Advantech, a provider of industrial embedded AI solutions, is proud to announce its partnership with AI chip manufacturer Hailo. Through the collaboration, the two companies will launch a ready-to-use proven platform to deploy scalable, high-performance AI at the edge. The solution will integrate Advantech’s i.MX 8M Plus-based platform with the Hailo-8 M.2 AI acceleration module to help companies achieve 26TOPS performance and best-in-class energy efficiency. Through the collaboration, the two parties will provide cutting-edge AI solutions for numerous intelligent market segments, including robotics, healthcare and transportation.

Advantech RSB-3720 2.5 “Pico-ITX single-board Computer (SBC), EPC-R3720 Embedded System, EPC-R5710 Edge Intelligence System is based on NXP i.M 8M Plus SoC with 2 to 4 1.8 GHz Cortex-A53 core processors. And a Cortex-M7 processor for real-time tasks.

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Combined with the Hailo-8 AI processor, which outputs 26 TOPS performance at an average power consumption of 2.5W, the processor enables developers to redirect computing resources for AI-based tasks from the CPU/GPU to the Hailo-8 AI accelerator. This will enhance device reasoning while bringing greater flexibility to edge computing applications. Hailo-8, Hailo’s AI SDKs, TAPPAS and drivers used by the development environment will be pre-integrated with AIM-Linux software services. As a result, developers will be able to run complex deep learning and computer vision applications at the edge while keeping power consumption to a minimum and reducing time to market.

“It is an honor to partner with Advantech to bring our high-performance AI computing solutions to more edge devices. With Advantech’s expertise in edge computing and Hailo’s cutting-edge technology, we are confident in providing our customers with best-in-class AI solutions.” Says Gary Huang, Hailo’s general manager for Greater China. “We look forward to continuing to work with Advantech to deliver superior performance and deliver value to our mutual customers.”

The Hailo-8 M.2 AI acceleration module is now available as an add-on for use with Advantech’s RSB-3720 2.5 “Pico-ITX SBC, EPC-R3720 embedded industrial computer, and EPC-R5710 Edge Intelligence System.