Qualcomm announced new energy-efficient Wi-Fi and Bluetooth chips
At the Embedded World Exhibition & Conference, Qualcomm unveiled two new chips focused on embedded systems and the IoT ecosystem. They are the Qualcomm QCC730 Wi-Fi chip and the Qualcomm RB3 Gen 2 platform. They provide on-device AI processing and high performance with low power consumption.
Here's What We Know
The company calls the QCC730 Wi-Fi chip a "revolutionary Wi-Fi micropower system" designed specifically for IoT applications. This chip offers 88 per cent lower power consumption compared to its predecessor. It will also be complemented by an open IDE and SDK that supports cloud connectivity to simplify development. Qualcomm is also offering two other IoT chips, the QCC711 and QCC740. The former is a tri-core Bluetooth chip with ultra-low power consumption, while the latter is an all-in-one solution that supports Thread, Zigbee, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.
The RB3 Gen 2 platform is a "comprehensive hardware and software solution designed for IoT and embedded applications." It utilises the QCS6490 chip and provides a 10x increase in on-device AI processing. The platform supports handling data from four 8MP+ cameras, supports computer vision and integrates Wi-Fi 6E. The RB3 Gen 2 is expected to be used in a wide range of products including various types of robots, drones, industrial handhelds, industrial and connected cameras, AI-enabled peripheral units, smart displays and more.
Go Deeper:
The IoT or Internet of Things platform is a key component of the IoT ecosystem. It is a modular software technology that provides solutions for connecting IoT devices, managing those devices, processing data, developing applications, and performing advanced analytics. In simpler terms, an IoT platform is a set of software used to connect various "internet of things" to a cloud-based storage infrastructure and provide remote access to them.
As such, an IoT platform plays an important role in collecting, analysing and using data from a multitude of connected devices to improve operations, make informed decisions and create new opportunities.
Source: Qualcomm
