Embedded World: AI vision processing for 12 cameras

• AM62A3 and AM62A7 (and their ..-Q1 automotive cousins) support one to two cameras (up to 5Mpixel, streaming up to 4K30frame/s) at less than 2W for doorbell cameras and smart retail. AM62A3 scores 1Top/s for AI processing.
• AM68A has up to 8Top/s and can handle eight cameras (up to 12Mpixel, up to 4K60frame/s) for machine vision
• AM69A achieves 32Top/s for up to 12 cameras (up to 12Mpixel, up to 2x 4K60frame/s)for edge AI, autonomous mobile robots and traffic monitoring

The high-end AM69A (diagram) gets its processing power from two quad-core Arm Cortex-A72 clusters (eight cores total), plus two pairs of Cortex-R5F cores for timing critical processing then, to provide the 32Top/s of AI processing, four C7x DSPs partnering four of the company’s ‘MMA’ deep learning accelerators.

TI general manager of Arm processors Artem Aginskiy announces AM6xA processors

“The C7x/MMA cores are available only for deep-learning function in the AM69A class of processors. The DSP next generation C7x core combines TI’s DSP and EVE cores into a single higher performance core and adds floating-point vector calculation capabilities, enabling backward compatibility for legacy code,” according to the company, which added: “Integrated security features protect data against modern day attacks. CSI2.0 ports enable multi sensor inputs.”

A public beta of an open-source AI model development and testing tool, Edge AI Studio, is scheduled to appear in Q2 2023.

Starter kits are available for AM62A, AM68A, and AM69A.

TI is demonstrating AM6xA processors on its stand at Embedded World – number 215 in hall 3A.

Edge AI studio

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