Advertisment

Aetina, Qualcomm Partner to Drive Edge AI with On-Premises Solutions

Aetina Corporation, an AI solution provider and a subsidiary of Innodisk Group, has announced its collaboration with Qualcomm which unveiled Qualcomm® AI On-Prem Appliance Solution and Qualcomm® AI Inference Suite for on-premise deployment.

author-image
Telecomdrive Bureau
New Update
Qualcomm

Aetina Corporation, an AI solution provider and a subsidiary of Innodisk Group, has announced its collaboration with Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., which unveiled Qualcomm® AI On-Prem Appliance Solution and Qualcomm® AI Inference Suite for on-premise deployment.

Advertisment

The collaboration combines Qualcomm Technologies’ advanced inference accelerators and software with Aetina’s edge computing hardware to deliver unprecedented computing power and ready-to-use AI applications for enterprises and industrial organizations.

Aetina, Qualcomm Drive Edge AI with On-Premises Solutions 

The flagship offering, the Aetina MegaEdge AIP-FR68 , sets a new industry benchmark by integrating Qualcomm’s Cloud AI ® family of accelerator cards  . Each Cloud AI 100 Ultra card delivers an impressive 870 TOPS of AI computing power on 8-bit integers (INT8) while maintaining remarkable power efficiency at only 150W. The system supports two Cloud AI 100 Ultra cards in a single workstation. This unprecedented combination of power and efficiency in a compact form factor revolutionizes on-premises AI processing, making enterprise computing more accessible than ever.

Advertisment

Richard Hung, Vice President of Aetina, highlights the transformative potential: “Our collaboration with Qualcomm Technologies marks a significant step forward in the deployment of artificial intelligence. By integrating this complex ecosystem into a desktop form factor, we are democratizing access to enterprise-grade AI capabilities. This solution enables enterprises to run sophisticated AI models locally, ensuring data privacy while maintaining superior interoperability and cloud-level performance.”

The collaboration introduces innovative applications in generative AI, particularly through large language models (LLM) with retrieval augmented generation (RAG). This advancement enables organizations to rapidly develop, test, and customize generative AI models on standard PC workstations, with seamless scalability to private data centers or clouds. This capability is particularly valuable for industries requiring secure and high-performance AI processing, such as healthcare, finance, retail, and manufacturing. Furthermore, this collaboration reinforces Aetina’s role as a key AI innovator within the Innodisk Group, underscoring its expertise in global partnerships.

“We are excited to introduce innovative and advanced on-premises AI inference appliance solutions with Aetina,” said Rashid Attar, senior vice president of engineering at Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. “These solutions address the on-premises AI needs of enterprises across a wide range of industries and, when combined with the AI ​​Inference Suite, enable a broad range of AI agents, applications and use cases.”

Advertisment

The Qualcomm AI On-Prem Appliance Solution combines industry-leading processors with the comprehensive Qualcomm AI Inference Suite for On-Prem to deliver a powerful, localized AI computing solution that operates effectively in enterprise environments. The new bundled solution will be available through global channel partners starting in Q1 2025, marking a significant milestone in making enterprise-grade AI accessible to organizations of all sizes.

Qualcomm AI
Advertisment