Based on Nvidia's Xavier AGX, the A178 Thunder expands the general purpose graphics processing unit (GPGPU) systems available from Aitech. According to Dan Mor, GPGPU product line manager of Aitech: "GPGPU uses a parallel structure, with multiple small cores that process multiple tasks simultaneously. As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to grow and system size continues to shrink, computing systems will be expected to perform in increasingly remote, harsh environments." The A178 Thunder has twice as many CUDA cores as Jetson TX2-based systems as well as the addition of new Tensor cores. It is claimed to have some of the most powerful processing capabilities in a small form factor (SFF) system.