Powered by NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin  

With the MIC-733-AO, Advantech offers a powerful industrial PC based on NVIDIA’s Jetson AGX Orin. Capable of up to 275 trillion operations per seconds (TOPS), the PC targets AI applications in manufacturing, smart cities, and smart agriculture. With the new Jetson AGX Orin modules, the system supports 4x the CUDA cores and 8x the performance of the NVIDIA Jetson AGX Xavier series, along with multiple sensors and the latest high-speed interfaces. The PC also features four GigE ports, four USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports, two mini PCIe slots, and two M.2 slots. Additionally, it offers iDoor and iModule expansion and support for diverse peripherals, according to Advantech.

Not long before releasing the MIC-733-AO, Advantech launched the AIR-030 edge AI system, also powered by NVIDIA’s Jetson AGX Orion. This system offers up to 275 TOPS, multiple I/O options, and expansion support. Targeting edge AI inference applications, the AIR-030 also delivers 8x the performance of the previous generation of Jetson AGX Xavier–based models while supporting NVIDIA JetPack 5.0 and up, as well as the NVIDIA Isaac robotics platform, which according to Advantech reduces the time and cost of production AI development.

Pushing Processing Power Forward  

 Advantech has remained busy over the past few months, releasing several other products designed to push edge AI and industrial automation capabilities forward. Introductions include several new motherboards, including the AIMB-5922, a MicroATX form factor board based on AMD EPYC™ 7003 series processors, with 4x steel PCIe 4.0 x16 slots that support GPU extension. Launched in February, the motherboard supports up to 64 CPU cores and 768 GB of memory (via 6 DDR4 RDIMM slots) and provides intelligent remote management services via M.2 M-Key and IPMI 2.0. 

Advancements on and off the Factory Floor  

 Designed for machine vision applications, Advantech’s new MIO-5377 single-board computer (SBC) features the latest 12th and 13th Gen Intel Core processors. The 3.5-inch SBC leverages Intel’s latest heterogeneous computing design and offers up to 14 cores/20 threads. It is the first 3.5-inch board to support DDR5 4800 MHz up to 64 GB and to feature 5G/Wi-Fi 6 readiness. The board offers up to 40 Gbps bandwidth, allowing it to connect a GPU, a VPU, and high-resolution 4K cameras at the same time.  

 Venturing off the factory floor, the new ITA-260 edge device targets intelligent transportation applications such as video surveillance, traffic management, and electricity monitoring for railroads and roads. The device features USB, LAN, HDMI, COM, and wireless connectivity for multiple data streams in real time. Two of its six LAN ports are designed for IEEE 802.11AS time-sensitive networking. Another two ports support fiber optic communication for real-time, long-distance data transmission from the edge to the cloud. With this technology, according to Advantech, traffic control centers and railway operators can obtain diagnostic data and perform predictive maintenance and remote management, reducing management costs and enabling higher overall quality of transportation.