The Radxa Orion O6 is a groundbreaking high-performance Mini ITX motherboard designed for AI applications, described by Radxa as the “World’s First Open-Source Arm®v9 Motherboard”. The Orion O6 marks an important milestone in small form-factor AI computing, delivering powerful CPU performance, advanced hardware capabilities, a high degree of expandability and robust system firmware directly to the end user.

The Orion O6 includes the CiX P1 – CD8180 System on Chip (SoC), using Arm big.LITTLE™ technology and featuring a quad-core Arm Cortex®-A720 at 2.6GHz, quad-core Cortex-A720 at 2.4GHz and quad-core Cortex-A520 at 1.8GHz with 12MB of shared L3 cache. It runs the Debian® OS and includes an Arm® Immortalis™-G720 GPU, while the NPU delivers 30 TOPs of computing power. The platform also features 16 GB of LPDDR5 RAM and can expand up to 64GB, along with PCIe Gen4 8-lane connectivity.

Aptio V UEFI Firmware from AMI is known worldwide for its robustness, security, adaptability, and scalability. By combining feature-rich platform packages that are modular and easy to integrate, Aptio V delivers a platform bring-up journey that is efficient, cost-effective, reliable, and on time.

Srivatsan Ramachandran, SVP of Global Strategic Alliances and Ecosystem Development at AMI, commented that “this Radxa Orion O6 demo platform powered by our Aptio V UEFI Firmware represents a great leap forward in AI compute infrastructure targeted at AI applications and edge computing. Aptio V ensures the powerful system configuration, security, and stability required by these advanced platforms are at end users’ fingertips. We are proud to work with CIX and Radxa on this demo highlighted at COMPUTEX and excited to see how the industry will react.”

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Since 2005, AMI and congatec have worked closely together to deliver innovative embedded computing solutions to customers worldwide. This long-standing collaboration has driven both companies to develop advanced technologies and provide exceptional support to their shared customer base – even for the most sophisticated technical challenges for embedded systems.

“We are thrilled to celebrate 20 years of successful partnership with congatec,” said Sanjoy Maity, CEO of AMI. “Our companies have collaborated extensively to push the boundaries of embedded computing over the past two decades – so it is very fitting that we mark this occasion here at the opening of Embedded World 2025.”

“From the very beginning, AMI has been a trusted and invaluable partner in congatec’s journey toward market excellence. Their deep expertise in BIOS and firmware solutions has been instrumental in enabling us to deliver the highest standards of performance, reliability, and security with our COMs. We look forward to continuing our collaboration for decades to come, driving innovation in embedded and edge computing,” said Dr. Dominik Ressing, CEO of congatec.

Imran Ahmad, AMI Chief Sales Officer, added that “As a party to the signing of our original agreement with congatec, I have witnessed what our two companies have achieved together with great pride. This 20-year milestone between AMI and congatec is a testament to our shared commitment to innovation, quality, and customer satisfaction. We look forward to many more years of fruitful collaboration together as we continue to drive progress in the embedded computing industry.”

“AMI has been an extremely reliable partner for congatec for the past 20 years,” said Christian Riesinger, Founding Member and Senior FAE of congatec. “As our very first technology partner, AMI has been with us every step of the way. In fact, we signed our original agreement with AMI while congatec was still a start-up! But AMI treated us as a valued partner from the beginning, quickly earning our trust through their expertise and high-quality implementation. We have always been satisfied with the high level of technical support AMI has provided to us. Together, we have empowered innovation with secure, high-performance embedded building blocks, so our customers can promptly seize opportunities and establish themselves as industry frontrunners.”

The 20-year partnership between AMI and congatec has resulted in the development of numerous successful embedded computing products and solutions. By combining AMI’s expertise in UEFI firmware and remote management technologies with congatec’s leadership in standardized and customized embedded computer boards and modules, the two companies continue to deliver comprehensive, high-performance embedded computing platforms to our customers.

Looking to the future, AMI and congatec remain committed to strengthening their partnership and delivering even more innovative embedded solutions to meet the evolving needs of their global customer base.

About congatec

congatec is a leading global provider of high-performance hardware and software building blocks for embedded and edge computing solutions based on Computer-on-Modules (COMs). These advanced computer modules drive systems and devices across industries such as industrial automation, medical technology, robotics, telecommunications, and more. congatec’s high-performance aReady. ecosystems simplify and accelerate the solution development, from COM to cloud. This application-ready approach combines COMs with services and customizable technologies that enable cutting-edge advancements in system consolidation, IoT, security, and artificial intelligence. Supported by its majority shareholder, DBAG Fund VIII – a German mid-market fund focused on driving growth for industrial enterprises – congatec has the financial backing and M&A expertise to capitalize on expanding market opportunities. For more information, visit www.congatec.com or follow us on LinkedIn and YouTube.

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AMI DCM v6.0 significantly broadens its scope with enhanced support for AMD-based servers and, for the first time, Arm®-based servers from NVIDIA® and Ampere®. These additions highlight AMI DCM’s commitment to supporting a wide range of server architectures with a unique single-pane-of-glass solution for data center management that is device, vendor, and architecture agnostic.

With today’s release, AMI DCM now supports most NVIDIA data center GPUs, as well as the NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 platform, providing data center administrators and operators with detailed insights into GPU health, performance, and power consumption to facilitate improved resource utilization and efficiency for AI and HPC computing clusters. Moreover, AMI DCM’s support for liquid cooling solutions addresses the thermal management needs of high-density GPU and AI deployments, ensuring optimal performance and longevity of the hardware.

Another standout feature of this new release is the real-time calculation and monitoring of Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) and Carbon Usage Effectiveness (CUE) through direct integration with power meters. This capability allows data centers to dynamically manage and optimize their energy consumption, significantly enhancing sustainability efforts and reducing operational costs.

And for the first time, AMI DCM features new, tiered feature-based licensing. This new licensing structure allows data centers of all sizes to customize and scale their solutions according to their specific operational needs and growth, facilitating cost-effective expansion and adaptation to evolving demands.

“AMI DCM v6.0 represents a pivotal evolution in our approach to managing complex data center environments,” said Zach Bobroff, Chief Product Officer at AMI. “By enhancing our focus on GPUs and AI infrastructures and integrating sophisticated energy efficiency tracking tools, we’re enabling data centers worldwide to not only meet but exceed their performance and sustainability goals.”

AMI DCM v6.0 is available immediately for deployment through AMI’s extensive global sales and support network.

For more information about AMI Data Center Manager v6.0 or to schedule a demonstration, please visit https://www.ami.com/ami-dcm/ or contact dcm_sales@ami.com.

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C-DAC selected AMI’s India branch through a competitive tender process to develop the UEFI/BIOS firmware for this new server, a testament to AMI’s extensive expertise in firmware innovation. This joint effort strengthens the “Make in India” initiative and reinforces India’s push for self-reliant, innovative technology solutions tailored to local needs.

“Since its inception, C-DAC has been recognized as leader in Indian supercomputing. AMI is also widely recognized as the global leader in the BIOS firmware market. This partnership with AMI to develop UEFI/BIOS firmware will help in creating a robust server infrastructure and contribute to the indigenization efforts aimed at achieving self-reliance in critical technologies,” said E. Magesh, Director General of C-DAC.

“C-DAC and AMI India share a commitment and vision for delivering innovative solutions that drive India’s technological capabilities and digital transformation forward. We are therefore greatly excited to embark on the next phase of our transformative journey with AMI, working closely together to develop the next generation of Intel-based server designs,” added Sanjay Wandhekar, Centre Head of C-DAC, Pune.

“We are thrilled that C-DAC recognized AMI’s leadership in developing dynamic firmware solutions, based in part on our strong collaboration together on the RUDRA project. We are confident that our forthcoming contributions will provide a solid foundation for the next generation of indigenous, innovative server designs from C-DAC and ensure a robust and secure future for the ‘Make in India’ initiative,” added Arvind Jayabal, GM of AMI India.

About C-DAC:

The Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) is India’s premier R&D organization under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology for carrying out R&D in IT, electronics and associated areas. It is well known for its work in the areas of High-Performance Computing, Quantum Computing, Digital India RISC-V (DIR-V) and Strategic Electronics, Multilingual Computing and Heritage Computing, Cyber Security & Cyber Forensics, Software Technologies including FOSS, Healthcare Technologies and Education & Training. For more information, visit https://cdac.in/.

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The growth of the Arm Total Design ecosystem represents a greater need in the industry for faster time to market, lower costs and frictionless delivery of custom SoCs. As part of the Arm Total Design ecosystem, AMI is committed to providing firmware solutions that help bring Arm-based custom silicon solutions to market faster than ever before. By leveraging the latest Neoverse™ CSS innovations from Arm, paired with AMI’s deep system knowledge and firmware expertise, developers can reach new levels of performance and efficiency, while also ensuring a seamless out-of-the-box software integration experience.

As the first independent firmware vendor (IFV) included in the Arm Total Design ecosystem, AMI leverages its industry-leading silicon firmware solutions to ensure that mutual customers can maximize their performance while maintaining critical platform reliability, stability, and security. The modular framework provided by AMI for separating the compute and I/O subsystem provides a high degree of flexibility and agility for adopting these designs. AMI’s delivery of the pre-configured and pre-tested production quality modules for the reusable chiplets streamlines the time and resources required for this stage of development.

In addition to participating in Arm Total Design, AMI is also contributing its silicon firmware expertise to Arm’s CSA. The CSA outlines how to define and connect chiplets, mitigating the risk of fragmentation. New chiplet designs can be created with the confidence that they can be adapted and reused in CSA-compliant systems.

“Arm Total Design has grown into an important ecosystem enabling the entire industry to innovate around Arm Neoverse CSS and build optimized silicon for specific use cases including AI, cloud, networking and the edge,” said Eddie Ramirez, vice president of go-to-market, Infrastructure Line of Business, Arm. “AMI brings unique expertise in firmware solutions to both the Arm Total Design ecosystem and as a contributor to CSA, making them a critical part of our customers’ success story.”

Srivatsan Ramachandran, SVP of Global Strategic Alliances and Ecosystem Development at AMI, remarked, “We are proud to be part of the Arm Total Design ecosystem, collaborating with leading companies across a wide range of industries and applications. Our involvement in this ecosystem highlights our commitment to supporting the success of our partners and clients as they adopt Arm’s groundbreaking Neoverse CSS and Chiplet System Architecture.”

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For over a decade, AMI’s MegaRAC® solution has established itself as a leader in the industry by delivering robust, secure, and developer-friendly BMC firmware technologies and tools. It directly addresses the critical challenges associated with remote server management and has consistently and effectively met the requirements of server manufacturers, hyperscalers, and enterprise data centers.

The Future of Server Management: MegaRAC OneTree™

MegaRAC OneTree – AMI’s OpenBMC-based next-generation BMC manageability firmware solution – incorporates industry best practices and implementations from the Linux Foundation’s OpenBMC™ open-source BMC firmware stack while introducing first-to-market technologies across traditional and AI/HPC optimized servers.

Our latest MegaRAC OneTree 2.0 release illustrates this with native support for AI/HPC infrastructure and hardware, improved system reliability leading to extended server lifecycle in the datacenter, and faster development/qualification time (Faster Time-to-Market) with early access to advanced technologies, silicon IP, and testing.

Breaking New Ground in AI and HPC Management

MegaRAC OneTree sets a new standard in AI and HPC infrastructure management with a host of innovative features:

• Advanced packages for specialized AI accelerator and system support: Comprehensive support for the latest AI accelerators, processors, and system designs, ensuring seamless integration and optimal performance
• Feature-rich, reliable interface support for reduced downtime: Secure, stable interfaces with standardized protocols for enhanced system/component management, allowing operators to access, update, and recover systems from anywhere, at any time.
• Multi-silicon support for improved interoperability: Flexible and modular design allowing native support for a broad spectrum of BMC System-on-Chips (SoCs) and host silicon (CPUs/GPUs).

Extending System Life and Maintaining Oversight

MegaRAC OneTree also focuses on extending system lifecycles and maintaining robust system oversight with:

• Comprehensive hardware and sensor management: Maintain optimal system health and performance with advanced monitoring, telemetry, and RAS capabilities.
• Enhanced system stability and recovery: Leverage industry-leading features for logging events/crashes, managing alerts, setting up backups, and defining system recovery flow.

Accelerating Development and Qualification Lifecycle

MegaRAC OneTree customers can expect shorter platform development and qualification time – leading to faster time to production – leveraging a thoroughly stress-tested and hardened firmware stack combined with developer-friendly tools and utilities, including:

• MegaRAC OneTree Development Studio (ODS): Intelligent code editing and platform configuration/porting features for faster development.
• Improved code quality through in-house and industry-standard validation suites: Industry-proven compliance testing for spec compliance, system performance, HW/FW stability, and industry certification.
• Regulatory-approved supply-chain utilities: Regulatory compliance and supply-chain security with tools for image signing, SBOM creation, license generation/management, and more.

Stay Ahead of the Curve

MegaRAC OneTree is designed to stay at the forefront of in-demand features and technology trends. Visit our website to learn more about the MegaRAC family of remote management solutions and contact us to help get your MegaRAC OneTree journey started today.

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As part of the certification process, AMI completed a security audit with an OCP-approved security review provider earlier this month and has published Short Form Reports (SFR) to detail the significance and impact of this accomplishment.

Announced during the 2023 edition of OCP Global Summit, the OCP S.A.F.E. Program is designed to provide a strong degree of security assurance for the provenance, code quality and software supply chain for firmware releases and patches for the wide variety of processing devices that are found in modern data centers.

“We congratulate AMI on being the first IBV to achieve OCP S.A.F.E. certification, and hope that this achievement encourages deeper participation across the ecosystem. Through iterative refinement of review areas, testing scopes and reporting requirements, OCP’s goal is to progressively advance the security posture of hardware and firmware components across the supply chain,” said Steve Helvie, V.P. of Emerging Markets for OCP.

“Microsoft co-created OCP S.A.F.E, an initiative that facilitates the systematic and consistent security review of hardware and firmware. AMI following OCP S.A.F.E. is a significant step in providing transparency into the security assurance of their products,” said Eric Eilertson, Hardware Security Architect of Microsoft Azure.

“AMI is proud to be committed to the OCP S.A.F.E. program and to receive this first-in-class certification award. We have already published one BIOS Short Form Report (SFR) prior to the start of OCP Global Summit, with a second BMC SFR forthcoming. Our participation underscores AMI’s unwavering dedication to open standards and robust supply chain security,” commented Stefano Righi, Senior Vice President of the Global Security Software Group at AMI.

To provide a deeper focus on OCP S.A.F.E. and AMI’s certification and role in this program, attendees to the upcoming OCP Global Summit are invited to a Special Focus presentation entitled “Device Security in the OCP Supply Chain: Overview of How OCP SAFE Addresses the Challenges of Device Firmware” on Thursday, October 17, 2024 at 10:25 am PT in Room 220C at the San Jose Convention Center. Registration is required; however, media and analysts receive complementary passes.

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Through this collaborative partnership, AMI’s Tektagon seamlessly integrates with Samsung Knox to ensure that confidential and sensitive data stays safe at every layer of the device through real-time threat detection and collaborative protection, while providing the highest level of security against firmware-injected malware to help prevent ransomware and denial of service attacks.

“As a leading supplier of endpoint technology to global government and commercial industries, Samsung is committed to securing its platforms at all levels,” said Dr. Hark-Sang Kim, EVP & Head of New Computing R&D Team, Mobile eXperience Business at Samsung Electronics. “Integrating AMI’s Tektagon solution into our latest Galaxy Books provides powerful and comprehensive protection at the platform’s foundation.”

The Samsung Knox platform leverages the motherboard’s existing embedded processor to provide a hardware-backed secure platform, which includes AMI’s Tektagon security technology. Thanks to AMI’s leading capabilities as a firmware provider, the need for additional components is reduced while hardware-rooted security is still seamlessly delivered.

“AMI is extremely proud of our work integrating our Tektagon Platform Root of Trust solution into Samsung Galaxy Book series notebooks,” said Stefano Righi, Senior Vice President of the AMI Global Software and Security Group. “Together Samsung and AMI are helping to reduce the cyber threat landscape, securing business endpoints around the world from malicious attacks.”

The Samsung Galaxy Book5 Pro 360, Galaxy Book4 Pro, Galaxy Book4 Pro 360 and Galaxy Book4 Ultra with AMI Tektagon Platform Root of Trust are available today and can be ordered directly from Samsung.

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AMI’s industry-leading MegaRAC SP-X server management solution offers powerful remote management capabilities for server platforms. Its seamless performance and reliability help consistently ensure the stability, safety, and security of managed servers. NVSSVT and NVRAS Tool provide a unified way to test the system and RAS features of select NVIDIA hardware. It runs on a separate machine from the computer that is being tested, remotely executes the tests automatically, and gathers the logs for analysis. NVRAS Tool helps ensure system behavior is understood and predictable when errors occur on a platform.

AMI continues to deploy its global resources to support CSPs/OEMs/ODMs worldwide, powering server platforms featuring NVIDIA  MGX with Grace and Grace Hopper Superchips that are designed for high-performance computing (HPC) and AI applications.

“Today’s announcement is another clear sign of AMI’s commitment and leadership in meeting the high serviceability demands of HPC and AI applications, leveraging the performance and versatility of NVIDIA MGX with Grace and Grace Hopper Superchips,” commented Anurag Bhatia, SVP – Global Manageability Solutions Group at AMI.

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