Next-generation of intelligent edge application development

The Baidu Brain AI Hardware Platform is part of the Baidu Brain AI capabilities open platform, encompassing Baidu’s open computing services and hardware and software products for edge artificial intelligence (AI) applications. EdgeBoard is based on the Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC, which integrates powerful real-time processors with programmable logic, providing developers with high levels of system performance, flexibility and scalability allowing them to quickly build and bring to market innovative AI products. The Xilinx MPSoC-based EdgeBoard will enable the development of edge application products such as smart-video security surveillance solutions, advanced-driver-assistance systems and next-generation robots.

“Xilinx offers the world's leading adaptive chips and development support. The flexible EdgeBoard we built based on Xilinx is designed to enable developers and engineers to quickly leverage Baidu-proven technology or deploy self-defined models, enabling faster deployment,” said Youping Yu, General Manager of Baidu’s AI ecosystem division. “This is the ideal acceleration engine to enable Baidu Brain to broadly serve Chinese edge AI developers.”

Freddy Engineer, Corporate Vice President, Global Data Centre Sales, Xilinx, added: “We are very excited to be selected as the AI technology for the Baidu Brain AI Hardware Platform. The massive and open ecosystem being built by Baidu will accelerate the innovation of edge AI across China, resulting in products and solutions that will improve the way we work and live.”