BlackBerry Adds Hailo-8 AI Accelerator Support to QNX

03:23 PM EDT, 08/27/2026 (MT Newswires) -- BlackBerry's (BB) QNX division said Thursday it added support for the Hailo-8 AI accelerator to its software development platform, expanding hardware options for edge computing systems. The technological pairing targets mission-critical deployments across the automotive, robotics and industrial sectors that demand deterministic, real-time operational reliability. Hardware benchmarking assessments demonstrated that the combined system delivered increased data throughput, reduced latency and improved processing consistency compared with a real-time Linux environment. Shares of BlackBerry were up more than 9% in Thursday trading. Price: 8.52, Change: +0.73, Percent Change: +9.31