BlackBerry Limited (NYSE:BB) is trending after the company announced Thursday that its QNX division revealed support for the Hailo-8 AI Accelerator on QNX Software Development Platform 8.0. Shares rose approximately 6.48% Thursday on the news.
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The Partnership With Hailo
The collaboration combines Hailo’s edge AI acceleration with QNX’s real-time software foundation, aimed at helping developers build AI-powered systems for safety- and mission-critical applications, including robotics, industrial automation, and software-defined vehicles.
In a benchmarking exercise using a Raspberry Pi 5 driving the Hailo-8 AI Accelerator, the companies found that AI workloads running on QNX SDP 8.0 achieved up to 14x greater performance consistency, 2.6x tighter latency distribution, 4.1% higher throughput, and 3.9% lower average latency compared to a real-time Linux environment.
“Increasingly, advanced embedded devices are looking to AI to unlock new functionality,” said Grant Courville, SVP, Products and Strategy, QNX. “Together, QNX and Hailo are helping customers turn that potential into reality by bringing advanced AI capabilities to the edge on a QNX trusted and deterministic software foundation.”
BlackBerry Shares Fall
BB Price Action: At the time of publication, BlackBerry shares are trading 3.93% lower at $8.31, according to data from Benzinga Pro.
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