Synaptics announced a limited-edition Coral Dev Board powered by the Astra SL2610 product line. The board integrates the 1 TOPS Synaptics Torq NPU, which includes the industry’s first implementation of the Coral NPU from Google Research. It targets power-efficient, personalized AI experiences in wearables, hearables, smart home appliances, automation hubs, industrial control systems, and robotics.
The Coral Dev Board supports ultra-low power, always-on applications with ambient sensing and enables fast, efficient on-device inference for all-day AI in battery-constrained devices. Hardware interfaces include camera and display support via CSI/DSI and USB, microphone inputs, and Wi-Fi/Bluetooth connectivity through an M.2 expansion slot.
The platform provides an open environment for AI and ML engineers, system architects, and ODMs/OEMs to experiment and prototype rapidly. Synaptics’ MLIR-based Torq open-source toolchain supports popular machine learning frameworks and models for unified development from optimization to deployment. When combined with Google’s open-source Gemma model family for the Edge, it offers a foundation for private, efficient Edge AI applications.
The Coral NPU and Synaptics Torq toolchain are available today as part of the Astra SL2610 product line. In partnership with Grinn Global and RS, the limited-edition board comes pre-configured with an out-of-box Edge AI experience using the Gemma 3 270M model for immediate development of on-device generative and perception-based AI workloads. Powered by Grinn’s AstraSOM-2619 system-on-module, it combines production-ready hardware with rapid prototyping for a path from evaluation to scalable deployment.
Billy Rutledge, Director at Google Research, stated that the Synaptics Coral Dev Board with the Coral NPU simplifies bringing advanced AI from the cloud to devices, lowering barriers for private, always-on Edge AI in power-constrained environments through efficient hardware and open software.
Olivier Lacombe, Product Lead at Google DeepMind, noted that the Gemma family makes state-of-the-art AI accessible, and the board allows developers to start with Gemma 3 270M on optimized Edge hardware for fast iteration and new on-device applications.
Vikram Gupta, SVP & GM, Edge Compute & Connectivity Solutions at Synaptics, said the board reflects a commitment to an open, developer-first Edge AI ecosystem, accelerating prototyping to production with open-source models, tools, and ready-to-use experience, as the first in planned collaborations with Google Research.
Robert Otreba, CEO at Grinn Global, stated that development focused on compact design with essential interfaces, using Astra processors for straightforward board creation that balances performance, power efficiency, and openness.
Richard Curtin, SVP, Product & Supplier Solutions at RS, noted that the board meets demand for accessible, production-grade platforms, bringing powerful Edge AI hardware to AI and ML engineers globally to accelerate prototyping and market entry.
Synaptics is showcasing the limited-edition Synaptics Coral Dev Board in Hall 4-A, booth #259 at Embedded World 2026.
