Advantech Taps Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X Elite for New Line of Industrial AI Solutions

TAIPEI – Advantech, a global leader in industrial computing, has announced a new suite of high-performance edge AI solutions, leveraging the power of Qualcomm’s recently unveiled Snapdragon X Elite platform. The new products are designed to bring significant processing power, advanced AI capabilities, and next-generation connectivity to demanding industrial applications.

The new lineup, which includes the AOM-6731 AI module, the AIMB-293 motherboard, and the SOM-6820 compute module, integrates the Snapdragon X Elite’s 12-core and Snapdragon X Plus’s 10-core Qualcomm Oryon CPUs. These processors, capable of speeds up to 3.4GHz, promise not only rapid data handling for complex industrial tasks but also superior power efficiency. According to the company, the new solutions consume 28% less power on average for common tasks compared to traditional x86-based systems.

At the heart of the new offerings is a powerful AI engine. The integrated Qualcomm Hexagon NPU (Neural Processing Unit) delivers up to 45 TOPS (Trillion Operations Per Second) of AI performance, enabling sophisticated machine learning and deep learning tasks directly on the edge device without relying on the cloud.

“These solutions support data-intensive AI applications and robust remote operations,” the company stated, highlighting the goal of creating a “truly agile and future-ready infrastructure that optimizes real-time processing and connectivity.”

To support this performance, the hardware is equipped with LPDDR5X memory, which provides a 1.3x speed increase over the previous generation while reducing power consumption by 20%. Data transfer speeds also see a massive boost with the inclusion of UFS 3.1 storage, with an option for even more durable UFS 4.0 solutions designed for harsh industrial environments.

Connectivity is a cornerstone of the new platform, with integrated Wi-Fi 7 and 5G capabilities. This combination ensures ultra-fast, low-latency networking critical for real-time data streaming and remote operations in factories, smart city applications, and other industrial settings. For multimedia and vision-centric tasks, the integrated Snapdragon Adreno GPU and a fifth-generation VPU (Vision Processing Unit) support 4K60p video and provide superior graphics performance.

The new AI module, motherboard, and COM Express module will be available for engineering evaluations starting in March 2025.

This report is based on a press release issued on July 7, 2025.