In our view, all-in-one computers are underperforming their fully-fledged ‘classic’ desktop workstation brethren. But Alafia AI, a startup specializing in advanced media imaging equipment, would prove us wrong. The company’s all-in-one Alafia Evas Super Workstation for medical imaging packs a 128-core Ampere Ultra processor and two Nvidia RTX professional graphics cards (via Joe Speed).
The machine is really quite powerful. Equipped with a 4K touch-sensitive display with a brightness of up to 360 nits, the workstation packs Ampere’s Ultra 128-core processor running at 3.0 GHz, two Nvidia RTX graphics cards with up to 28,416 cores (although configurations Nvidia’ RTX400 and RTX400 graphics cards), 2TB of DDR4 memory, and up to 8TB solid-state drives.
“Alafia A is building a 128-core medical imaging AI developer workstation with a 4K rotating display, the Ampere Altra Dev Kit 128c 7 built-in,” wrote Joe Spade, head of Ampere’s edge computing division. “When asked ‘why Ampere’, Alfea said that medical imaging tools are very CPU intensive, and clinicians will be running many apps at the same time.
Alafia AI calls its system largely a purpose-built clinical research appliance, as many applications do not support both the arm-based Ampere Ultra processors and Nvidia’s inference capabilities. The company aims to ship hardware in Q2 2024, expects massively parallel compute application integration in the third quarter, and then plans ecosystem device integration in Q4 2024.
For now, the machine is primarily aimed at software developers. Still, organizations that can develop their own applications for the Arm CPU architecture can purchase and deploy them if they find the performance and capabilities suitable for their needs. Alfia AI has a Github site that links to programs on its platforms. Meanwhile, the company clearly states that those who deploy workstations in the field are responsible for the results they produce.
A statement on Alafia AI’s website states that “You are responsible for conducting human reviews as part of any use of Alafia Ai, Inc.’s products or services, including with any third-party products.” Together, the goal is to inform clinical decision-making.” “Alafia Ai, Inc. workstations, servers and/or products and services should only be used in patient care or clinical scenarios when trained medical professionals are applying sound medical judgment.”