New-Tech Europe Magazine | Q3 2020

standard is constantly improving. All these advantages make compact standardized eNUC box PCs a highly attractive choice for many low-power small form factor applications. The portfolio of use cases is extremely extensive since the compact systems fit virtually anywhere in mobile and stationary applications. With individual interface extensions for a variety of industrial and embedded markets, there is also a wide choice of different interface configurations and mounting options from various manufacturers. For example, there are robust desktop solutions for workstations, as well as wall- mounted or DIN rail systems for use in control cabinets, and VESA mounting behind displays. The eNUC standard is also perfect for automotive applications – as long as a suitable integrated power supply is available. Established embedded vendors place their bets on AMD Suppliers of such compact box PCs for use in harsh industrial environments include companies such as ASRock Industrial, EEPD, OnLogic and Simply NUC. Each of these suppliers currently offer an open and customizable platform based on the AMD Ryzen Embedded V1000 and R1000 Series processors. The embedded mini PCs BoxPC

Figure 3: Cost-optimized media and enterprise mini PCs with long-term availability and AMD Ryzen Embedded processors are available from ASRock and Tranquil, for example.

NUCV and BoxPC NUCR from EEPD are specifically designed for the highest reliability and long- term availability requirements. This product family provides high- performance computing for even the smallest spaces, a high degree of functional safety and reliability in temperature ranges from -40 °C to +85 °C, and great flexibility. Using the proven USB I/O modules from EEPD, industrial interfaces such as CAN, GPIO or LTE/UMTS are quickly added, while the automotive-grade wide-range power supply makes it easy to integrate the box PCs into mobile systems such as vehicle displays and mobile robots. ASRock Industrial positions its fanless box PCs 4x4 iBOX-R1000 and 4x4

iBOX-V1000 as versatile high- performance embedded mini PCs for industrial application in the temperature range from 0 °C to 50 °C. OnLogic sees its fanless ML100G-40 dual- and quad-core box PCs as the ideal solution for industrial gateways and multicore control tasks, or as an alternative to desktop solutions for workstations. With its robust and durable Sequoia V8 and Sequoia V6 systems, Simply NUC focuses primarily on digital signage displays, electronic kiosk and information systems, and edge analysis. For this purpose, the two box PCs offer a rugged metal housing for VESA mounting and customer- specific I/O configurations, among other things.

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improved human-machine interaction, and more powerful data management and analysis in the future. However, to make this AIoT happen quickly, requires high-performance, multifunctional processor solutions such as the AMD Ryzen Embedded family, which are supported by an extensive eco- system of hardware and software partners who can offer OEMs suitable packages based on open source AIoT software such as Radeon Open Compute (ROCm) and OpenCL. The list of AMD’s software partners in this area includes AlphaInfo, Beechwoods, ClearBlade, Enigmedia, and MulticoreWare 2 .

The Internet of Things (IoT) and edge computing are the two most important technology developments in embedded computing in recent years. With the availability of more com- puting power thanks to high-performance multicore CPUs and massively parallel computing units such as the AMD Radeon graphics of the AMD Ryzen Embedded V1000 and R1000 SoCs, IoT and edge computing for artificial intelligence (AI) can increasingly be consolidated in one system. This combi - nation of IoT infrastructure and AI technologies, also referred to as AIoT, will lead to even more efficient IoT applications,

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