Palette SDK version 1.7

This page lists new features released in SiMa’s Palette SDK version 1.7, including known issues and their workarounds.

New Features and Enhancements

Feature Category	Availability	Feature Description
MLA	GA	Versioning support, Automated graph surgery improvements, New operators support.
MLA (GenAI)	GA	4-bits block quantization and auto-codegen to convert any LLM on Huggingface to work with Sima Modalix platform.
Platform	GA	Full image supporting Modalix DevKit for NVMe, GUI, and many other peripherals such as USB camera, mouse and keyboard.
Platform	Preview	Elxr O/S in technical preview
Video Platform	GA	Precompiled Plugins improving deployment speed and reducing the MPK file size, support for MPK versioning, performance improvement for various video models.
Video Platform	GA	Real-time profiling support with LTTNG.

Model Name	Type	FPS
MaskRCNN	PCIe	Achieved 20 FPS performance.
OpenPose	PCIe	Achieved 45 FPS performance.
YOLOv5	PCIe	Achieved 20 FPS performance.
YOLOv7	PCIe	Achieved 120 FPS performance.
YOLOv8 single-Camera	Standalone	Achieved 120 FPS performance.
DETR	Standalone	Achieved 120 FPS performance.
OpenPose	Standalone	Achieved 45 FPS performance.
YOLOv5	Standalone	Achieved 20 FPS performance.
YOLOv7	Standalone	Achieved 120 FPS performance.
YOLOv7 (4-Camera)	Standalone	Each camera runs at 35 FPS, tested with 4 cameras (35*4).
PeopleTracker	Standalone	Achieved 30 FPS performance.
EfficientDet	Standalone	Achieved 20 FPS performance.
PeopleDetector single-Camera	Standalone	Achieved 120 FPS performance.
PeopleDetector (4-Camera)	Standalone	Each camera runs at 35 FPS, tested with 4 cameras (35*4).

Issue	Impact	Workaround
Installing python packages as `sudo` can break the system	May cause system failure such as loss of GUI, DNS, etc after the reboot.	Update the DevKit again using the same firmware version to reset root file system. Avoid using `sudo` to install system Python packages, always resort to virtual environment.