Quectel Targets High-Performance Edge Compute, AI for the IoT with the SG882G "Smart Module"
Compact system-on-module is built around Qualcomm's QCS8550, giving it plenty of grunt for even demanding edge compute workloads.
Quectel has announced the launch of a "smart module," the SG882G, which breaks from simply adding connectivity to delivering edge computing support for the Internet of Things — courtesy of Qualcomm's QCS8550 chipset.
"The SG882G represents a significant step forward in IoT computing, providing developers with a highly integrated and high-performance solution for edge computing and multimedia-intensive applications, "claims Quectel president and chief sales officer Norbert Muhrer of the new device. “With its powerful processing capabilities and rich multimedia support, this module is set to drive innovation across multiple industries."
While Quectel is best known for, as its full name suggests, its wireless connectivity products, the SG882G is what the company calls a "smart module" — a compact LGA-packaged system-on-module that expands beyond connectivity to high-performance yet low-power compute. The part is focused, the company says, on being the heart of high-performance edge compute devices in the Internet of Things, using the Qualcom QCS8550 chipset.
Unveiled by the company back in April 2023, the Qualcomm QCS8550 features the company's Arm-based Kyro CPU with one "Prime" Arm Cortex-X3 high-performance core running at up to 3.36GHz, four lower-performance cores running at up to 2.8GHz, and three low-power cores running at up to 2GHz, alongside an Adreno 740 graphics processor, a Hexagon Tensor Processor (HTP) that includes digital signal processing, vector, and matrix extensions, and support for a claimed 48 tera-operations per second (TOPS) of minimum-precision compute for on-device artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI and ML) workloads.
The part also boasts a Spectra image signal processor (ISP), Adreno 8550 vision processor, and other hardware designed at vision work; Quectel claims support for high-displays over two four-lane MIPI Display Serial Interface (DSI) ports, DisplayPort v1.4 over USB Type-C, and up to eight camera inputs over multiple MIPI Camera Serial Interface (CSI) ports. Hardware video codecs offer support for 4k120 and 8k30 encoding and 4k240 and 8k60 decoding, the company says.
Quectel is howing off the SG882G smart module at Embedded World in Nuremberg this week, at Stand 3-138; more information is available on the product page, though the company has not yet shared pricing information.
