Axiomtek IPC972 industrial edge AI system

Axiomtek has introduced the IPC972, an industrial edge AI system with dual GPU support. The highly expandable edge computer supports the LGA1200 Intel Xeon or 10th gen Intel Core i7/i5/i3 processor up to 80 W (code name: Comet Lake S) with the Intel W480E chipset. With the ability to support two NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 GPU cards, the device facilitates image processing, real-time control, data analysis, deep learning, AOI, data acquisition and more automation tasks.

The product continues the IPC970 series design, offering flexible expansion options with one I/O module slot and four PCIe slots. In addition, it has one M.2 Key B 3042/3050 slot with SIM slot for 5G wireless connection, one M.2 Key E 2234 slot for Wi-Fi/Bluetooth modules and one full-size PCIe Mini Card slot with SIM slot for Wi-Fi/Bluetooth/LTE modules. With the compact and front-facing I/O design, the device provides the advantages of fast set-up and easy access and deployment. For stable operation in mission-critical environments, the device has a wide operating temperature range of -10 to +60°C and a power input of 24 VDC (uMin=19 V/uMax=30 V) with power-on delay function, overvoltage protection, overcurrent protection and reverse voltage protection.

A single modular I/O slot can be flexibly expanded with the integration of different I/O modules — AX93511, AX93512, AX93516 and AX93519 — to make the device suitable and scalable for multi-application requests.

The device comes with four DDR4-2933 ECC/non-ECC U-DIMM sockets with a maximum of 128 GB system memory. This edge AI computer is equipped with two swappable 2.5″ SSDs/HDDs, an optional internal 2.5″ SSD/HDD with the support of Intel RAID 0,1 and one M.2 Key M 2280 socket for NVMe SDD. In addition, the intelligent computing system supports rich I/O options including one 2.5 GbE LAN port, one GbE LAN port, eight USB 3.2 ports, one internal USB 2.0 port, one VGA, one HDMI, one 4-pin terminal block, one audio (line-out) and one AT/ATX selectable switch. The device supports wall mounting to make installation easier. Moreover, the system runs Linux or Windows 10 and supports TPM 2.0 for enhancing data and network security.

The product supports power-on delay function and TPM 2.0.

The edge computer with dual GPU expansion, IPC972, is available now.