Holoscan Platform at a glance

Cameras, radar and other sensors send information through an optional Holoscan Sensor Bridge to an application built with Holoscan SDK. The application runs on compute hardware and produces results.

What is NVIDIA Holoscan?

NVIDIA Holoscan is a computing platform for real-time AI at the edge: processing sensor data close to where it is captured. It combines sensor connectivity, GPU-powered hardware and software development tools to turn continuous streams of data into useful results with low delay.

Holoscan supports multiple types of data, such as video, radar and ultrasound, within the same application. It brings together perception, which means understanding what sensors detect, and control, which uses that information to guide a machine's actions. For example, a robot can recognize an object and use the result to guide its movement.

Holoscan SDK (HSDK) provides a common programming model for these workflows, from GPU-accelerated data processing and AI to CPU-based control. Developers combine reusable components with their own algorithms and extend the application through software. Applications also include medical imaging, industrial inspection and real-time scientific instruments.