EMBEDDED TECHNOLOGY Maximising compute density in space-


and power-constrained environments By Claus Giebert, product sales manager, modular solutions, Advantech


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s AI, cloud and edge computing workloads continue to grow,


enterprise and networking infrastructure face a pressing challenge: how to deliver sustained high performance within tight space and thermal limits. Balancing    operating dense server environments or  One approach gaining traction involves    This architectural model offers improved   power requirements.


The density dilemma


Data centres and networking environments are often packed with hardware that must operate around the clock. This leads to high  and limited headroom for scaling. Adding      constraints limit how much performance    workload acceleration, is just as important as raw performance.


An integrated, modular solution  this challenge with the development of  designed for enterprise and networking use cases. The platform integrates four    performance per watt while remaining 


    


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 customisation and supports a longer 


integrators to scale up to four modules per   grained performance tuning depending on       data acceleration tasks such as AI inference,   


Key takeaways for system designers


 how vendors are rethinking compute architectures to address emerging  and similar designs is the importance   makes it easier to strike the right 


 heterogeneous computing elements.    designers to align the right processing         control (such as DeviceOn and iManager)  performance and minimising downtime


Looking ahead


As workloads grow more diverse and infrastructure constraints tighten, compute  for enterprise and networking applications.    


 heterogeneous compute and strong    


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