Barco plans to integrate the newly launched NVIDIA IGX Thor robotics processor into its medical solutions portfolio.
More specifically, Barco will integrate the NVIDIA IGX Thor platform in NexxisCompute, Barco’s platform enabling AI and advanced processing applications at the edge in high stakes environments such as operating rooms and interventional radiology labs. By adopting IGX Thor, Barco continues its commitment to driving innovation and reliability at the edge, empowering customers with unprecedented AI performance and advanced safety features.
Medical device management over IP with Barco Nexxis
NexxisCompute enables multi-application AI at the medical edge
NexxisCompute is engineered to remove hardware complexity for application developers by providing a seamless, ready-to-use foundation that eliminates the need for managing diverse and evolving hardware requirements.
As a platform, NexxisCompute is capable of running multiple AI applications concurrently, allowing hospitals and healthcare providers to deploy and orchestrate a variety of advanced tools without being locked into a single vendor or workflow. On top of that, the integration of advanced Quality Assurance features ensures that Barco’s medical edge AI solutions maintain the highest standards of accuracy and compliance, contributing to reliability in critical healthcare environments.
8x performance leap powers next-generation healthcare AI
The integration of cutting-edge technology like NVIDIA IGX Thor further strengthens Barco’s ability to deliver on this vision, enabling even greater flexibility, scalability, and performance for a rapidly evolving ecosystem of medical AI solutions.
The NVIDIA IGX Thor platform combines integrated (iGPU) and discrete (dGPU) NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs, delivering an impressive 5,581 FP4 teraflops of AI compute and high-speed 400 GbE connectivity. IGX Thor enables up to 8x greater AI compute on iGPUs and 2.5x higher AI compute on dGPUs compared to previous generations, with twice the connectivity. These capabilities allow Barco to seamlessly run large language models and vision language models, powering the next generation of edge AI applications in demanding healthcare environments.
In this way, IGX Thor will support Barco in its vision to become the most complete and performant edge AI platform for integrated operating rooms.
Built for reliability in critical environments
Barco will leverage the industrial-grade durability of the IGX Thor platform, featuring a 10-year lifecycle and robust support for the NVIDIA AI software stack, including NVIDIA AI Enterprise, NIM microservices, and Holoscan for sensor processing.
“By embracing NVIDIA IGX Thor, Barco is taking a bold step forward in delivering high-performance, reliable, and safe AI solutions at the medical edge . This collaboration with NVIDIA allows us to accelerate the development and roll-out of our edge AI solutions and to support our customers in their adoption of AI based applications,” shared Johan Fornier, Executive Vice President of Barco’s Surgical & Modality business unit.
