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MARCH 2021 I SMT007 MAGAZINE 43 Johnson: Can I just clarify: Foxconn offers BOXiedge for sale? Bar: Yes. ey are using it internally and also offering it to customers in different regions and markets as well. Johnson: So, this becomes a key component available to manufacturers to build up a more automated process. Bar: Exactly. It is a great achievement for a company like Hailo to be able to collaborate with these two distinguished companies. Johnson: It seems that the Hailo-8 is very well suited for edge use, especially if there's any sort of mobile or motion required for the applica- tion. It would work not only in automotive, but also in the robots themselves. Bar: If you are a product owner and you need to develop something, you look at what is available today in the market that you can integrate into your product; NVIDIA, as an example, was avail- able until companies such as Hailo and others provided something more dedicated. In short, it really depends on the use case. Companies Hailo has put a lot of effort on the soware side. Actually, when Hailo was established, there was both a hardware team and a so- ware team, so it's not like the hardware people designed the chip and the soware people had to come and figure out what to do. Hailo has a comprehensive SDK offering already running dozens of different network topologies. Johnson: And your markets? Bar: ere are several major markets that we are targeting. Currently we are targeting auto- motive, smart cities, smart homes, smart retail, and Industry 4.0. As I mentioned earlier, ABB is one of our strategic investors. is is very relevant for us when discussing Industry 4.0 applications. We are also involved in an interesting collabora- tion with Foxconn and Socionext for Industry 4.0. Hailo's AI processor is integrated into the edge box developed by Foxconn—called the BOXiedge—making it smarter and more effec- tive. In this case we are using the Hailo M.2 module that is plugged into an existing device. Actually, the BOXiedge includes two slots of M.2, and a single Hailo-8 device is 26 TOPS. If you require more than 26 TOPS, you can con- nect two M.2 Hailo AI modules. It is a very fast time to market. While the host in this case is the Socionext A11 ARM, the Hailo-8 can be easily used with any other embedded hosts or x86 hosts. is BOXiedge (Figure 2) is an example of a fanless device, so overheating is not an issue. e aim is to be able to process multiple video streams and different applications using a sin- gle Hailo-8 device, which makes it a very cost- effective solution, as demonstrated during CES 2021. We are able to process around 20 camera streams, depending on the resolution and type of neural network that is used. In sum, this is a prime example for a use case in Industry 4.0. Foxconn is already using this enhanced device in their factories and getting better performance. Figure 2: The aim of the BOXiedge is to be able to process multiple video streams and different applications using a single Hailo-8 device.