SGET SDT develops standard for next unit of computing

With its 10cm² baseboard, Intel is targeting consumer applications such as home theatre systems, digital jukeboxes and gaming appliances as well as space-saving solutions for the home office.

As this PC power in such a compact format presents a highly attractive solution for industrial applications, the SDT.03 was founded within the standardisation consortium to make NUC operational for the embedded industry. Version 1.0 of the specification will be transferred into an open standard according to the statutes of the SGET.

“NUC is a success story both in the industrial as well as the consumer markets,” commented Martin Steger, Chairman, SDT.03 and Managing Director, ies. “The standardisation of embedded NUC paves the way for a major success. Within less than 12 months, the SGET has managed to progress from its first considerations of the specification to achieving a resilient specification for embedded NUC, and even kept it to 16 pages.”

ies has already been offering its own NUC boards for Qseven or SMARC modules since the end of 2013. With the passing of the embedded NUC standard, Martin Steger is now expecting a further boost in interest. “Whether for industrial applications, IoT or small customised server formats, with embedded NUC we have something similar to a historical chance to develop an open industry standard which puts emphasis on the customer benefit while at the same time takes further development potential into account.”

Engelbert Hörmannsdorfer, Chairman, SGET, added: “Just on announcing that SGET was working on a future standard for embedded NUC, many members were inspired to join.”