SPARKLE Launches Embedded Intel Arc Graphics Card Series for the Edge

[GFreeman]

With 40+ years of experience in computer industry, SPARKLE is launching a series of graphics cards based on the recently launched Intel Arc GPU for edge and provide longevity support up to 5 years.

SPARKLE graphic cards feature high-efficiency AI, visual computing and media processing. GPU cards from SPARKLE are edge-focused form factors with long life and optimizations for embedded use conditions and improves development and operating efficiency based on an open ecosystem by leveraging AI inferencing software, OpenVINO which automatically distributes workloads across CPU and GPU. SPARKLE has prepared and showcased the full series of SPARKLE Intel Arc graphics cards targeted for the edge, based on Intel Arc A750E, A580E, A380E, A310E, A370E and A350E GPUs. These graphics cards come solid longevity support up to 5 years.

• SPARKLE Intel Arc A380E Graphics Card, IA30GC-TN4E
• 75 W, dual-slot, single fan with 1x HDMI & 3x DisplayPort and 5-year longevity support.
• SPARKLE Intel Arc A380E Graphics Card, Low-Profile, IA30GBL-TN4E
• 75 W, dual-slot, dual-fan, low-profile configuration with 4x mini-DisplayPort and 5-year longevity support.
• SPARKLE Intel Arc A310E Graphics Card, IA30GC-DK4F
• Comes with SPARKLE exclusive 50 W Intel Arc A310E, single-slot, single-fan blower, with 1x HDMI & 3x DisplayPort and 5-year longevity support.
• SPARKLE Intel Arc A310E Graphics Card, Low-Profile 50 W, IA30GBL-LK4E
• Comes with SPARKLE exclusive 50 W Intel Arc A310E, single-slot, single-fan blower, low-profile configuration with 4x mini-DisplayPort and 5-year longevity support.
• SPARKLE Intel Arc A370E Graphics Card, MXM, IM30G-BKA
• 50 W, MXM 3.1 Type-A, with up to 4 outputs configuration and 5-year longevity support.
• SPARKLE Intel Arc A350E Graphics Card, MXM, IM30G-CKA
• 35 W, MXM 3.1 Type-A, with up to 4 outputs configuration and 5-year longevity support.

About Sparkle Embedded
A leader in the embedded business from 2013, has been providing robust industrial PC components and customizable ODM/OEM solutions with unwavering longevity support. Leveraging over 40 years of experience in the computer industry, SPARKLE taps into the rich resources of Taiwan's computer industrial landscape since 1982.

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[LabRat 891]

Intel Fishcard, when?

In seriousness:
Intel's offerings are pretty attractive to the SOHO and Ind.PC user; less locked out than most GeForce, and better feature-support(ed) than AMD.
-VM compat/pass-thru
-QuickSync Video

The catch,
gotta have a modern build w/ firmware support for Resizable BAR and SR-IOV, etc.

 

[cvaldes]

And these new cards from Sparkle aren't aimed at SOHO and Ind.PC users. They are squarely aimed at embedded systems, industrial PC, and ODM/OEM solutions. They don't even use the word "game" or "gaming" once in the press release.

They tout the 5-year longevity support multiple times so clearly that is part of their value add to their enterprise customers.

This is not a consumer offering. The products might work under very specific consumer usage cases but they most certainly aren't being marketed that way. The two A380E products have blower style fans so probably a little noisy for home use.

 

[thesmokingman]

Intel advert in disguise lmao.

 

[LabRat 891]

And these new cards from Sparkle aren't aimed at SOHO and Ind.PC users. They are squarely aimed at embedded systems, industrial PC, and ODM/OEM solutions. They don't even use the word "game" or "gaming" once in the press release.

They tout the 5-year longevity support multiple times so clearly that is part of their value add to their enterprise customers.

This is not a consumer offering. The products might work under very specific consumer usage cases but they most certainly aren't being marketed that way. The two A380E products have blower style fans so probably a little noisy for home use.

Ind.PC was (clearly, improper) shorthand for Industrial PCs.

That's unfortunate, as these 'enterprise' parts are always the most attractive. In-part for their advertised longevity, in-part their utilitarian and minimalist styling/formfactor.
'Always happy to have retired 'Enterprise' and 'Industrial' components in my collection.

 

[cvaldes]

Wow, we keep getting more and more people who simply don't know basic communication. Anyhow, 'enterprise' parts aren't always the most attractive for consumers. If I saw a photograph of your kitchen I'd probably be able to point out 50-100 elements that weren't 'enterprise'.

But keep making up shit. We love it!

 

[SOAREVERSOR]

Wow, we keep getting more and more people who simply don't know basic communication. Anyhow, 'enterprise' parts aren't always the most attractive for consumers. If I saw a photograph of your kitchen I'd probably be able to point out 50-100 elements that weren't 'enterprise'.

But keep making up shit. We love it!

They aren't "attractive" because the cost and build quality is over the top and reliability comes over raw performance and RGB. Yet unlike consumer parts you do get what you pay for, it will work, and they sure as shit will support it.

A gaming computer is a tricked out Honda Civic with anime women painted on the side, a glass pack, under lighting, RGB inside lighting, and a shitty paint job someone drives. Enterprise machines are formula one racers, super duty trucks, or farm combines. Which is why gaming, especially PC gaming, is viewed as the realm of neck bearded virgin white incels outside of it's own crowd. I say this as someone in their 40s who's being play games since C64, DOS, Atari, and Nintendo, also arcades!

For kitchens in the US it's not uncommon for people to have industrial (it's not called enterprise with restaurants) grade kitchen equipment. I do. It's over the top in cost but the reality is it's stupidly well made, will outlast you, adds value to your home, has better support, and is just better all in all. They sell it all over the place and they will come over, measure the place, install it, and run the HVAC upgrades you need. It's not hard. You can go to Home Depot (the big home store here) and speak to them and do it. I live in the DC area and I can walk in under 10 mins to multiple home kitchen stores that sell industrial grade appliances and walk home and they will be there with a crew 10 mins after I get back to install the mess. Most of the condos in my area that are new(ish) are just built with all this installed as it raises the value, and people are going to have the crap torn out and install it anyways if it was not.

On the US Atlantic Coast there is a saying "it's expensive to be poor". You're always replacing cheaply built junk instead of spending the extra cash to get a thing that will last. Not only is this not cost effective at the national scale it generates a ton of garbage and junk. So a lot of the new stuff that's being constructed here regardless of what it's for is built to the gills to actually last. That's a good thing! Sure it costs more but people like it better. For those who normally can't afford it we often handle that through taxes on those who can or tax breaks for those who can't.

This is also one of the reasons audiophiles aren't actually suckers. Sure there are silly products but if you got a system back in the 60s or 70s it's still gonna run even though you may have to replace some vacume tubes, dog chewed a cable, or your turn table needs a new cart/stylus. It's just built to do that.

There's nothing wrong with enterprise, professional, or industrial grade kit. On the other hand there's nothing good to say about gaming kit. We'd all be a lot better off focusing on reliability and longevity. Sparkle is not some joke brand either they've been around for ages. I had a sparkle 4600ti (might have been a 400 it's been ages) and a 6800gt AGP and both were fine. DFI is still around as well. Companies like that aren't leaving "computing" they are leaving "PC gaming" because it's a fucking shit show.

 

[AusWolf]

For the edge? What does that mean?

 

[dj-electric]

For the edge? What does that mean?

Edge computing is typically computers that have to perform at the very edge of a system that has to perform particular tasks when connected to certain equipment.
A computer that's connected to a bunch of cameras in any automotive industry are edge computers. Its the first machine that comes in contact with any peripheral that serves a compute mission.

One thing I don't get is why top config for MXM only has 4GB of VRAM. That's bad in my books.