# System Requirements

This page provides detailed hardware, software, and platform requirements to help you set up and run the application efficiently.

## Hardware Platforms used for validation

The `Chat Question and Answer Core` sample application system requirements are documented in [this](https://github.com/open-edge-platform/edge-ai-libraries/blob/main/sample-applications/chat-question-and-answer-core/docs/user-guide/get-started/system-requirements.md) page. The Intel® Core™ portfolio mentioned in this page is applicable for `HMI Augmented Worker` sample application too. The delta configurations supported is further described in this page.

The `HMI Augmented worker` sample application has been validated on Intel® Core™ i7-14700 based systems. The memory configuration used was 32GB, which is the recommended minimum configuration. This machine hosts an Edge Microvisor Toolkit based host together with Windows VM.

## Software Requirements

Required Software:

- Python 3.10
- [Edge Microvisor Toolkit](https://github.com/open-edge-platform/edge-microvisor-toolkit) configuration requirements are documented in its [system requirement](https://github.com/open-edge-platform/edge-microvisor-toolkit/blob/3.0/docs/developer-guide/emt-system-requirements.md) page.

## Supporting Resources

- [Overview](../index.md)
- [Get Started Guide](../get-started.md)