Following the release of the Intel Core Series 3 processors (formerly Wildcat Lake), AAEON has announced four upcoming platforms set to feature them.
Following the unveiling of the new Intel Core processors (Series 3) (formerly Wildcat Lake) in April, AAEON’s UP brand (stock code: 6579) has announced its development timeline for four new platforms that will feature the processor line, with both developer boards and edge systems included.
Expected to enter mass production in late Q3 2026, the developer boards included in AAEON’s roadmap are the UP WCL and UP Nexus WCL. The first of these is a credit card-sized board consistent with the original UP board’s form factor, while the UP Nexus WCL represents a branding shift for the UP Squared Pro form factor, measuring 101.6mm × 101.6mm. Both boards will also offer fully embedded edge system versions, the UP WCL Edge and the UP Nexus WCL Edge, designed to appeal to customers requiring plug-and-play systems.
All four platforms will be available with the option of Intel Core 7 processor 350 and Intel Core 5 processor 320 CPUs from the Wildcat Lake family, while the UP WCL will also provide SKUs with the Intel Core 3 processor 304. Delivering up to 40 TOPS of AI performance via integrated GPU and NPU, but with a CPU prioritizing low-power E-cores, the Intel Core series’ first integrated heterogeneous compute architecture sees AAEON position its upcoming products as suitable for building advanced applications across market segments, but with the benefit of a lower power footprint than platforms tailored to high-performance computing needs.
Both the UP WCL and the UP Nexus WCL offer notable improvements over previous generations. For the UP WCL, a substantial boost in available system memory from the previously capped 8GB is available, with standard UP WCL SKUs equipped with 24GB of onboard LPDDR5. Meanwhile, the UP Nexus WCL, which previously supported only up to 16GB of LPDDR5 in its UP Squared Pro line, now offers up to 48GB. The standard 64GB of eMMC storage typically listed on UP product specification sheets has also been upgraded, with both the UP WCL and UP Nexus WCL now coming with 256GB of UFS3.1.
Among the preliminary specifications for the UP WCL are a 10-pin wafer for I2C, PWM, and SPI, 8-bit GPIO, 2.5GbE LAN, and three USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports. Meanwhile, the UP Nexus WCL retains the conventional 40-pin GPIO offered by traditional UP boards, while adding two 10-pin headers for RS-232/422/485, two 2.5GbE LAN ports, and both dual USB Type-A (USB 3.2 Gen 2) and dual USB Type-C (USB 3.2 Gen 2×2) ports.
Regarding OS compatibility, all four offerings support both Windows 11 LTSC and Linux Ubuntu 24.04 LTS.
