Synaptics Debuts Coralboard Edge AI Development Platform

Synaptics and Google Research debuted the Coralboard edge AI development platform at Google I/O 2026, featuring the Astra SL2610/SL2619 SoC family and integrated NPUs. The platform supports on-device models like Gemma 3 270M and was demonstrated with a real-time vision-to-music conversion system using Google DeepMind's Lyria Realtime model.

Per a Synaptics PR Newswire release and coverage at Google I/O 2026, Synaptics and Google Research showcased the Coralboard , an edge AI development platform built around the Synaptics Astra SL2610/SL2619 product family and integrating Synaptics Torq NPU with Google Research's Coral NPU PR Newswire; Embedded . Demonstrations included a live installation called "Jellectronica" that used a Monterey Bay Aquarium jellyfish video feed for real-time vision-to-music conversion driven by Google DeepMind's Lyria Realtime model, according to Embedded and The Elec. Reported hardware specs for the Google I/O edition include an Astra SL2619 dual-core SoC at 2 GHz , 2 GB DDR4 memory, and a 1-TOPS NPU subsystem Embedded . The platform also supports on-device models such as Gemma 3 270M and a unified MLIR-based Synaptics Torq toolchain for deployment workflows, per Embedded and The Elec.