SummitX Mission Computers

The AI revolution's computing power needs are supported by major chip designers NVIDIA, Intel, and AMD. The GAFAMs are also rushing to design their own processors in a move to control the costs of their ever-demanding data centers. For lower-volume industries with stringent environmental requirements, such as aerospace and defense, it is no easy feat to select solutions that fit the ruggedized edge. Most of the chips mentioned above are designed for data centers, and although power concerns are important, they are not well suited to edge applications that require low size, weight, and power, nor are they designed to survive in such demanding environments.

SummitX-2100 is designed specifically for the rugged edge and is a step up from our SummitX-2000. By selecting an Intel Raptor Lake processor with configurable thermal design power, users can adapt their use cases and select between passive cooling, fan-based, or cold plate cooling usage scenarios. The optional added AI coprocessor, with a limited 8-watt power consumption, delivers an extra 28 TOPS of performance.

Raw processing power is useless without sensor inputs. High-speed interfaces supporting high-resolution video, network traffic, or data transfers are essential to feed content to the inference engine.

The SummitX-2100 supports up to four 1080p60 video feed transfers to the AI coprocessor. A 2.5Gb/s Ethernet input can capture multiple LIDAR datapoint feeds. Together they enable the fusion of sensors video to multiple high-definition SDI monitors. Finally, a 5Gb/s USB interface allows uploading of data models or downloading of mission data dumps for post-processing and improved learning.

All of this power comes in a small 19x21x7 cm package weighing less than 3.5 kg. Contact us at www.elix.swiss for more information on our SummitX-2100 and SummitX family of products.