Ubuntu on Qualcomm® IoT Platforms

Scale AI at the edge faster with Ubuntu on Qualcomm® IoT Platforms

Ubuntu on Qualcomm^® IoT Platforms emerges from a strategic collaboration between Qualcomm Technologies and Canonical, delivering optimized Ubuntu images specifically for Qualcomm IoT platforms. This initiative is designed to cater to a wide array of device applications at the intelligent edge.

This product delivers an Ubuntu OS experience, optimized for the IoT market and intelligent edge applications. It provides developers with a robust, user-friendly environment supported commercially by Canonical, ensuring seamless integration and enhanced performance for a wide range of device applications. This offering is an enterprise-grade release with regular security updates and maintained by Canonical with backing from Qualcomm Technologies.

Benefit from seamless scalability and enhanced functionality with access to the comprehensive Ubuntu ecosystem, from edge computing solutions to cloud services.

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Accelerate time-to-market

Gain from not having to create and support your own OS, reducing engineering efforts and costs, having access to open-source frameworks and allowing you to channel your investments into enhancing your unique value proposition.

Leading edge AI

Utilize optimized software to leverage hardware accelerators, quantized AI models with Qualcomm® AI Hub, and leverage advanced features on the Qualcomm® IoT platforms. Select between upstream open source or optimized drivers based on your requirements.

Meet cybersecurity regulatory requirements

Providing multiple OS updates to fulfill a 15-year product lifespan expectation. Over-the-air (OTA) updates include regular security enhancements to comply with regulatory standards.

Utilize the extensive Canonical developer’s ecosystem

Leverage a vast developer ecosystem built over decades of collaboration with developers. Utilize tools and services from Canonical to orchestrate and manage deployments from the edge to the cloud."

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Dev Board Support	RB3 Gen2 Vision \| Core Dev Kit RB3 Gen2 Lite Vision and Core Dev Kit IQ-9075 EVK	RB3 Gen2 Vision \| Core Dev Kit RB3 Gen2 Lite Vision and Core Dev Kit IQ-9075 EVK IQ-8275 EVK¹ IQ-X7181 EVK¹	RB3 Gen2 Vision \| Core Dev Kit RB3 Gen2 Lite Vision and Core Dev Kit IQ-9075 EVK IQ-8275 EVK¹ IQ-X7181 EVK¹
SoC	QCS6490 QCS5430 IQ-9075	QCS6490 QCS5430 IQ-9075 IQ-8275¹ IQ-X7181¹	QCS6490 QCS5430 IQ-9075 IQ-8275¹ IQ-X7181¹ \| IQ-X5121¹
OS	Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (QCOM optimized)	Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (QCOM optimized) \| 25.10 nightly*	Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (QCOM optimized) \| 26.04 LTS*
Details	Updates to supported HW and SoCs AI SDK \| Robotics SDK \| Real Time Optimization Oct: Available Real Time(RT) kernel for QCS6490 Dec: Certified IQ-9075 EVK Ubuntu Desktop \| Server (Core Kit, GMSL Mezz) AI SDK Ubuntu Server \| Robotics SDK	Updates to supported HW and SoCs AI SDK \| Robotics SDK \| Real Time Optimization Feb: AI SDK Ubuntu Desktop Feb: Available Real Time(RT) kernel for QCS6490, IQ9075 Feb : Early Release* IQ-X7181 Ubuntu Desktop \| Ubuntu Server AI SDK Ubuntu	Updates to supported HW and SoCs AI SDK \| Robotics SDK \| Real Time Optimization Mar: Public Beta IQ8275 Ubuntu Desktop \| Ubuntu Server (Core Kit) AI SDK Apr: Beta* IQ-X7181 Ubuntu Desktop \| Ubuntu Server AI SDK Ubuntu Server May: Early Release* IQ-X5121 Ubuntu Desktop \| Ubuntu Server AI SDK Ubuntu Server

^*Future mass production rate

^**As of January 2026 and subject to change without notice

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Use Cases

IoT endpoints and management

Robotics fleet telemetry

Secure and scale on device AI deployments

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Embedded AI workflow

Dragonwing RB3 Gen 2 development kits are supported by platforms and SDKs such as Edge Impulse, Qualcomm AI Hub, and Foundries.io, for a streamlined AI model workflow, and Qualcomm Intelligent Multimedia (IM) SDK for a simplified integration of video and audio streams. The AI workflow includes AI model selection, raw data acquisition, model training/refining and benchmarking, and deployment onto multiple edge devices in production.