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SMARC Module Serves up Snapdragon 820 Chipset

iWave Systems has launched its latest System On Module based on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 820 chipset in the SMARC R2.0 form factor. The SOM integrates Qualcomm’s APQ8096 SOC offering 64-bit Quad Kryo CPU, with on SOM 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi, BT4.1 and the GPS support. The Qualcomm APQ8096 SOC incorporates 64-bit Quad Kryo CPU, among which are Dual Kryo cores Gold cluster operates at 2.15 GHz and Dual Kryo cores Silver cluster operates at 1.6 GHz. It also includes Adreno 530 3D Graphics at 624MHz, H.265 4K60 HW decode, 4K30 HW encode and Qualcomm Hexagon 680 DSP at 825MHz.

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The Snapdragon 820 SOM module is intended for high end embedded computing applications which require high processing power, graphics and multimedia capabilities such as augmented and virtual reality, 4K digital signage, media streaming, Connected home & entertainment, High end wearables, drones, secure POS, video analytics and more.  The modulesupports 3 Gbytes of LPDDR4 RAM and 32 Gbytes eMMC Flash with optional micro SD card support. This SOM is supported with Android BSP support at the launch and followed by Linux.

iWave Systems | www.iwavesystems.com

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SMARC Module Serves up Snapdragon 820 Chipset

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