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Avalue high-performance SOM provide AIoT solutions in harsh environment

  • Thursday, October 3, 2019, 10:17 am
  • ACROFAN=Jae-Yong Ryu
  • jaeyong.ryu@acrofan.com
Avalue Technology Inc. (TAIEX: 3479-TW), a global industrial PC solution provider and an associate member of the Intel® Internet of Things Solutions Alliance. Endeavoring to develop industrial-grade computers, Avalue has invested massive R&D manpower and resources into a series of solutions to meet burgeoning growth in AIoT market, creating a win-win situation. Avalue’s high-quality SOM (System on Module) take the modular concept to a whole new level, effectively shortening the R&D timeline, facilitating the development of compatible products that adapt to harsh environment, helping customers create infinite possibilities.

Featuring high-performance capability, stability, expandability, low power consumption and modularity, SOM satisfies vertical industry and AIoT applications. Avalue SOM is comprehensive, encompassing different COM Express Types (Type 6 and Type 10) and sizes (mini, compact and basic), and even smaller size Qseven, and evaluation carrier boards and SMARC. Applicable to different environments, Avalue SOM is small and fanless, operate at wide temperature range, feature customized BIOS, low-power-consumption Intel Atom processor, high performance multicore Core i processor, and ARM and AMD platforms. Based on PICMG Standards, signal sources are sufficiently provided for DDI, PCI Express, SATA, USB, SMBus, LPC and DIO, meeting the requirements of various types of carrier boards, allowing customers to adopt and use easily.

Shortens R&D timeline, suitable for vertical industry applications

SOM is especially suitable for vertical industry applications, including human machine interface for industrial measurement, military industry, transportation, smart healthcare, industrial automation, gambling market, multimedia system, smart surveillance and interactive digital signage. Years of extensive experience has enabled Avalue to provide customers with the best solutions for market applications. For instance, ESM-APLM with its Intel® Apollo Lake Type 10 form-factor and mini size COM Express is suitable for industrial automation and train cabin applications; ESM-KBLU with its Intel® seventh generation Kaby Lake-U Type 6 form-factor and compact size COM Express is suitable for the military industry and smart healthcare which require low power consumption and high performance operation; ESM-CFH with its Intel® eighth/ninth generation Coffee Lake-H Type 6 form-factor and basic size COM Express is suitable for the gambling market and multimedia entertainment use which require multi-core operation and powerful processing.

Product development in every industry has to undergo a series of complex processes, including stringent designing, repeated testing and mechatronic integration, and cost and resources have to be spent every generation change. However, using Avalue SOM for product development allows flexible upgrade, and fast and painless product change. Moreover, SOM products have life circle of over 10 years, providing the longest product lifetime.