These Tiny SoMs Make Edge AI Easy!

At Hardware Pioneers Max 2025, ipXchange’s Elliot meets Robert, CEO of GRINN, to dive into their cutting-edge system-on-modules designed for edge AI applications. GRINN provides full-stack IoT development services—from hardware to embedded software and manufacturing—and they’re now empowering engineers with their edge AI-ready SOMs, built around powerful processors from Synaptics and MediaTek. In this interview, Robert showcases: The AstraSOM-1680 offering 8 TOPS of AI performance. The GenioSOM-700 in a world-first ultra-compact form factor. Both modules come with: ✅ Built-in NPUs ✅ High-speed camera interfaces ✅ PCIe, PoE, Wi-Fi and more ✅ Full Linux support and SDKs ✅ Dev kits and seamless integration 🎯 GRINN’s SOMs are perfect for engineers building smart cameras, AI-enabled gateways, and sensor fusion systems—processing video feeds directly at the edge and sending only actionable insights to the cloud. 🛒 Available soon at RS Components, Digi-Key, Mouser, and more. 💡 Want to integrate edge AI into your next product? Start here. #EdgeAI #EmbeddedSystems #IoT #SOM #AIHardware #HardwarePioneers #ipXchange • The latest disruptive technology, ready to evaluate for your next design: https://ipxchange.tech/ • Join the ipX community: https://ipxchange.tech/sign-up/ • Submit your own electronics projects: https://ipxchange.tech/projects/ • Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ipxchangeltd/ Learn more about ipXchange here: https://ipxchange.tech/about/