Industrial IoT solutions provider AAEON (Stock Code: 6579) today announced the released of the uCOM-M700 and uCOM-M510, two SMARC modules powered by the MediaTek Genio IoT platform. The uCOM-M700 and uCOM-M510, which are AAEON's first products equipped with MediaTek technology, offer SKUs powered by either the octa-core MediaTek Genio 700 or hexa-core MediaTek Genio 510 SoC, respectively. Both platforms leverage ARM big.LITTLE architecture for efficient processing, as well as an integrated NPU and VPU to go along with an on-chip Arm Mali -G57 MC2 GPU. With these SoCs, the uCOM-M700 and uCOM-M510 can draw from a foundation that prioritizes efficient, low-power operation alongside up to 4 TOPs of AI performance, making them well-suited to applications such as advanced human-machine interfaces and smart retail kiosks.

The modules' specifications reflect the needs of their targeted application sectors, particularly with respect to the choice of display interfaces that can be used in conjunction with the Arm Mali -G57 GPU. Each module is equipped with HDMI 2.0, DP 1.4, and eDP 1.2, with an additional MIPI DSI connector available upon request. This grants users a broad choice to suit application need, while the combinations of said connectors allow for up to two simultaneous displays, one 4K and one 2K.

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