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SiMa.ai MLSoC™ Modalix

Product Summary

SiMa.ai MLSoC™ Modalix

The MLSoC™ Modalix provided by SiMa.ai is a second-generation SoC (System-on-Chip) designed for next-generation embedded AI applications. While the first-generation MLSoC™ was specialized for inference of convolutional neural network (CNN) models, Modalix is a high-performance SoC manufactured using a 6nm process​ ​that enables generative AI to operate with low power consumption of less than 10W.

 

In addition to the ability to process generative AI such as large-scale language models (LLM) and multi-modal models (LMM) in an integrated manner, the inference performance of CNN models has also been improved, resulting in an expected performance improvement of approximately 2x compared to the first-generation MLSoC™.

 

Key components include an 8-core Arm Cortex-A65 (1.4GHz), a Synopsys ARC EV74 vision processor, an Arm Mali ISP, an AV1/H.264/H.265 compatible video codec, PCIe Gen5 (8 lanes), MIPI CSI-2 (4x4 configuration), and 10GbE x4, providing high performance and flexible I/O configurations.

Product Specifications

By optimizing computational performance, I/O bandwidth, and memory configuration, Modalix can efficiently execute a wide range of processes, from CNN inference to generative AI, on a single chip.

TOPS  50
Machine Learning Accelerator (MLA)

INT8 / INT16 / BFLOAT16

Application Processor

Arm A65 x 8 dual threaded 1.4GHz; 32K DMIPS

Vision Processor Synopsys ARC EV-74 1GHz
Video Decoder H.264/265/AV1 4KP60 x 1
Video Encoder H.264 4KP30 x 1
PCIe Gen 5 x 8 lanes Root Complex and Endpoint
Ethernet 10GbE x 4
On-chip Memory 8 MB
DRAM 128 bit (8 channels) 32 & 64 bit LPDDR4/4X/5
Manufacturing Process Node TSMC 6nm
Model Types CNNs, Transformers, LLMs, LMMs & GenAI
MIPI Support 4 independent CSI 2 interfaces each with 4x 2.5Gbps lanes
ISP Arm C-71 1.2GHz, supporting 8-24 bit RAW including RGBIR

Product boards

In addition to SoCs, Modalix is also available as SoMs (System-on-Modules) and PCIe HHHL (Half-Height/Half-Length) boards.

SoM

Modalix's SoM boards are socket compatible with NVIDIA's SoM boards.

SoM board

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PCIe HHHL

Modalix is also available in the HHHL form factor for use as a PCIe card.

PCIe HHHL
PCIe Interface  One PCIe Gen5 x4 link with a standard board edge connector
System Memory LPDDR5 DRAM 16GB or 32GB
eMMC Flash Storage 32GB eMMC for OS boot and system storage
QSPI NOR Flash 128Mbit QSPI NOR Flash for firmware and bootloader storage
Ethernet 10Gbps Ethernet (RJ45) interface x 1
Micro SD Interface

Micro SD card slot for removable storage and system recovery

PCIe Edge Connector PCIe HHHL boards are powered by the PCIe edge connector on the host computer (or root complex).
Camera Interfaces 2 x GMSL2 FAKRA ports (connect remote cameras via serial link)
USB Not installed

Evaluation kit

Modalix offers two evaluation kits.
Once set up, you can immediately begin testing and prototyping your AI applications.

Modalix SoM DevKit

A compact, high-performance development platform featuring Modalix's SoM form factor.

Modalix DevKit
Ethernet Port (end0)  RJ45, 1GigE network interface for remote connectivity
12V Power Power the DevKit (12V power adapter included)
COM Port to Host (USB-C) Used for serial connection to the host machine (USB serial cable included)
MIPI Interfaces (X2) MIPI interface for camera connection
USB Interfaces (X4) USB3.0 interface, supports microphone, speaker and USB camera
HDMI Interface (X1) Connect to an external display via HDMI 1.4 4K
Onboard storage (eMMC) 16GB
Memory 32GB LPDDR5 RAM
NVMe M.2 512GB
USB 4x USB 3.0 ports

Update Notice

2026/3/10 Added PCIe card information

March 4, 2026: Product information updated and PCIe card information added.

2025/11/ 21On-demand video guide updated

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