NEXT-GEN EDGE AI
ADVANTECH EXPANDS GLOBAL EDGE AI PARTNER ECOSYSTEM WITH DEEPX AND LAUNCHES FIRST JOINT SOLUTION.
Advantech, a global leader in IoT intelligent systems and embedded platforms, announces its partnership with DEEPX, a leading Korean AI semiconductor innovator specializing in NPU( Neural Processing Unit) technology. This collaboration expands Advantech’ s AI chipset ecosystem and introduces the company’ s first AI acceleration solution powered by DEEPX technology, the EAI-1961 series Edge AI Acceleration Module.
“ Advantech evaluates a broad range of AI chip technologies to address diverse industrial needs,” said Joey Hsu, Director of Advantech’ s Embedded Sector.“ DEEPX demonstrates commendable efficiency in power and thermal performance, which is essential for reliable edge AI deployment. By integrating DEEPX’ s energy-efficient NPU with Advantech’ s industrial hardware expertise, we aim to offer more optimized AI solutions for next-generation edge systems.”
The newly launched EAI-1961 series is Advantech’ s first product featuring DEEPX’ s DX-M1 NPU technology. Designed in the industry-standard M. 2 form factor, the module delivers up to 25 TOPS of AI inference while supporting up to 4GB of LPDDR5 memory. Its highly energy-efficient architecture ensures stable thermal behavior even during heavy workloads, making it well suited for vision-centric applications such as robotic vision, intelligent surveillance, in-vehicle computing, and precision medical diagnostics.
“ Advantech is the undisputed leader shaping the global industrial automation and embedded computing ecosystem,” said DEEPX CEO Lokwon Kim.“ This collaboration marks a defining moment for DEEPX as our technology moves toward becoming a global industrial standard. By leveraging Advantech’ s unparalleled worldwide network, we are ready to showcase the strength and competitiveness of DEEPX’ s AI chips on the global stage. The integration of our DX-M1 NPU into Advantech’ s platforms will empower customers with unprecedented AI performance and efficiency, enabling smarter, faster, and more sustainable edge applications.”
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