Taiwanese IoT firm Advantech has announced a partnership with DeepX, a South Korean AI semiconductor innovator specialising in NPU (neural processing unit) technology.

This collaboration expands Advantech’s AI chipset ecosystem and introduces the company’s first AI acceleration product powered by DeepX technology, the EAI-1961 series edge AI acceleration module.

“Advantech evaluates a broad range of AI chip technologies to address diverse industrial needs,” said Joey Hsu, director at Advantech. “DeepX demonstrates commendable efficiency in power and thermal performance, which is essential for reliable edge AI deployment. By integrating DeepX’s energy-efficient NPU with Advantech’s industrial hardware expertise, we aim to offer more optimised AI for next-generation edge systems.”

The EAI-1961 series is Advantech’s first product featuring DeepX’s DX-M1 NPU technology. Designed in the standard M.2 form factor, the module delivers up to 25Tops of AI inference while supporting up to 4Gbyte of LPDDR5 memory. Its energy-efficient architecture ensures stable thermal behaviour even during heavy workloads, making it suitable for vision-centric applications such as robotic vision, intelligent surveillance, in-vehicle computing and precision medical diagnostics.

“Advantech is the undisputed leader shaping the global industrial automation and embedded computing ecosystem,” said DeepX CEO Lokwon Kim. “This collaboration marks a defining moment for DeepX as our technology moves towards becoming a global industrial standard. By leveraging Advantech’s unparalleled worldwide network, we are ready to showcase the strength and competitiveness of DeepX’s AI chips on the global stage. The integration of our DX-M1 NPU into Advantech’s platforms will empower customers with unprecedented AI performance and efficiency, enabling smarter, faster and more sustainable edge applications.”

By adding DeepX (deepx.ai) to its expanding roster of AI technology partners, including Intel, Qualcomm, Nvidia, Hailo and Axelera AI, Advantech (www.advantech.com) continues to deliver a portfolios of edge AI products for applications such as predictive maintenance, quality inspection, real-time situational awareness and adaptive robotic control.