Taiwanese firms Advantech and Phison are collaborating to develop a generative AI (genAI) computing platform for edge applications.

The emergence of genAI has led to the widespread use of AI assistants across various sectors including business environments, education, healthcare, legal and accounting fields, banking, and even migration into embedded and industrial environments. Numerous gen AI applications are gradually emerging.

Recognising this trend, Advantech (www.advantech.com) and Phison, a provider of NAND controllers and NAND storage, are jointly producing genAI computing platforms tailored for edge and industrial applications.

Advantech’s edge AI products and Phison’s AIDaptiv+ (www.phison.com/en/aidaptiv-plus-ai-data-storage-solution) amplifies AI LLM (large language model) capabilities, enabling the execution of AI training models. The edge AI offerings provide an AI deployment package, enabling company-wide AI training with design and computing power for AI LLM training, unlocking business opportunities.

Moreover, the partnership provides hardware and software services, bolstering adaptability through collaboration with Advantech’s edge AI software, including Nvidia AI Enterprise (NVAIE), edge AI SDK and DeviceOn. This ecosystem encompasses pre-trained models, development platforms, tools and services, streamlining the accessibility of AI applications.

“Our collaboration with Phison is poised to lower barriers to entry in the AI sector, fostering greater accessibility to local AI computing and training,” stated Miller Chang, president of Advantech’s embedded-IoT group. “The innovative SQ AIDaptiv+ seamlessly incorporates Advantech’s edge AI SDK and services, streamlining AI training processes by eliminating the necessity for numerous costly GPUs and VRAM. Moreover, it empowers edge AI applications aspiring for corporate or departmental integration to discover feasible opportunities and effortlessly translate business impacts within the AI realm.”

KS Pua, CEO of Phison Electronics (www.phison.com), said the partnership between Phison and Advantech had spanned over 15 years.

“Phison and Advantech have forged a powerful alliance in embedded and industrial systems, spanning from early USB DoMs, CF cards and Sata SSDs to the latest PCIe 4.0/5.0 SSD specifications,” he said. “Our collaboration reaches new heights with the introduction of Phison’s proprietary AIDaptiv+ technology, seamlessly integrating with Advantech’s edge AI. Together, our alliance empowers customers across the global industrial sector to develop widely accessible genAI deployment, propelling the adoption of intelligent applications like smart factories, healthcare and logistics, playing a pivotal role in establishing secure and reliable edge genAI environments to shape the future of smart living.”