We think all-in-one computers are underperforming brethren of fully-fledged ‘classic’ desktop workstations. But Alafia AI, a startup specializing in modern media imaging appliances, will prove us wrong. The company’s all-in-one Alafia Aivas SuperWorkstation for medical imaging packs a 128-core Ampere Altra processor and two Nvidia RTX professional graphics cards (viaJoe Speed).
The machine is indeed quite powerful. Equipped with a 4K touch-sensitive display with up to 360 nits brightness, the workstation packsAmpere’s Altra 128-coreprocessor running at 3.0 GHz, two Nvidia RTX graphics cards with up to 28,416 cores (though the configuration shows Nvidia’sRTX 4000andRTX A3000graphics cards), 2TB of DDR4 memory, and an up to 8TB solid-state drive.
“Alafia Ai is making 128 core medical imaging AI developer workstations with 4K rotating display, Ampere Altra Dev Kit 128c 7 built-in,” wrote Joe Speed, the head of Ampere’s edge computing division. “When asked ‘Why Ampere,’ Alafia said medical imaging tools are CPU intensive, and clinicians will run many apps at the same time.”
Alafia AI calls its system a purpose-built clinical research appliance, to a large degree, because not many applications support both Arm-basedAmpere Altraprocessors and Nvidia’s inference capabilities. The company aims to ship the hardware in Q2 2024, expects massively parallel compute application integration in the third quarter, and then projects ecosystem device integration in Q4 2024.
For now, the machine is mainly aimed at software developers. Still, institutions that can tailor their applications for the Arm CPU architecture can buy and deploy them if they find performance and capabilities suitable for their needs. Alafia AI has a Github site that links to programs on its platforms. Meanwhile, the company clearly states that those who deploy the workstations in the field are responsible for the results that they produce.
“You are responsible for instituting human review as part of any use of Alafia Ai, Inc. products or services, including in association with any third-party product intended to inform clinical decision-making,” a statement on the Alafia AI website reads. “The Alafia Ai, Inc. workstation, servers and/or products and services should only be used in patient care or clinical scenarios after review by trained medical professionals applying sound medical judgment.”
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Anton Shilov is a contributing writer at Tom’s Hardware. Over the past couple of decades, he has covered everything from CPUs and GPUs to supercomputers and from modern process technologies and latest fab tools to high-tech industry trends.
