FoundriesFactory service more affordable for smaller OEMs
28 February 2025
News
Foundries.io, an independent subsidiary of Qualcomm Innovation Center, has announced a new, tiered pricing scheme which reduces the cost of its highly regarded FoundriesFactory service for OEMs in the development phase of a new edge AI or Linux OS-based product, while offering added value to high-volume manufacturers of embedded products for the platform’s production and fleet maintenance features.
The new scheme replaces the fixed annual subscription with immediate effect for all new customers.
Coinciding with the new pricing arrangement, Foundries.io has also introduced new branding, reflecting its evolving identity as an independent subsidiary of QUIC. The Foundries.io team is rapidly growing, and our mission is both to help our customers to accelerate building Linux and AI-based Edge products, and to reduce development, maintenance and management costs.
Under the new tiered pricing scheme, customers start to pay a monthly subscription fee for the Professional Edition in the product development phase for their own hardware. OEMs’ hardware designs can be based on a range of SoCs produced by supported manufacturers, currently including Intel, Texas Instruments, NXP Semiconductor and Qualcomm Technologies.
Pre-revenue start-ups qualify for lower pricing at the start of product development. A free Community Edition with a limited set of development and security functions opens up the FoundriesFactory service for use by the maker community, and also enables individual developers to evaluate the service at no risk.
George Grey, VP of Technology at Qualcomm Technologies International, said, “The FoundriesFactory service has proved to be a powerful tool for OEM developers who have used the Yocto Project for the development of embedded and edge AI products, accelerating their time to market and helping to reduce costs. Now the new pricing model, under which developers can build, connect and update new designs using the FoundriesFactory service at a lower cost than before, brings the benefits of the service within reach of even more Linux OS-based product developers.”
For more information visit www.foundries.io
Further reading:
From the editor's desk: Are we really being ripped off?
Technews Publishing
News
To the surprise of many customers, installing solar panels does not always eliminate their utility bill – and in some cases, the power utility may impose additional charges on solar-powered homes.
Read more...
Winner of the Advanced Electronics Challenge
Avnet Silica
News
Avnet Silica has named Hydronauten winner of the Advanced Electronics Challenge for breakthrough AI-driven vibration damping technology.
Read more...
Mouser now shipping SiLabs wireless modules
TRX Electronics
News
Mouser Electronics is now shipping the new SiWx917Y wireless modules from Silicon Labs which provide ultra-low-power Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth Low Energy 5.4, and Matter connectivity.
Read more...
Innovative NOS software
News
NEC Corporation has made history as the first company to earn the Telecom Infra Project Phoenix Gold Badge for its innovative Network Operating System software, designed to run on whitebox optical transponders.
Read more...
Big welcome to new team member
Seven Labs Technology
News
Seven Labs, a specialist electronics distributor and systems integrator for the South African and sub-Saharan markets, has extended a huge welcome to its newest member of the team.
Read more...
Hisense SA showcases local manufacturing power
News
The proudly SA summit provided an opportunity for Hisense SA to showcase its next generation products manufactured at their state-of-the-art factory in Atlantis, Western Cape.
Read more...
Winner of the Global Energy Efficiency award
News
Pulsiv Limited, the Cambridge (UK) manufacturer of power electronics technology, have won the PSMA’s (Power Sources Manufacturers Association) first Global Energy Efficiency Award.
Read more...
Direct-to-satellite phone call in SA
News
MTN SA and low-earth orbit satellite company Lynk Global have completed a successful technical trial of one of the first mobile-to-satellite phone calls in South Africa.
Read more...
Memory solutions for AI Edge applications
News
Mouser Electronics has announced a new eBook in collaboration with Micron exploring the importance of memory in AI edge applications.
Read more...
Jemstech to produce PCB assemblies for Kamstrup
Jemstech
News
Jemstech is pleased to announce that they have successfully concluded a supplier agreement with Kamstrup A/S in Denmark, a leading supplier of intelligent metering solutions in the global market.
Read more...
printer friendly version