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June 2026 Software Releases

Tuesday, 16 Jun 2026

Stay current with software updates – Keep your Variscite SoMs performing at their best with our latest software releases.

 


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-MINIVAR-SOM-MX8M-MINI
Release date: 06/09/2026
Release notes: DART-MX8M-MINIVAR-SOM-MX8M-MINI
Developers info: DART-MX8M-MINIVAR-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-PLUSVAR-SOM-MX8M-PLUS, VAR-SMARC-MX8M-PLUS
Release date: 06/30/2026
Release notes: DART-MX8M-PLUSVAR-SOM-MX8M-PLUS, VAR-SMARC-MX8M-PLUS
Developers info:  DART-MX8M-PLUSVAR-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

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Stay current with software updates – Keep your Variscite SoMs performing at their best with our latest software releases.
 
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Variscite Keeps Embedded Products on Track During Global Component Shortages + SMARC
Global component shortages are putting embedded projects under pressure. As a leading global System on Modules (SoMs) developer and manufacturer, we keep our customers’ development timelines on track by applying a supply chain strategy built on buffered inventories, in-house production, established relationships with multiple suppliers, and more than two decades of operational experience.
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.
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