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Texas Instruments AM67A

documented / Overall score: 3.5

Texas Instruments' edge-AI vision SoC, built on a 16nm FinFET process, pairs a quad Arm Cortex-A53 at 1.4 GHz with dual C7x DSP cores and matrix multiply accelerators delivering 4 TOPS. It integrates a multi-camera image signal processor with up to four CSI-2 inputs, PCIe Gen3 and Gigabit Ethernet with TSN, and supports up to 8GB of LPDDR4. It is the silicon behind the BeagleY-AI board.

Openness

3 high confidence

3.0

schematics: partial (reference designs (BeagleY-AI board files open))
toolchain: open (open SDK + TIDL tools + Edge AI Studio)
datasheets: public (Rev B)
blobs: required (proprietary silicon + TIDL firmware)
retail: distributor (active via TI and partners)
form_factor: chipset (edge-AI vision SoC, not a board)

TI publishes the AM67x datasheet (Revision B) and sells the chip through TI and partners. Its TIDL compilation tools are on GitHub under a license limited to use with TI devices, so the toolchain is not fully open, and TI publishes board-design guidelines rather than the design of any product board.

https://github.com/TexasInstruments/edgeai-tidl-tools recorded 2026-08-13
public "Edgeai TIDL Tools and Examples" repository, 736 commits, with a Supported Devices and Compatibility table and a LICENSE in-tree
https://www.ti.com/product/AM67A recorded 2026-08-13
status ACTIVE; "AM67x Processors datasheet (Rev. B)"; "Jacinto 7 LPDDR4 Board Design and Layout Guidelines (Rev. F)" and evaluation boards rather than product board files; Order now with evaluation boards "In stock"; FIRMWARE-BUILDER-AM67A and PROCESSOR-SDK Linux/Android SDKs

Adoption

3 high confidence

3.0

ACTIVE production part available from TI and distributors, and the basis of the widely sold BeagleY-AI board, giving solid commercial and community reach.

https://www.beagleboard.org/boards/beagley-ai recorded 2026-10-08
TI's AM67A Arm-based vision processor is the BeagleY-AI processor, with the dual C7x DSP and MMA rated at 4 TOPs.
https://www.ti.com/product/AM67A recorded 2026-10-08
status ACTIVE with evaluation boards "In stock" and an Order now path

Capability

4 high confidence

4.0

The dual C7x DSP with matrix-multiply accelerators delivers up to 4 TOPS alongside an ISP feeding four cameras, making the AM67A a capable dedicated edge-AI vision SoC. It sits a step above BeagleY-AI, the board built on it, because the chip supports up to 8GB of LPDDR4 where that board fixes 4GB.

https://www.ti.com/product/AM67A recorded 2026-09-29
The TI AM67A page states "Cortex-A53 microprocessor subsystem at up to 1.4GHz" and "(up to 4 TOPS total)" for the C7x DSPs, with "Max LPDDR4 size of" listed as a feature.

Verified 2026-09-29, except some scores, still awaiting re-confirmation