AAEON, a leading provider of embedded solutions, has unveiled the ATX-Q870A, an industrial ATX motherboard designed for Intel Core Ultra Series 2 processors (formerly Arrow Lake-S). The board supports up to 256GB of dual-channel DDR5 6400MHz memory and is compatible with CPUs up to 125W.
The ATX-Q870A delivers up to 24 cores and 24 threads, offering significant computing power, along with up to 36 TOPS of AI performance via its integrated CPU, GPU, and NPU. This makes it ideal for demanding applications, including industrial automation systems and high-performance workstations.
Despite its impressive processing capabilities, it is the expandability offered by the ATX-Q870A that is most likely to catch attention. Of particular note are the board’s two PCIe Gen 5 and five PCIe Gen 4 slots, which allow it to support high-spec GPUs and AI accelerators, NVMe storage, and task-specific modules like serial cards, sensor interfaces, and low-speed NICs simultaneously.
The ATX-Q870A offers four M.2 slots, with two M.2 M-Keys alongside one M.2 E-Key and B-Key slot apiece. These are designed to provide users with multiple interfaces through which to integrate NVMe storage, Wi-Fi, and 4G/5G expansion cards, respectively. For further storage, the ATX-Q870A provides support for four SATA drives with RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 support.
A notable improvement on previous AAEON ATX motherboards, the ATX-Q870A’s rear I/O boasts three RJ-45 LAN ports, all of which offer 2.5GbE speed. These are joined by six USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports, one COM port for RS-232/422/485, and four display interfaces (two HDMI 2.1, one DP 1.4a, and a VGA port).
For internal connectors, the ATX-Q870A offers a further three USB 3.2 (Gen 1×1) interfaces via both box header and vertical port, along with five RS-232 serial port headers and an 8-bit GPIO. As far as OS goes, the ATX-Q870A provides support for both Windows 11 and Linux.
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