Radxa Launches M.2 AI Accelerator with Axera AX8850 and 24 Tops NPU

The Radxa AICore AX-M1 is an M.2 M Key AI acceleration module designed for edge computing systems that require high-throughput neural processing. Built around the Axera AX8850 system-on-chip, the module combines an octa-core Cortex-A55 processor with a 24 TOPS INT8-capable NPU and an 8K-capable video processing unit, delivering AI processing capabilities in a compact footprint.

According to Radxa, the onboard VPU supports 8K H.264/H.265 encoding and decoding, as well as 16-channel 1080p decoding, for use in computer vision and multi-stream video analytics. With 8GB of LPDDR4X RAM, the module can process memory-intensive AI models without relying on external memory.