DEEPX DX-AIPlayer N97 mini PC combines Intel N97 SoC and 25 TOPS DX-M1 AI accelerator
DEEPX has just launched the DX-AIPlayer, an ultra-compact edge AI mini PC with an Intel Processor "Alder Lake-N" N97 SoC and the company's DX-M1 M.2 AI
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DEEPX has just launched the DX-AIPlayer , an ultra-compact edge AI mini PC with an Intel Processor “Alder Lake-N” N97 SoC and the company’s DX-M1 M.2 AI accelerator module. The system is designed for real-time vision AI applications in robotics, smart cities, and factory automation.
We’ve seen plenty of Alder Lake-N mini PCs like the Jetway B420UADN1 , the Avalue EPC-ASL , the AAEON UP 710S , and various others, but the DX-AIPlayer N97 is different as it integrates the DX-M1 module via an M.2 2280 M-Key (PCIe Gen 3 x4) slot. The NPU delivers up to 25 TOPS of INT8 AI performance while consuming only 1 to 5 Watts of power, and features 4GB of dedicated LPDDR5 memory to handle larger workloads and multi-model execution without bottlenecking the host system’s RAM.
SoC – Intel Processor N97 quad-core processor up to 3.6 GHz with 6MB cache, 24 EU Intel UHD graphics @ up to 1.20 GHz; TDP: 12W
AI Accelerator – DEEPX DX-M1 M.2 2280 M-Key module, 25 TOPS AI, 4GB LPDDR5 memory, 1Gbit QSPI NAND; TDP: 5W Max
System Memory – 8GB LPDDR5 (up to 16GB supported)
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