The Era of Physical AI is Here! Leadtek Officially Named Distributor of NVIDIA IGX Thor, Delivering Computing Power of the NVIDIA Blackwell Architecture to the Industrial and Medical Edge

As artificial intelligence expands from the digital world into physical scenarios, the real-time performance and security of edge computing have become the strategic core of industrial transformation. Leadtek Research Inc., a global leader in AI solutions, is proud to announce that we are now an authorized distributor for NVIDIA IGX Thor Developer Kit and the NVIDIA IGX Thor Developer Kit Mini. By introducing these industrial-grade computing platforms—powered by the NVIDIA Blackwell architecture —Leadtek is delivering unparalleled real-time AI performance, safety, and reliability to the industrial, robotics, and healthcare sectors.

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Bringing Real-Time Physical AI to the Edge: Unleashing 8x AI Performance

NVIDIA IGX Thor is a powerful industrial-grade computing platform whose core value lies in integrating top-tier hardware, enterprise-level software, and long-term support services. Compared to the previous generation IGX Orin, NVIDIA IGX Thor delivers an 8x increase in AI computing performance on its integrated GPU (iGPU). When paired with a discrete GPU (dGPU), AI computing capability can reach up to 5,581 FP4 TFLOPS. This allows developers to seamlessly run complex Large Language Models (LLMs) and Visual Language Models (VLMs) at the edge, while leveraging real-time sensor processing and AI inference capabilities to provide powerful support for physical AI agents.

Empowered by Enterprise-Class Software: Driving the AI Brain for Mission-Critical Tasks

The power of NVIDIA IGX Thor lies not only in its hardware but also in its comprehensive software ecosystem. NVIDIA IGX Thor runs the NVIDIA AI Enterprise software stack, including NVIDIA NIM microservices , which accelerate physical AI application development from the cloud to the edge, NVIDIA Isaac for robotics, NVIDIA Metropolis for visual AI andNVIDIA Holoscan for sensor processing. To ensure the stability required for industrial deployments, this industrial-grade platform is backed by a 10-year lifecycle and long-term support commitment.

Meeting Diverse Scenario Needs

NVIDIA IGX Thor Developer Kit and its Mini version each possess unique advantages in expandability and adaptability, assisting enterprises in aligning with mission-critical tasks. The standard developer kit offers powerful modular potential, including a NVIDIA RTX PRO Blackwell architecture discrete GPU (dGPU), with AI computing performance soaring up to 5,581 FP4 TFLOPS, providing unparalleled power reserves for ultra-high-load real-time computing. Meanwhile, NVIDIA IGX Thor Developer Kit Mini focuses on high energy efficiency and compact robotic use cases with on-board safety MCU. This tiering of performance empowers NVIDIA IGX Thor to precisely align with diverse mission-critical tasks: In the smart medical field, by integrating the NVIDIA Holoscan platform, real-time physical AI is injected into edge diagnostic devices and smart robots, acting like a digital assistant with perception capabilities for medical staff, significantly enhancing surgical precision and care outcomes. In software-defined instruments, this technology is comprehensively revolutionizing semiconductor testing and visual processing workflows, allowing developers to dynamically adjust parameters without changing hardware, maximizing the flexibility of prototyping and customized deployment. In industrial robotics applications, AI empowerment strengthens machines' environmental cognition and adaptive decision-making capabilities. While ensuring compliance with strict functional safety standards, it thoroughly optimizes operational efficiency in manufacturing environments, realizing a new vision of safe and efficient human-machine collaboration.

Global Use Cases

Currently, NVIDIA IGX Thor has gained the favor of leading manufacturers worldwide: In the industrial and transportation sectors, Hitachi Rail is utilizing its real-time AI performance to establish predictive maintenance and autonomous inspection systems, while Maven Robotics uses it as the core for next-generation industrial robots. On the medical end, Diligent Robotics and EndoQuest Robotics are using NVIDIA IGX Thor to enhance the AI capabilities of surgical robots. With NVIDIA IGX Thor, organizations are empowered to deploy advanced AI solutions at the edge, maximizing productivity and safety across various industrial sectors with unmatched computational power.

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