Qualcomm Unveils Dragonwing Q-2390 and IQ-2390 for Consumer and Industrial Edge AI

Ahead of IFA Berlin 2026, Qualcomm unveiled two new edge processors.

On the 2nd, Qualcomm Technologies announced the Qualcomm Dragonwing Q-2390 and IQ-2390 before the opening of IFA Berlin 2026.

The platforms target connected devices for consumer, commercial and industrial use, spanning from consumer smart devices to industrial automation equipment.

The products integrate AI, vision, connectivity and security features in response to the shift away from cloud- and data center-centered postprocessing toward on-device data recognition and analysis, as well as growing demand for on-device AI and edge computing.

With the Q-2390 and IQ-2390, Qualcomm aims to help enable intelligent functions in home, enterprise, city and factory environments.

Jeff Arnold, vice president and general manager of Qualcomm Telematics and Consumer Connectivity, Industrial and Embedded IoT, said AI is fundamentally changing how connected devices are designed and built. However, he noted that many product categories still face challenges related to cost, complexity and integration.

He explained that the Dragonwing Q-2390 and IQ-2390 expand the reach of intelligence. The expansion targets retail systems, smart appliances, consumer robots, industrial controllers, machine vision systems and critical infrastructure.

The Dragonwing Q-2390 is the latest product in the Dragonwing Q2 series, and it aims to deliver AI and connectivity features for commercial, enterprise and consumer products constrained by cost, power and product size. The product integrates application computing, on-device AI, camera support, display support, LTE Cat 4, GPS-based location, wired and wireless connectivity options, security and a variety of input/output (I/O) functions on a single platform.

While AI, camera, wireless communications and location features previously required combinations of multiple separate components and solutions, the Q-2390 is presented as a product that integrates key functions into a single platform. The focus of the Q-2390 is reducing system design complexity and development costs.

Qualcomm described use cases for the Q-2390 as retail Point-of-Sale systems, kiosks, access control devices, smart appliances, smart agriculture, home robots, fitness equipment and enterprise terminals. The chip was introduced as a solution that can be applied to a wide range of industrial and commercial devices.

Qualcomm emphasized that the Q-2390 is well suited for devices that use cameras and AI to perceive their surroundings, devices that interact with users, and products that must send and receive data over networks while making decisions on the device itself. The explanation targets product categories that require on-site perception, interaction and on-device decision-making together.

The Dragonwing IQ-2390 was introduced as the first processor in the new IQ2 series. Qualcomm defined the IQ2 series as an industrial edge AI processor family aimed at expanding intelligent edge computing into industrial and computing sectors.

The IQ-2390 complements the existing Dragonwing IQ10, IQX, IQ9, IQ8 and IQ6 series, and is aimed at compact edge systems for industrial automation, oil and gas, utilities and energy. The requirements for those target systems are real-time responsiveness, stable operation and long product life cycles. In industrial applications, stronger AI compute performance alone is not enough.

Production equipment, robots and PLCs must process data and deliver commands within fixed time limits. As a result, real-time communications and deterministic networks are required as core elements in industrial environments.

The IQ-2390 integrates application processing, machine vision, AI acceleration and dual gigabit Ethernet with TSN (Time-Sensitive Networking) support. On that basis, the IQ-2390 can be used in intelligent HMI (Human-Machine Interface) systems, PLC (Programmable Logic Controller) systems, industrial gateways, machine vision systems, building automation platforms and energy management solutions.

A defining feature of the IQ-2390 is that it was designed with harsh industrial environments in mind. Its operating temperature range is -30 degrees Celsius to 115 degrees Celsius, and it also supports vibration and shock conditions.

With this design, Qualcomm expects the scope of AI deployment to expand. The company said this provides a basis for broadening applications beyond general indoor industrial equipment to factory production lines, energy infrastructure, outdoor industrial equipment and far edge environments.

Qualcomm believes it has integrated high functionality into a single platform. The Q-2390 and IQ-2390 both feature a quad-core Qualcomm Kryo CPU, a Qualcomm Adreno 704 GPU and a real-time RISC-V MCU.

This enables application processing, graphics computation, AI workloads and tasks requiring real-time control to be handled on a single platform. Qualcomm expects this to reduce the number of components needed for industrial AI systems, shrink board space and ease the burden of system integration for manufacturers.

Both processors support Linux, Android and Zephyr OS. OEMs and developers can therefore choose an operating system based on product characteristics and market fit. On that basis, the range of products that can be developed extends from consumer smart devices to industrial IoT systems.

Qualcomm unveiled the Q-2390 and IQ-2390 at the same time. The joint launch marks a move to expand the Dragonwing portfolio into both consumer and industrial segments simultaneously.

The application areas are also divided. The Q-2390 targets smart home, retail, robotics and enterprise terminals, focusing on consumer and commercial IoT intelligence. The IQ-2390 targets industrial automation, machine vision and energy management, focusing on real-time AI processing in industrial environments.

Source: TECHWORLD · Park Gyu-chan
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