AAEON UP WCL Ultra Small PC hardware features Intel Wildcat Lake x86 processors and AI capability
AAEON also launched another of its new Ultra Small PC hardware with their UP WCL, a compact motherboard in direct competition to mainstream ARM boards such as the Raspberry Pi. The new board differentiating from others like the Raspberry Pi uses Intel Wildcat Lake x86 processors instead of other ARM boards and also from official statement from AAEON it brings desktop class instruction sets and processing power to an ultra compact footprint
Board itself is only 85mm x 56mm and fits standard motherboard specification. AAEON's board will come in 3 separate CPU configuration based on performance choice, namely Core 7 350 and Core 5 320 each with 6 processing cores, while entry level Core i3 304 runs on 5 cores. Any of the processor will come with built in NPU (Neural Processing Unit) and allow running of local AI workloads and machine learning processes.
As per memory, the board can take up to 24GB of LPDDR5 memory to provide adequate bandwidth for multitasking and data processing. For storage up to 256 GB UFS is built on the board but still comes without an onboard WiFi or Bluetooth module (dedicated slot M.2 2230 is provided for adding wireless cards), wired connection is with 2.5Gbps Ethernet, HDMI 2.1 for visual and 3 USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type A ports for external peripherals along with 10 pin GPIO header for accessing external hardware and sensors. It can be installed with Windows 11 and Ubuntu Linux.
Other motherboards based on this same Wildcat Lake processor will be available with new UP Nexus WCL offering better expandability up to 48GB memory, dual 2.5Gbps Ethernet ports and extra daughterboard support while other Industrial specification variations such as the enclosed Mini PC variant called UP WCL Edge, as well as the Nexus variant called UP Nexus WCL Edge will be released too. Mass production for whole Wildcat Lake hardware line up will be in Q3 2026, and no information on the final prices are available yet.
