Palette SDK version 2.0

This document outlines the new and regressions features, and known issues in SiMa.ai’s Palette software version v2.0.0, along with their respective workarounds. It also includes information on the Palette software packages, supported systems, and compatible software. Palette v2.0.0 is released on Dec 2, 2025.

New Features and Enhancements

Feature Category

Availability

Feature Description

Edgematic

GA

Support for 2.0.0 release. Edgematic Gen2 (Modalix) boards run eLxr builds; Edgematic Gen1 (MLSoC) boards run Yocto builds.

MLA

GA

Mixed-Precision Quantization (Intel Neural Compressor), Model SDK support for JAX, Large tensor improvements

MLA (GenAI)

GA

GGUF model format support, MPPE support

Video Platform

GA

MIPI + ISP Optimization, Concurrent MIPI Pipelines (2 on SOM, 4 on DVT)ce.

Video Platform (GenAI)

GA

GenAI Gstreamer pipeline: Whisper + LLM running on the SoC, Piper TTS running on device.

Platform

GA

eLxr OS for Modalix, Desktop GUI, Debian compatible package versioning, OTA includes tRoot upgrade (any-to-any version), Chromium browser, pre-installed gpg keys, SiMa theme.

Platform

GA

Containerized SDK components and simplified installation workflow of Palette (ModelSDK, mpk_cli_toolset, eLxr cross-compiler, Yocto cross-compiler)

SoC Features

EA

HHHL Modalix board support, Modalix PCIe support (clock fix & BAR register changes), Combined upgrade for Modalix, Windows Driver support.

Gstreamer Pipeline Performance Validation (FPS)

Pipeline

Interface

Modalix (FPS)

MLSoC (FPS)

MaskRCNN

PCIe

20 FPS

20 FPS

YoloV8_4Cam

Ethernet

50 FPS x 4 Cameras = 200 FPS

20 FPS x 4 Cameras 80 FPS

DETR

Ethernet

180 FPS

90 FPS

OpenPose

Ethernet

50 FPS

30 FPS

OpenPose

PCIe

50 FPS

30 FPS

YOLOv7

PCIe

200 FPS

100 FPS

YOLOv7

Ethernet

200 FPS

100 FPS

YOLOv7 4-Camera

Ethernet

50 FPS x 4 Cameras = 200 FPS

20 FPS x 4 Cameras = 80 FPS

PeopleTracker

Ethernet

30 FPS

30 FPS

EfficientDet

Ethernet

20 FPS

20 FPS

PeopleDetector Single camera

Ethernet

200 FPS

90 FPS

PeopleDetector 4-Camera

Ethernet

45 FPS x 4 Cameras = 180 FPS

20 FPS x 4 Cameras = 80 FPS

Yolov8 Single Camera

Ethernet

300 FPS

110 FPS

YoloV8 PyGast

Ethernet

30 FPS

30 FPS

Yolov8 Pose

Ethernet

90 FPS

90 FPS

Yolov8 Seg-Soc

Ethernet

90 FPS

90 FPS

VIT S14 Pipeline

Ethernet

1 FPS

N/A

RaftStereo pipeline

Ethernet

1 FPS

N/A

LightStereo pipeline

Ethernet

10 FPS

N/A

YoloV8_PCIe_16Channels

PCIe

23 FPS x 16 Cameras = 368 FPS

N/A

YoloV7_16Channels

Ethernet

30 FPS x 16 Cameras = 480 FPS

N/A

Known Issues

Issue

Impact

Workaround

mpk create fails if SDK containers started selectively

Installation failure

Re-create all required SDK containers together by using select-all option in the containers list.

Windows system with 16 GB RAM fails SDK pre-check

Installation check failure

Please use force install.

SDK installation issues on Windows WSL

Installation failure

Please use Hyper-V.

MIPI camera issues if connected only to slot2

Camera failure

Connect single camera to slot1. If two cameras, connect to Slot1 and Slot2.