Advantech Collaborates with Phison

The emergence of Generative AI (GenAI) has led to the widespread use of AI assistants across various sectors including business environments, education, healthcare, legal and accounting fields, banking, and even migration into embedded and industrial environments.

Numerous new GenAI applications are gradually emerging. Recognizing this trend, Advantech Co. Ltd. announced a collaboration with Phison Electronics Corp. to jointly produce GenAI computing platforms tailored for edge and industrial applications.

Leveraging Phison’s patented aiDAPTIV+ technology and integrating it with Advantech’s Edge AI Solutions, the GenAI computing platform empowers customers in the edge and industrial sectors to construct secure and reliable computing devices for refining GenAI models. The 2 partners are accelerating the transition toward Industry 4.0 and anticipate the advent of Industry 5.0 where human-machine interaction will take center stage.

Edge AI Solutions and aiDAPTIV+ amplifies AI LLM capabilities, enabling the execution of advanced AI training models with limitless computational capacity. The Edge AI solutions offer an AI deployment package, enabling company-wide AI training with robust design, and computing power for AI LLM training, unlocking boundless business opportunities. Moreover, the partnership provides both hardware and software services, bolstering their adaptability through collaboration with Edge AI software solutions, including NVIDIA AI Enterprise (NVAIE), Edge AI SDK, and DeviceOn. This ecosystem encompasses pre-trained models, development platforms, tools, and services, streamlining the accessibility of AI applications.

“Our collaboration with Phison is poised to lower barriers to entry in the AI sector, fostering greater accessibility to local AI computing and training,” stated Miller Chang, president, Advantech Embedded-IoT group. “The innovative SQ aiDAPTIV+ seamlessly incorporates Advantech’s Edge AI SDK and services, streamlining AI training processes by eliminating the necessity for numerous costly GPUs and VRAM. Moreover, it empowers Edge AI applications aspiring for corporate or departmental integration to discover feasible opportunities and effortlessly translate business impacts within the AI realm.“

K.S. Pua, CEO, Phison, states the partnership has spanned over 15 years. The 2 companies have forged a powerful alliance in embedded and industrial systems, spanning from early USB DOMs, CF cards, and SATA SSDs to the latest PCIe 4.0/5.0 SSD specs. This collaboration reaches new heights with the introduction of proprietary aiDAPTIV+ technology solution, integrating with Edge AI Solutions. Together, this alliance empowers customers across the global industrial sector to develop widely accessible GenAI deployment solutions, propelling the adoption of intelligent applications like smart factories, healthcare, and logistics; playing a pivotal role in establishing secure and reliable edge GenAI environments to shape the future of smart living.