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Using oneAPI Construction Kit to Enable Open Standards Programming for the Metis AIPUBlog

Manuel Mohr | Staff Software Engineer at AXELERA AI  Open standards enable developers to more easily harness the power of AI accelerators, especially in heterogenous computing. Here you can read in detail why and how we implemented OpenCL using the oneAPI construction kit on Metis.The Necessity of Dedicated AI Hardware AcceleratorsAI applications have an endless hunger for computational power. Currently, increasing the sizes of the models and cranking up the number of parameters has not quite yet reached the point of diminishing returns. Thus, the ever growing models still yield better performance than their predecessors.At the same time, new areas for application of AI tools are explored and discovered almost daily. Hence, building dedicated AI hardware accelerators is extremely attractive. In some situations it is even a necessity, as it enables running more powerful AI applications while using less energy on cheaper hardware. Welcome to the Hardware JungleSuch specialized accelerato

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Blank screen issue with Metis M.2 Eval System with Aetina RK3588 Industrial Motherboard

i am using Metis M.2 Eval System with Aetina RK3588 Industrial Motherboard . i connected everything to it keyboard, monitor and mouse and power supply . the monitor is showing blank screen . but yesterday it is working . why it is not working now . is there any solution. 

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Tested at Yolov8x and Yolo11

Hello,I wanted to test the Yolo11n model. But I couldn't do this because I got an error in the calibrating part. Is this because of the use of attention mechanism in Yolo11 and Yolo12?Error: ValueError: Some modules couldn’t be simplified: <… activation.Softmax> <…. matmul.MatMul>In addition, when I looked at the ready yaml files on voyager sdk github, I saw that the yolov8x model was not available. Is there a special reason for this? Because when I prepared and tried a new yolov8x yaml file, I got the similar error again. But as far as I know, the attention mechanism is not used in Yolov8x.Thanks

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Hugging Face is getting in on the robotics game

Gugging face just snapped up a humanoid robotics startup (Pollen Robotics, the folks behind Reachy 2). Open source robots are officially happening. Imagine a robot that serves coffee and critiques your model training while it’s doing it. I’d buy that!In all seriousness, it does actually feel like a big moment for open robotics.https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/14/hugging-face-buys-a-humanoid-robotics-startup/ 

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Fan Speed Control? 🌬️

Hey!PCIe card did run out of the box with a first running demo in minutes with no issues!Question: Is there a way to control the fan speed to reduce the noise of the card?Thanks!

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Axelera Metis PCIe AI Accelerator not recognized by lspci

Hey everyone, I’m having trouble getting my Axelera Metis PCIe AI Accelerator to be recognized by `lspci`(and my system in general). I tested the card on two different systems. On my AMD setup, I am using an AMD 5950X with an ASUS B550-F. I tried installing the card in the slot I normally use for my RTX 3080 as well as in another slot that meets the specifications. In both cases, `lspci` does not list the card even though the fan spins and I know it is getting power. Also Voyager SDK dosn’t recognize the card. I also tried it on an Intel system with an Intel i5-8500T on a Supermicro X11SCA-F motherboard. The same issue occurs. The card is powered (fan spin) but not recognized. I noticed that the boot time increases significantly when the accelerator is installed. This makes me think that UEFI might be attempting to detect something, even though no error messages are shown. As I already tried a lot and I couldn’t get it running, I wonder if you have any ideas what I can test.Could there

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Using Metis M.2 for matrix operations

Hi,I know Metis can be used for ML etc. but wondering whether it’s suitable to do some more low-level operations like big matrix multiplication, FFT of data stored in Metis memory etc. - more like on CUDA (some DSP/Math library)? I assume I could use torch basic math functions? Dominik 

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ARM support list

hey,I am an ARM enthusiast and I wanted to check if you have any compatibility list.Are you supporting NXP and MediaTek?What about the Broadcom CPU on latest Raspberry Pi?

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Did you see the Metis Compute Board is open for pre-orders?

Heads-up if you’re building a new AI project from scratch – the new Metis Compute Board is now up for pre-order!It’s a compact SBC with the Metis AI accelerator baked right in, powered by the ARM-based RK3588. And it runs the Voyager SDK out of the box. Loads of interfaces, solid memory specs, tiny footprint (170x170mm), and very dev-friendly.Integrated Metis AIPU with 214 TOPS for multi-stream, multi-model AI workloads 16 GB RAM for the CPU + 4 GB for the AIPU, with storage and connectivity for almost any setup Comes with Voyager SDK and BSP for fast prototyping and deploymentThere’s a product brief attached if you want to see a few more details, too.Bonus: pre-orders get 15% off. Shipping is slated to begin in June 2025, and you get 15% off for pre-ordering.Check it out: https://store.axelera.ai/products/metis-compute-board-with-arm-based-rk3588 

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Ubuntu 24.04

Hey!Is there any support planned for 24.04? I don’t have a machine available with the older Ubuntu version. It says native support on 22.04 here but not that it is completely unsupported. Thanks ➜  voyager-sdk git:(release/v1.2.5) ./install.sh --all --media --user florianzaruba[at]gmail.com --token <token>Install/update prerequisite packages required by the installer itself (y/n): yInstall/update prerequisite packages required by the installer itself (y/n): yERROR: cfg/config-ubuntu-2404-amd64.yaml: File not found 

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wanted: collaborators for art&ai on edge

hi there,i am currently writing up an application with friends for a grant on “ai&art” which is due by tomorrow.we want to do music reactive visuals on edge with multimodal inputs and want to use the Metis for live inference. i think of visuals being an interesting playground since they allow to very freely construct the loads for the chip. if you are interested in collaborating please feel free to reach out! there is no requirement on expertise.  ideas only are also very much welcome.(as well as additional sources for funding or sponsors)hope to have caught your interestbest carlo 

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posted in AI Trends and Innovations
AI agents raising money for charity

TechCrunch piece about a nonprofit that had GPT and Claude models run a fundraising op on their own—no human help except setup. The AIs picked a charity (Helen Keller Intl), made docs, set up socials, emailed people, and ended up raising $257 in a week!Can’t tell if this is good or bad...https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/08/a-nonprofit-is-using-ai-agents-to-raise-money-for-charity/ 

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Check out the Axelera Metis PCIe running on an Arduino Portenta X8

As part of the recent Arduino Day celebrations, our very own ​@Steven Hunsche joined with the Arduino team to demo the Metis PCIe running on a Portenta X8!This is an unmodified LLM, running in real-time, and completely offline.It doesn’t get much more edge than these two device working in combo 😄 And there’s an early access program in the works for anyone who’s interested in getting a closer look at Arduino’s and Axelera AI’s devices in action together: https://axelera.ai/development-systems/arduinoIn the meantime, check out the project on the Arduino Day live stream: 

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Metis M.2 Accelerator Can't Recognized by Jetson AGX Orin

Hello.I recently received the m.2 metis accelerators and did a test on the boards provided by Axelera and got results close to the published benchmarks. It was succesful.I then connected these accelerators to the Orin (via the m.2 slot) in order to use them also for the my Jetson AGX Orin environment. But in the voyager-sdk installation i got “WARNING: Failed to refresh pcie and firmware” error. The installation completes but the accelerator device does not show up on my system. In lspci -tv command I get the output attached to this post. Can’t see metis there.I didn't see any information about the compatibility of these accelerators with Jetson systems (my m2 slot is M-key). If they are compatible, can you help me to fix the installation?Thanks :)

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Any plans for a community app?

Are you planning on launching an iOS/Android app for this community? So far I’ve been on desktop but coming in from mobile would be a good option to have too.

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👋 Say Hello – Introduce Yourself to the Axelera AI Community

Welcome to the Axelera AI Community – we’re so glad you’re here.This is a space for everyone from hardware engineers and AI devs to makers, enthusiasts, onlookers and partners, so don’t be shy. Whether you’re working with AI every day or just getting started, we’d love to know more about you.To get things going, let’s have a big round of hellos:Who you are and what you’re working on Your experience or interest in the AI/edge AI world What you’re hoping to learn, share or achieve in this communityCan’t wait to get to know you all, and to build something great together.Now – who’s going first? 👇

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