Palette SDK version 2.1
This document outlines the new and regression features, and known issues in SiMa.ai’s Palette software version v2.1.0, along with their respective workarounds. It also includes information on the Palette software packages, supported systems, and compatible software. Palette v2.1.0 is released on April 16th, 2026. Updates delivered in subsequent patch releases are documented in the Patch Releases section below.
New Features and Enhancements
Feature Category |
Availability |
Feature Description |
|---|---|---|
Platform |
GA |
Yocto support for Modalix. |
MLA |
GA |
10X and Non-10X models; multiple inputs; Video/Image, Audio, and Text input types; sequential and async multi-model execution. |
MLA |
GA |
GStreamer, C++ API, and Python API support; Generic Pre-Proc and GenericBoxDecoder; BF16 and multi-pipeline support. |
MLA (GenAI) |
GA |
LFM2 and Qwen VL runtime support. |
SoC Features |
GA |
Linux Kernel 6.18; Ubuntu 24.04 for SDK and PCIe host driver; 16 GB SOM support. |
Video Platform |
GA |
MIPI camera support: IMX568 (FPGA), IMX477, IMX678, AR234, OG05C10. |
Video Platform |
GA |
USB Camera and OpenPose pipelines. |
Video Platform (GenAI) |
EA |
GenAI_SoCPipeline, GenAI_VisionPipeline, YoloBasedGenAI, GenAI_Audio_Pipeline. |
Video Platform |
GA |
MJPEG 420 encoding. |
Platform |
GA |
Kontron PCIe driver; ROS2 .deb for eLxr; ConnectTech 4-MIPI pipeline; Leopard Carrier Card. |
MLA |
GA |
Automatic Graph Surgery. |
MLA (GenAI) |
EA |
16 GB and 8 GB SoM support; per-token quantization; GGUF Q4_1/Q4_K; LLM-Compressor; Dynamic LoRA; MoLE Evaluation Framework. |
GStreamer Pipeline Performance Validation (FPS)
Pipeline |
Interface |
Modalix (FPS) |
MLSoC (FPS) |
|---|---|---|---|
YOLOX Single Camera |
Ethernet |
490 FPS |
N/A |
YOLOX 16-Camera |
Ethernet |
45 FPS x 16 Cameras = 720 FPS |
N/A |
YOLOX Segmentation Single Camera |
Ethernet |
540 FPS |
N/A |
YOLOX Segmentation 16-Camera |
Ethernet |
50 FPS x 16 Cameras = 800 FPS |
N/A |
Patch Releases
v2.1.2 (June 6th, 2026)
Palette v2.1.2 introduces expanded hardware support, enhanced SDK and pipeline capabilities, improved GenAI functionality, and multiple stability and performance improvements across the SiMa.ai software stack. This release also includes updated firmware, SDK packages, and known issue resolutions.
Feature Category |
Availability |
Feature Description |
|---|---|---|
Video Platform |
GA |
Added support for four AR0234 cameras on the Leopard Imaging carrier board. |
Platform |
GA |
Fixed an issue where |
v2.1.1 (May 19th, 2026)
This patch adds the following new features and enhancements, along with GStreamer pipeline performance numbers for the newly added YOLOX pipelines.
Feature Category |
Availability |
Feature Description |
|---|---|---|
Video Platform |
GA |
Added support for the e-con Systems IMX568 camera. |
Video Platform |
GA |
Expanded camera support for Connect Tech boards. |
SoC Features |
GA |
Updated PCIe PHY firmware for improved stability and performance. |
SoC Features |
GA |
Added support for 8 GB SOM single LPDDR5 configurations. |
Platform |
GA |
Enabled Windows PCIe driver support for Palette v2.1.1. |
MLA |
GA |
Added YOLOX and YOLOX Segmentation pipeline support with high-performance single- and multi-channel inference. |
Known Issues
Issue |
Impact |
Workaround |
|---|---|---|
QAT is not supported in SDK 2.1 due to Python 3.10 → 3.12 upgrade ( |
QAT is not functional in SDK 2.1 ModelSDK. |
Run QAT in SDK 2.0 (Python 3.10) to produce the annotated ONNX, then pass it to SDK 2.1 for compilation. |