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2022-06-18 17:25:54 By : Ms. Tammy Niu

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ADLINK Technology has just unveiled the SMARC 2.1 compliant LEC-MTK-I12000 system-on-module (SoM) powered by MediaTek Genio 1200 octa-core Cortex-A78/A55 AIoT processor coupled with up to 8GB RAM and 256GB UFS storage, as well as the I-Pi SMARC 1200 development kit designed for robotics and AIoT applications.

ADLINK provides support for Ubuntu and Yocto Linux for the module. It offers specifications that will outperform modules based on the much-talked-about Rockchip RK3588 processor, and the module is designed for AIoT applications with a 4.8 TOPS AI accelerator, support for up to 3 cameras, and a relatively low power envelope suitable for robotic and drone applications.

I-Pi SMARC 1200 development board specifications (preliminary):

The kit will ship with the module with heatsink, the baseboard, a micro USB cable, and a 12V DC adapter plus a power cord. A few more details about the module and development kit can be found on the product page and ipi.wiki website.

ADLINK told CNX Software the development kits should become available in August, but the price has not been set just yet, and may depend on supply chain issues, which are easing now, but we never know what the future may hold. The company will also showcase the solution at Embedded World 2022 next week.

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Looks great. We wil have to see the level and quality of Linux support.

Note that one Ethernet interface is via USB.

It will outperform the RK3588…(?)! Well, perhaps; I suppose, …& by technicality if it beats the Rock 5 to shipment. Otherwise; this has 4x ARM A78 cores @ 2.2Ghz vs 4x ARM A76 cores @ 2.4Ghz (which…?); both have 4x A55 cores @ 2Ghz; this 5x Mali G57 cores GPU vs a 4x Mali Something? cores GPU; 4.8 Tops NPU vs 6 Tops NPU; & an 8Gb LPDDR4 model vs a 16Gb LPDDR4 model. ….So, depending on the difference from the A78 vs A76 & how different the GPUs are…(?) The Rock 5 with 6 Tops & 16Gb LPDDR4…if they…  Read more »

The LEC-MTK-1200 can also support up to 16GB lpddr4x , remark the x.. is omitted in the article

Thanks for the info. Sixteen Gigabytes of RAM would make it considerably more attractive. If this would be only 8 GB, I personally would possibly prefer the Rock 5 Model B over it.

I wonder why the MediaTek Genio 1200 has A78 cores from 2020 and the G57 from 2019, where as the Rock 5’s RK3588 has A76 cores from 2018 and G610 from 2021.

The dev kit is priced at $439 in their ipi website with 4GB of ram and 64GB UFS storage.

No, no pricing yet, wait till after EW

Will this device be available for end users in single quantities? If so, will I be able to buy it locally in Taiwan?

Interesting device. I hope this won’t be silly expensive but rather comparable in price with a 12th gen Celeron/Pentium barebone plus RAM.

I personally would consider it if not more than twice the price of the low end x86 barebone, considering uniqueness and manufacturing scales.

I am curious how energy efficient – as in energy spent per specifc computing task – the MediaTek Genio 1200 is compared to Celerons or Pentiums.

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