DFI Optimistically Approaches Future Operations: Expanding AI IPC Development and Application Fields
DFI, the world leading brand in embedded motherboards and industrial computers (IPC), announced at its fourth quarter investor conference on 3/11 that DFI’s overall performance is expected to gradually improve as customers undergo inventory adjustment cycles, thanks to the increasing demand in various regions’ markets and the ongoing enhancement of DFI’s portfolio of high-margin products. Looking to the future, the key focus of development will be integrating DFI's embedded solutions with AI, which will provide many vertical sectors with AI industrial computer solutions. The company is optimistic regarding future operational growth.
DFI Vice Chairman Michael Lee, with an eye toward forthcoming developments, stated that although customers’ inventory adjustments are still affecting the demand for orders from DFI, these adjustments have gradually slowed each quarter since Q3 of last year, leading to a gradual recovery in demand. It is expected that this will be reflected in DFI’s operations and received orders. During this period of customer inventory adjustments, DFI has accelerated its R&D and prototyping of new AI products in order to satisfy the strong demand that customers will have in the next three to five years. These include unmanned services, remote management, and other AI edge computing applications.
DFI's current orders on hand indicate a growth trend in both the quantity of orders and the number of customers. The company’s business performance is rising alongside existing customers’ demand, and this has led to DFI entering the market for unmanned vehicle applications. Furthermore, there is still strong demand in information security, automation, smart healthcare, new energy applications, and rail transportation, which will drive growth for DFI.
Alexander Su, President of DFI, stated that the integration of AI into DFI’s three major product lines will become an area of primary focus in the future, and will incorporate industrial-grade motherboards, systems, touchscreen computers, and displays. In addition to supporting a wide variety of applications by maximizing or minimizing the sizes and designs of motherboards, the introduction of AI platforms to perform edge computing, out of band management (OOBM), remote management etc. all make it easier to integrate these boards into rugged system designs. Touchscreen controls serve as the human-machine interface (HMI) to provide visualized information regarding equipment and machines as well as provide real-time tracking reports.
In line with the development timetable of the company's AI products, this year DFI will once again be attending Embedded World 2024, the world's largest embedded electronics and IPC event. The size of the DFI booth will be double that of last year's. By leveraging the company's technological and manufacturing capabilities accumulated over many years, DFI will work alongside international partners to showcase the company’s accomplishments in integrating AI with embedded industrial applications, with a strong focus on unmanned services. A series of AI application scenarios have also been created for the event. DFI looks forward to becoming the best partner in corporate OT smartification, and maximizing value for customers in DFI's three main businesses of embedded, security, and automation.