RUBIK Pi supports Qualcomm Linux, Android, and Windows, ensuring broad operating system compatibility. It also features upward compatibility with Thundercomm's C8550 SOM and downward compatibility with the C5430P SOM, providing robust scalability for developers.

"We're excited to see Thundercomm launch RUBIK Pi. It's the first Pi product built on the Qualcomm SoC platform, supporting Qualcomm Linux and Android, Windows, and Ubuntu," said Manvinder Singh, VP, Product Management, Partner Solutions, Developer Experience, Industrial and Embedded IoT, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. "It has a rich set of IO interfaces and delivers unrivaled compute and AI performance to unleash developer creativity. With the support of Qualcomm Al Hub, developers will be able to quickly deploy optimized AI models on RUBIK Pi."

"RUBIK Pi is a lightweight development board that is not only easy to use and is low cost but also holds significant ESG value. By making AI application development accessible to beginners, it promotes AI education, enhances technological literacy, and fosters social equity," said Pier Zhang, Vice President of Thundercomm.

Preliminary orders of RUBIK Pi will be available at the beginning of November.



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[csendesmark]

I wonder if they paid any money for Rubik Ernő to use his name

 

[persondb]

What is going to be the cost? The issue of most of those platform is the cost.

And that is essentially why Raspberry Pi is so popular, as otherwise you will only find companies that want to use the product for something will buy it.

 

[Ferrum Master]

AP6256, why...?

 

[TheLostSwede]

AP6256, why...?

Because it's cheap?

 

[Ferrum Master]

Because it's cheap?

And problematic, capricious...