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Yocto Scarthgap 6.6.52_2.2.0-v1.1 for i.MX 8M modules: DART-MX8M
Release date: 06/02/2026
Release notes: DART-MX8M
Developers info: DART-MX8M
Android 13.0.0_1.2.0-v1.3 for i.MX 8M modules: DART-MX8M
Release date: 06/02/2026
Release notes: DART-MX8M
Developers info: DART-MX8M
Debian Bookworm 6.6.y_24.12-v1.2 for i.MX 8M Mini modules: DART-MX8M-MINI, VAR-SOM-MX8M-MINI
Release date: 06/09/2026
Release notes: DART-MX8M-MINI, VAR-SOM-MX8M-MINI
Developers info: DART-MX8M-MINI, VAR-SOM-MX8M-MINI
Yocto Scarthgap 6.12.17_11.00.09.04-v1.2 for AM62Px modules: VAR-SOM-AM62P
Release date: 06/09/2026
Release notes
Developers info: VAR-SOM-AM62P
Yocto Scarthgap 6.6.y_2.2.2-v1.0 for i.MX 8M modules: DART-MX8M
Release date: 06/15/2026
Release notes
Developers info: DART-MX8M
Debian Bookworm 6.12.49_2.2.0-v1.0 for i.MX 95 modules: DART-MX95
Release date: 06/17/2026
Release notes
Developers info: DART-MX95
Yocto Scarthgap 6.12.57_11.02.08.02-v1.0 for AM62 modules: VAR-SOM-AM62
Release date: 06/18/2026
Release notes
Developers info: VAR-SOM-AM62
Debian Bookworm 6.6.y_24.12-v1.0 for i.MX 7 modules: VAR-SOM-MX7
Release date: 06/23/2026
Release notes
Developers info: VAR-SOM-MX7
Android 15.0.0_1.2.0-v1.2 for i.MX 8M Plus modules: DART-MX8M-PLUS, VAR-SOM-MX8M-PLUS, VAR-SMARC-MX8M-PLUS
Release date: 06/30/2026
Release notes: DART-MX8M-PLUS, VAR-SOM-MX8M-PLUS, VAR-SMARC-MX8M-PLUS
Developers info: DART-MX8M-PLUS, VAR-SOM-MX8M-PLUS, VAR-SMARC-MX8M-PLUS
Android 15.0.0_1.2.0-v1.0 for i.MX 8M Nano modules: VAR-SOM-MX8M-NANO
Release date: 06/30/2026
Release notes
Developers info: VAR-SOM-MX8M-NANO
As AI-driven demand accelerated through 2025, memory chip shortages developed as semiconductor manufacturers shifted capacity to large-volume buyers, leaving many sectors, including medical, industrial, edge/IoT, and robotics poorly served. Climbing prices and lengthening lead times, exacerbated by knock-on effects across other SoM components, have created two clear pressure points. SoM vendors relying on outsourced manufacturing have limited flexibility when availability drops, leaving customers facing the same delays. Separately, product developers who chose chip-down architectures over SoM-based designs must procure components on their own. Those buying in smaller quantities are routinely pushed down supplier priority lists, and in many cases cannot get supply at all.



