Introduction to Qualcomm Dragonwing IQ-9075

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Qualcomm Dragonwing Technical Guide

Table of Contents [Sticky]

• Introduction
  • What is the Qualcomm Dragonwing IQ9?
  • Why the Qualcomm Dragonwing IQ9?
  • RidgeRun Services
  • RidgeRun Products
• Carrier Boards
  • IQ-9075 EVK
• EVK Board Bring Up
  • Yocto Build
    • Setup Environment
    • Building an Image - Qualcomm Linux 2.0
    • Building an Image - Qualcomm Linux 1.8
    • Flashing an Image
    • Getting into the Board
  • Ubuntu
    • Features Available
    • Setup Environment
    • Flashing Ubuntu
    • Getting into the Board
• GStreamer
  • Enable GStreamer Support
  • Example Pipelines
  • Performance
• Multimedia Support
  • Video
    • Video Capture
    • Video Encoding
    • Video Decoding
    • Video Transformation
  • Streaming
    • Streaming over UDP
    • Streaming over RTSP
    • Streaming over MoQ
  • Hardware Acceleration
    • GPU Enabling and Usage
    • ISP Enabling and Usage
    • VPU Enabling and Usage
    • NPU Enabling and Usage
• Security Features
  • Secure Boot
  • Disk Encryption
  • TEE
  • OTA
• Contact Us

The Qualcomm Dragonwing IQ-9075, part of Qualcomm's IQ 9 series, is an industrial edge-computing platform that combines general-purpose processing with dedicated graphics, imaging, video, and AI engines. This section explains what the platform is, when it is a good fit, which engineering constraints to validate, and how RidgeRun services and products can support your product development. Some of the major features of this platform are:

• Up to 100 TOP/s NPU (Qualcomm Hexagon)
• 8x 2.1+ GHz ARM CPU
• 36 GB LPDDR5

Additionally, it includes a DSP co-processor for signal processing and a GPU for graphics tasks. Use this page as the entry point to learn more about concrete AI use cases with Qualcomm Dragonwing.

Start with...

• What is the Qualcomm Dragonwing IQ9? to learn about its architecture, capabilities, interfaces, and terminology.
• Why the Qualcomm Dragonwing IQ9? to understand the workload fit, trade-offs, and a decision checklist.
• RidgeRun Services to know about RidgeRun's engineering deliverables for bring-up, multimedia, AI, and production.
• RidgeRun Products to find reusable GStreamer and media components to accelerate your product's time-to-market.
• Carrier Boards to learn about the carrier boards available for the IQ-9075 SoM.
• EVK Board Bring Up to get started with the IQ-9075 SoM bring-up.
• GStreamer to take advantage of the SoM's hardware-acceleration through GStreamer.
• Multimedia Support to explore the different hardware accelerators of the SoM, such as the ISP for video, VPU for accelerated encoding/decoding, GPU through OpenGL and OpenCL and AI with NPU.

Where this platform fits

The Qualcomm Dragonwing IQ-9075 is designed for demanding edge AI use cases. The following examples highlight where its capabilities are most effective.

Edge AI

Robotics and Drones

Run power-efficient AI workloads for navigation, perception, and autonomy in mobile and aerial systems.

Media

Multimedia

Handle video pipelines and real-time processing with support for mid-scale AI inference.

Vision

Multi-camera Capture

Capture and process data from up to 16 cameras for advanced vision and monitoring applications.

Reliability

Industrial Grade

Designed for long-term deployments with extended temperature support and up to 10 years of LTS.

FAQ

What is the main advantage of the IQ-9075?

It places CPU, GPU, ISP, VPU, NPU, and other specialized processing on one edge platform, allowing imaging, video, graphics, and AI to run locally.

Is IQ-9075 the same as the entire IQ9 Series?

No. IQ9 Series is the platform family. IQ-9075 is a specific product, and individual module or EVK configurations can differ.

Related pages

• Qualcomm Dragonwing Technical Guide/Introduction/What is the Qualcomm Dragonwing IQ9
• Qualcomm Dragonwing Technical Guide/Introduction/Why the Qualcomm Dragonwing IQ9
• Qualcomm Dragonwing Technical Guide/Carrier Boards
• Qualcomm Dragonwing Technical Guide/Bring Up

References

• Qualcomm IQ-9075 documentation
• Qualcomm Dragonwing IQ9 Series

Qualcomm Dragonwing Technical Guide

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