# NVIDIA Holoscan Accelerate edge AI development by getting sensor data to the GPU for real-time inference—at the edge or in the cloud. [Get Started](https://developer.nvidia.com/holoscan-sdk) Moon Surgical Overview ## What is NVIDIA Holoscan? Holoscan is a multimodal computing platform that delivers the accelerated, full-stack infrastructure you need for scalable, software-defined, and real-time processing of streaming data running at the edge. ### Easily Build Edge AI Apps With Dynamic Flow Control Enable efficient AI workload processing at the edge for medical imaging, robotics, and industrial sensors. [Read the Blog](https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/easily-build-edge-ai-apps-with-dynamic-flow-control-in-nvidia-holoscan-3-0/) ### Driving AI-Powered Robotics Development with NVIDIA Isaac for Healthcare Build the future of surgical robotics with NVIDIA. [Learn More](https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/driving-ai-powered-robotics-development-with-nvidia-isaac-for-healthcare/) Software-Defined Hardware ## Get to know the Holoscan Platform The Holoscan platform spans hardware and software components that bridge sensors with edge servers, networking, on-premises data centers, and cloud computing with optimized libraries, tools, and containers for data processing. It also includes template applications to facilitate rapid prototyping, sample AI models for jump-starting training, and core microservices to run streaming, imaging, and other applications. ### Holoscan SDK Build end-to-end sensor-processing pipelines with Holoscan’s seamless I/O, AI inference, BYO sensor support, and production-ready tools. [Get Started](https://developer.nvidia.com/holoscan-sdk) ### Holoscan Sensor Bridge Seamlessly integrate diverse sensor data—like video or ultrasound—into the GPU for low-latency, synchronized, real-time AI processing. [Start Developing](https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/technologies/holoscan-sensor-bridge.md) ### NVIDIA IGX Deploy on [NVIDIA IGX](https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/edge-computing/products/igx.md) to accelerate AI development on production-ready, industrial-grade hardware while the Holoscan SDK ensures flexible deployment across your target platforms. [Get Your Dev Kit](https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/edge-computing/products/igx.md) Benefits ## Real-Time Sensor Processing for Seamless EDGE AI Solutions ### Low-Latency, Real-Time Performance Get optimized performance for ultra-low-latency processing of high-throughput sensor data (video, audio, ultrasound, etc.), enabling fast AI inference and immediate decision-making. ### Modular Pipeline Architecture Using a graph-based SDK with plug-and-play operators for I/O, preprocessing, inference, postprocessing, and visualization lets you build flexible, reusable pipelines in Python or C++, speeding up development and experimentation. ### Edge-to-Cloud Scalability Run the same pipeline across the full range of target devices—from NVIDIA Jetson™ (embedded) to IGX (industrial edge) to the [NVIDIA AGX™ and DGX (data center)](https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/deep-learning-ai/products/agx-systems.md)—without rewriting your code. Holoscan abstracts the hardware while maximizing GPU acceleration. ### Production-grade, Software Defined Hardware Easily integrate key tools and libraries like NVIDIA​​® GPUDirect® for fast I/O and seamless integration with Holoscan Sensor Bridge for AI, and NVIDIA MONAI for medical imaging. This saves time and avoids stitching together disparate systems. Use Cases ## Transforming Industries with Real-Time Edge AI Holoscan enables cutting-edge AI solutions—from medical devices to healthcare, robotics, and scientific computing. 1. Medical Devices 2. Healthcare Robotics 3. Scientific Computing ### Medical Devices Holoscan provides real-time edge AI capabilities for medical device developers. Companies can now explore new AI-powered capabilities, accelerate time to market, and lower development and maintenance costs for medical-grade devices. [Read the Blog](https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/real-time-surgical-guidance-by-fusing-multi-modal-imaging-with-nvidia-holoscan/) Atlas Meditech ### Healthcare Robotics Virtual Incision used the NVIDIA Holoscan platform to power its miniaturized surgical robot, MIRA, achieving low-latency, high-performance AI pipelines for real-time control and visualization. By using the Holoscan SDK, sensor bridge, [NVIDIA® CUDA®](https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-toolkit), and IGX Orin with 6000 NVIDIA Ada GPUs, they cut system latency by 3x, enabling smoother robotic response and enhanced surgical workflow. NVIDIA Isaac Sim™ also supports virtual testing and synthetic data generation to accelerate AI skill development in simulation, ensuring reliability and efficiency in minimally invasive procedures. [Learn More About Holoscan](https://developer.nvidia.com/holoscan-sdk) Virtual Incision ### Scientific Computing NVIDIA Holoscan for HPC at the Edge Holoscan is a universal sensor processing platform, purpose-built for high performance while meeting the size, weight, and power (SWaP) constraints at the edge. It delivers a flexible software stack across a common high-performance hardware and software platform to accelerate data analysis and visualization workflows at the edge. [Read the Blog](https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/how-seti-uses-ai-to-search-for-intelligent-alien-life/) SETI Institute Starting Options ## Ready to Get Started? Develop ### For Developers Dive into the documentation and start building your edge AI applications. [Start Developing](https://developer.nvidia.com/holoscan-sdk) Deploy ### For Enterprises Get a free license to try NVIDIA AI Enterprise in production for 90 days using your existing infrastructure. [Request a 90-Day License](https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/data-center/products/ai-enterprise.md) [Learn More About Holoscan](https://developer.nvidia.com/holoscan-sdk) Next Steps ## Unlock Real-Time AI With the NVIDIA Holoscan SDK [Download the SDK](https://developer.nvidia.com/holoscan-sdk)