Qualcomm Drops a Beefy Arduino Board for AI and Robotics
The Arduino Ventuno Q packs a Qualcomm Dragonwing IQ8 chip and 16GB of RAM into a single-board computer.
Qualcomm just pulled the wraps off the Arduino Ventuno Q — a single-board computer built for AI and robotics that punches well above typical hobbyist hardware.
The board runs on Qualcomm's Dragonwing IQ8 processor and ships with a generous 16GB of RAM. It's a hybrid design that pairs Qualcomm's application processor with a microcontroller on one board, giving developers serious compute alongside low-level hardware control.
The move makes sense. Qualcomm acquired the microcontroller board maker, and this is the clearest signal yet that it wants to own the prototyping-to-production pipeline for AI-powered robotics projects.
For makers and engineers building smart robots, drones, or edge AI devices, this could be the most capable Arduino-branded board to date. Specs like 16GB of RAM put it in laptop territory — crammed onto a single board.