Qualcomm and Foxconn have launched an AI edge box designed for industrial internet applications. The box is capable of 70 trillion operations per second (TOPS), and is optimised for AI use.

The Gloria AI Edge Box is the result of a collaboration between Qualcomm and Foxconn Industrial Internet. Deployed with the Snapdragon 865 Mobile Platform, Gloria is designed to support up to 24 FHD cameras for video analytic applications.

Vietnamese electronics and software firm BKAV Corporation has become the first company to deploy the system.

The Gloria AI Edge Box incorporates the Qualcomm Cloud AI 100 inference accelerator. 

5G Sub-6 and mmWAVE WAN connectivity options are available for various applications and installation fields based on the Snapdragon X55 5G Modem-RF System. Gloria is designed to support the option to use 5G, providing a solution for broad-based deployments. Gloria is also designed to support indoor and outdoor high operating temperature environments.

“We are excited to work with Foxconn Industrial Internet and support BKAV to accelerate the adoption of intelligent edge applications,” said Keith Kressin, SVP & GM, Computing & Edge Cloud, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. “We anticipate broad areas of adoption of Foxconn Industrial Internet’s Gloria platform using our leading performance per watt AI solution, the Qualcomm Cloud AI 100. We expect customer adoption of Gloria to include a variety of environments such as retail centres, warehouses, data centres, and factories.”

“We are pleased to collaborate with Qualcomm Technologies to develop and announce availability of the outstanding Gloria AI Edge Box,” said Dr. Tai-Yu Chou, CTO of Foxconn Industrial Internet (“Fii”) and President of Fii’s Cloud Enterprise Solution Business Group.

“The Gloria on-premises AI Edge box manufactured by Foxconn Industrial Internet will allow us to demonstrate incredible performance with low power at a competitive price point,” said Nguyen Tu Quang, Chairman & CEO, BKAV. “Gloria will support us to accelerate AI applications in businesses and government, and revolutionise our work with smart cities, smart construction, and agriculture, among other verticals.” 

Engineering samples of Gloria will be available later this year, and commercial availability is expected in the second quarter of 2022.