Boundary Devices launched this month an embedded platform developed in partnership with MediaTek. The device features an octa-core Arm Cortex CPU, an audio DSP, an Arm Mali-G57 GPU for 4k video codecs and 3.7 TOPS NPU for deep learning, computer vision, etc.

The datasheet for the Tungsten700 indicates that this board is built around the MediaTek Genio 700 (MT8390 SoC) processor and the Sona MT320 based on the Filogic 320 (MT921) Wi-Fi/BT combo radio. 

• MediaTek Genio 700 — Dual-core Arm Cortex-78 (up to 2.2GHz), Hexa-core Arm Cortex-A55 (up to 1.8GHz); Mali-G57 MC3 GPU (up to 950MHz) w/ OpenCL ES 3.2 & Vulkan 1.1 support; 3.7TOPS NPU; 6nm TSMC process

Tungsten700 SMARC block diagram
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The Multimedia capabilities of this board offer support for up to 32MP single-camera or 16MP dual-camera setups at 30 FPS. The ARM Mali-G57 MC3 GPU provides 2D/3D graphics acceleration, while video encoding supports 4K30 HEVC/H.264, and decoding covers up to 4K75 HEVC/H.264/AV1/VP9.

Tungsten700 SMARC top view
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As mentioned earlier, the SMARC module is equipped with a MT7921 Wi-Fi/BT combo which provides IEEE 802.11 ax 2×2 MIMO Wi-Fi capability and a BT 5.3 radio solution. The radio interface is SDIO 3.0 for Wi-Fi and Bluetooth for optimized power usage.

Universal SMARC carrier board
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For software development, Boundary Devices will provide support for FreeRTOS and for operating systems such as Android and Linux.