Specifications
Series / Models
RUC-2000 series — RUC-2000H (2U half-rack base unit) and RUC-2000G (two units form a standard 19-inch rack)
Processor
Intel Core Ultra Series 3
AI Performance
Up to 180 AI TOPS for high-throughput edge inference
Form Factor
19-inch 2U rugged rack-mount; modular half-rack base unit scales to full 19-inch
Cooling
Fanless convection — no dust-ingress failure path
Camera Inputs
Up to 8x GMSL2 interfaces for multi-camera aggregation and low-latency video
Networking
1x 10GbE plus 5x 2.5GbE deterministic edge data transport
Storage
Dual hot-swappable SSD trays with RAID 0/1
Expansion
PCIe x16 slot (x8 electrical bandwidth) supporting add-in cards up to 200 W, including discrete GPUs
Mounting
Rack, wall or desk mounting options
Ruggedization
MIL-STD-810H validated; wide-range DC input with power protection
Operating Profile
Designed for 24/7 operation across wide temperature ranges, dust and vibration
Target Workloads
Machine vision, autonomous vehicles, intelligent video analytics
Availability
Sample available now; volume configurations on request
Overview
The ASUS IoT RUC-2000 series is a rugged edge AI platform built around a genuinely unusual mechanical idea: a fanless 2U half-rack base unit (RUC-2000H) that pairs with a second unit to form a standard 19-inch rack configuration (RUC-2000G). The point is to remove the integration friction of proprietary embedded boxes — the same module can be rack-, wall- or desk-mounted, serviced from the front, and scaled into a conventional cabinet without custom brackets.
Compute comes from Intel Core Ultra Series 3 processors delivering up to 180 AI TOPS, which is enough for high-throughput inference directly on the platform. The I/O is explicitly designed for camera-heavy edge AI: up to eight GMSL2 interfaces remove the need for external deserialiser cards, and a 10GbE plus five 2.5GbE network complement handles deterministic data transport. Dual hot-swappable SSD trays with RAID 0/1 and a PCIe x16 slot (x8 bandwidth) rated for up to a 200 W add-in card — including a discrete GPU — cover both availability and future acceleration headroom.
Because it is fanless, the RUC-2000 series carries no dust-ingress failure path, and ASUS validates it to MIL-STD-810H with wide-range DC input protection for sites that see extreme temperature, dust and vibration. QS Compute supplies the ASUS IoT edge AI and industrial computing range to integrator, OEM and systems programmes — contact us for configuration, qualification support and volume pricing.
Key Benefits
Standard-19-inch modularity. A half-rack unit that becomes a full rack system without custom mounting. Camera-ready I/O. Eight GMSL2 ports in-box instead of external converters. Serviceable in place. Front-access hot-swap storage and RAID 0/1. Genuinely rugged. Fanless, MIL-STD-810H validated, wide-range DC input, 24/7 duty.
Applications
Autonomous and unmanned vehicle platforms, factory automation and machine vision cells, intelligent video analytics and multi-camera surveillance, roadside and wayside edge inference, space-constrained industrial cabinets, and any mission-critical deployment where a fanless MIL-STD-810H system with high-bandwidth camera I/O is required.
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