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Firefly Core-1684JD4

Firefly Core-1684JD4

Powered by SOPHON AI processor BM1684, this core board can be configured with 12GB RAM. INT8 computing power is up to 17.6TOPS. It supports mainstream frameworks and complete, easy-to-use toolchain, featuring low cost of algorithm migration. Backplane reference design is provided for users to make further customization. It can be applied to various AI scenarios, such as visual computing, edge computing, general computing power services, intelligent transportation, unmanned supermarkets, security surveillance, UAV etc.

Key Features

  • SOPHON AI processor BM1684, which is octa-core ARM Cortex-A53, up to 2.3GHz
  • Up to 32-channel 1080P H.264/H.265 video decoding is supported
  • High throughput and energy efficiency ratio, based on INT8 quantified Batch4 measured data
  • It supports mainstream frameworks: Caffe/TF/PyTorch/Mxnet/Paddl
  • Complete software and hardware
  • With PCIe3.0, GMAC, SDIO3.0, I2C, PWM, UART and GPIO interfaces
  • High-performance mainboard adopts 260P standard SODIMM interface with immersion gold technology
  • A wide range of applications

Basic Specifications

SOC

SOPHON BM1684

CPU

Integrated high-performance octa-core ARM A53, 12nm lithography process, clock speed up to 2.3GHz

TPU

Built-in tensor computing module TPU, computing power up to:

17.6T(INT8)/ 2.2T(FP32)/ 35.2 T(INT8, enable winograd)

TPU contains 64 NPU arithmetic units. Each NPU contains 16 EU arithmetic units, 1024 EU in total

Support mainstream programming frameworks, such as TensorFlow / Caffe / PyTorch /

Paddle / ONNX / MXNet / Tengine / DarkNet

VPU

Up to 32-channel H.265/H.264 1080p@30fps video decoding

1080p@50fps video encoding

MJPEG image encoding and decoding up to 1080P@480fps

RAM

6GB/12GB LPDDR4/LPDDR4X

Storage

32GB/64GB/128GB eMMC

Hardware Specifications

Ethernet

Dual 1000Mbps Ethernet can be extended through GMAC

Power

12V/5A

Interfaces

PCIe3.0、GMAC、SDIO3.0、I2C、PWM、UART、GPIO

OS/Software

OS

Linux

General

Size

69.6mm × 55mm

Environment

Operating Temperature: -20℃~60℃

Storage Temperature: -20℃~70℃

Storage Humidity: -40%~70 %