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Adding to AAEON's extensive Industrial Motherboard lineup, the new MIX-Q870A1 is AAEON's most sophisticated Mini-ITX board yet. Supporting up to 65W Intel® Core™ Ultra 200S Series Processors for the Edge (formerly Arrow Lake-S), the MIX-Q870A1 can achieve up to 36 TOPS of integrated AI performance, making it an exceptionally powerful foundation for solution building.
65W Intel Core Ultra 200S Series CPU Support


Supporting up to 65W Intel® Core™ Ultra 200S Series LGA 1851 socket-type processors, the MIX-Q870A1 offers up to 36 TOPs of AI performance, leveraging the Arrow Lake platform's Xe LPG graphics architecture alongside an on-chip NPU with broad support for popular AI software frameworks including OpenVINO™, WindowsML, DirectML, and ONNX RT.
PCIe Gen 5 [x16] with Bifurcation


When it comes to expansion, limitations are a thing of the past. Boasting a 16-lane PCIe Gen 5 slot with a dedicated jumper for lane configuration, the MIX-Q870A1 provides modular functional expansion. This means that even when equipped with a GPU to bolster the AI acceleration offered by the Intel Core Ultra platform, the remaining lanes can be split to accommodate additional modules like NVMe SSDs, NICs, frame grabbers, or fieldbus interface cards.
Diverse Storage Architecture


The MIX-Q870A1's M.2-1A 2280 M-Key offers a four-lane PCIe, ideal for NVMe or AI acceleration card support. Meanwhile, an M.2 2242 M-Key slot is also provided to grant users an additional SATA signal to boost storage capabilities alongside its two SATA 6Gb/s ports. As such, the board can manage diverse storage workloads, from high bandwidth NVMe to long-term, HDD-based stable data logging. Moreover, the MIX-Q870A1 comes with a dedicated Intel® Rapid Storage Technology (RST) driver, activating RAID 0, 1 functions for its SATA signal to reinforce the stability of on-system data.
Densely Populated Interface Selection


The MIX-Q870A1 grants four independent displays, with two HDMI 2.0 and two DP 1.4, as well as a 40-pin LVDS/eDP connector. Meanwhile, the board's rear I/O offers eight USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports alongside both 2.5GbE and 1GbE LAN ports to grant extensive connectivity for peripheral devices and wired networking. Rounding this off is an 8-bit programmable internal digital I/O header and a USB header supporting two additional USB 3.2 Gen 1 interfaces.
| System | |
| Processor | Intel® Core™ Ultra 200S Series Processors, 65W, LGA1851 Socket |
| Chipset | Intel® Q870 Chipset |
| Memory | CSODIMM/SODIMM x 2, Max 96GB, Dual-Channel DDR5, up to 6400MHz |
| I/O CHIPSET | Nuvoton NCT5525D |
| Ethernet | Intel® Ethernet Connection I219-LM, 1GbE LAN x 1 Intel® Ethernet Controller I226-V, 2.5GbE LAN x 1 |
| Audio | Realtek® ALC897 (with audio AMP) |
| TPM | TPM 2.0 |
| Expansion Slots | PCIe Gen 5 [x16] x 1 (Jumper for Bifurcation selection ([x16] x 1 or [x8] + [x8] or [x8] + [x4] + [x4])) M.2 2230 E-Key x 1 (PCIe [x1]/NVMe) |
| BIOS | 256Mbit Flash ROM, AMI BIOS |
| H/W Monitor | Temperature Monitor on CPU/System, Voltage Monitor on Vcore/5V/3.3V/12V, Fan Monitor on Chassis |
| WatchDog Timer | 1~255 stepss by software program |
| Smart Fan Control | CPU Fan/Chassis Fan |
| Wake On LAN/ PXE | Yes (WOL/PXE) |
| Power State | S3, S4, S5 |
| Graphics | |
| Graphics Chipset | Intel® UHD Graphics |
| Graphics Multi Display | Quad Independent Display |
| VGA | — |
| DVI | — |
| HDMI | HDMI 2.0: Up to 4096 x 2160 @60Hz/2560 x 1600 @60Hz, with Digital Audio |
| Display Port | DP 1.4: Up to 4096 x 2160 @120 Hz (HBR2) |
| LVDS | Up to 1920 x 1080 @60Hz, Dual-Channel 18/24 bit, co-layout eDP (default LVDS) |
| eDP | Up to 1920 x 1080 @60Hz |
| Backlight Control | PWM |
| Environment & Power & ME | |
| Battery | Lithium battery |
| Power Requirement | ATX |
| Operating Temperature | 32°F ~ 140°F (0 ~ 60°C) (Operational humidity: 60°C @90% RH Non-Condensing) |
| Storage Temperature | -40°F ~ 185°F (-40°C ~ 85°C) |
| Certificate | CE & FCC (Class A) |
| Form Factor | 6.7" x 6.7" (170mm x 170mm) |
| Weight | 1.1 lb (0.5 Kg) |
| MTBF (Hours) | — |
| Rear Panel I/O Ports | |
| USB | USB 3.2 Gen 2 x 8 |
| Display I/O | HDMI 2.0 x 2, DP 1.4 x 2 |
| Audio I/O | Line Out x 1, Mic x 1 |
| LAN I/O | RJ-45 x 2 |
| Others | — |
| Internal I/O Connectors | |
| Storage | SATA 6Gb/s x 2, RAID 0,1 supported M.2-1A 2280 M-key x 1 (PCIe [x4]/NVMe) M.2 2242 M-Key x 1 (SATA) |
| USB | USB 3.0 pin header x 1 (supports additional USB 3.2 Gen 1 x 2) |
| Display I/O | 40-pin LVDS/eDP connector x 1 with Inverter (Default LVDS) |
| Audio I/O | AAFP follows ASUS pin out x 1 |
| Serial Port | — |
| DIO | 8-bit programmable (4-in/4-out) x 1 |
| FAN | 4-pin Chassis Fan Connector x 1, 4-pin CPU Fan Connector x 1 |
| Power | ATX |
| Others | Clear CMOS Jumper x 1 Front Panel Connector x 1 Chassis Intrusion x 1 Buzzer Onboard x 1 ATX/AT Mode Select x 1 ME Disable x 1 eDP/LVDS Tcon IC Voltage Select x 1 Backlight Voltage Select x 1 |
| OS | |
| OS Support | Windows 11 64-bit; Linux Ubuntu 24.04 (TBD) |