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Critical Link announces Best in Show awards for two of the company’s latest SOMs. 

Embedded Computing Design presented Best in Show awards for two Critical Link SOMs at Embedded World North America 2025. The MitySOM-QC6490, based on Qualcomm’s Dragonwing QCS6490 processor, and the MitySOM-A5E family of products, with Altera’s Agilex 5 E-Series FPGA.

The MitySOM-QC6490 delivers multi-core CPU, GPU, and VPU processors and a host of memory options. The SOM includes on board power supply, and a range of high-speed interfaces all in a 45mm x 45mm package. Developers can leverage the Qualcomm AI Hub, a toolkit for building speech recognition, image classification, text generation, and many other common AI applications.

Next up is Critical Link’s Agilex 5 FPGA family of products, with three powerful offerings: a full-featured system on module, a smaller SOM to address size or budget constrained applications, and a single board computer for ultimate flexibility and speed. The MitySOM-A5E family offers high performance, lower power, and small form factors at the edge.

In addition to designing world-class products, Critical Link delivers solutions customers can count on for long term availability, quality, and design maintenance. We provide a level of support that is unmatched in the industry. And we have fully US-based engineering and production teams. Learn more about what sets Critical Link apart: https://www.criticallink.com/the-critical-difference/.

Visit www.criticallink.com to explore our available products and engineering services. Reach out to us directly anytime at info@criticallink.com to discuss how we can support your next project.

See all of the 2025 Best in Show winners

Visit Critical Link booth #3065 at Embedded World North America this November to learn about our latest family of FPGA system on modules featuring Altera Agilex^TM 5!

The MitySOM-A5E family of products includes three different options, each with an array of features to best-fit new customer designs. The MitySOM-A5E offers up to 656KLE FPGA fabric, dual core ARM Cortex-A55 and Cortex-A76, 24 transceivers, dual banks of RAM, and a wide range of user-friendly interfaces. Designs with size or budget constraints can take advantage of the MitySOM-A5E Mini, which features a smaller footprint and lower density devices for a cost optimized solution. Critical Link also offers an Agilex 5 single board computer that provides ultimate flexibility and speed.

Critical Link’s Agilex 5 FPGA family of products are targeted for broad market adoption, particularly for applications needing high performance, lower power, and small form factors at the edge. This includes industrial equipment, test and measurement, communications, video and broadcast, medical devices, and other embedded instrumentation.

Critical Link’s long history of designing industrial-class embedded solutions means customers can count on long term availability, quality, and design maintenance. Our engineering and production teams are based in the US, and we provide a level of support that is unmatched in the industry. Learn more about what sets Critical Link apart: https://www.criticallink.com/the-critical-difference/.

Embedded World North America is November 4^th to 6^th in Anaheim, CA. Register today using Critical Link’s promo code CRITIC25, and be sure to visit us at booth #3065. While there, scan your badge for a chance to win a MitySOM Development Kit of your choice.

Not going to Embedded World? Visit www.criticallink.com to explore our available products and engineering services, or reach out to us directly anytime at info@criticallink.com to discuss how we can support your next project.