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Synaptics Coralboard™ SL vs. Raspberry Pi 5: Choosing the Right Board for Edge AI

· 14 min read
Maclain Lobdell
Maclain Lobdell
Embedded AI @ Synaptics

This post compares publicly available specifications. Synaptics is not affiliated with Raspberry Pi Ltd. Raspberry Pi is a trademark of Raspberry Pi Ltd.

Created in partnership with Google Research for products using Coral NPU technology, the Coralboard™ series is a family of edge AI development kits designed to make prototyping energy-efficient AI-enabled products more accessible to developers. Synaptics recently launched the first kit in the serires, the Synaptics Coralboard™ SL. Many developers are familiar with Raspberry Pi 5. It's a natural reference point when evaluating a new development board. So, how does the new Coralboard SL stack up against the most popular general-purpose single-board computer on the market?* Read on to learn more!

Astra SL2610 Development Kits: Coralboard™ SL & Astra Machina™

· 10 min read
Maclain Lobdell
Maclain Lobdell
Embedded AI @ Synaptics

This year at Google I/O 2026, Synaptics and Google Research introduced the Coralboard™ Series, a new edge AI development kit family that makes prototyping powerful AI-enabled products at low power even more accessible to developers. The Coralboards feature Google's next generation Coral technology based on the Coral NPU, an open NPU designed by Google Research.

A small number of limited-edition boards were made available to some lucky developers at Google I/O. Read More. The first generally-available board in the series, the Synaptics Coralboard SL 2GB, is scheduled to be available in the Fall of 2026. These development boards feature the SL2619 Processor, which includes the Torq NPU that is the first commercial chip to feature Coral NPU technology. Read More.