§ Long-term supply
Your E1M is here for the long haul.
At least 10 years of production availability on every shipping E1M SoM, from volume-production start and subject to silicon supply, as set out in the lifecycle statement LCS-E1M-001. Binding terms come through a Long-Term Supply Agreement.
10-year minimum
AvailabilityAt least 10 years of production availability for every E1M SKU from the date it enters volume production, subject to silicon-supplier availability. The lifecycle statement (LCS-E1M-001) is informational; binding terms come through a Long-Term Supply Agreement (LTSA).
Last-time-buy + 12 months notice
EOL policyBefore any production stop we give active customers at least 12 months of written notice, then a last-time-buy window of at least 6 months.
PCN policy
Change controlProduct Change Notices reach active customers at least 90 days before the change takes effect. A change that breaks form, fit, or function needs a new SKU and a PCN at least 6 months ahead.
§ Why we can promise this
Longevity isn’t a slogan — it’s baked into how we pick silicon and write the standard.
Every choice on the E1M platform — silicon partner, mechanical envelope, pinout, SDK architecture — is filtered through one question: can a customer who designs us in today still ship the same product a decade from now? The answer has to be yes, even when any single piece of silicon underneath changes. Four mechanisms keep that promise alive.
Industrial silicon partners
Renesas RZ/V2N industrial MPU program (15 yr), Alif Ensemble (10+ yr). DeepX DX-M1 longevity is still TBD and is the constraining factor for E1M-X V2N-M1. We pick silicon vendors who commit to industrial longevity — not consumer parts that EOL in three years.
Same pinout, multiple silicon
The E1M open standard means if a SoC unexpectedly EOLs, we route a new SoM onto the same pinout. Your carrier board doesn’t change.
Open spec — vendor-neutral
The E1M standard is published under CC BY-SA 4.0 on GitHub. Even in the unlikely event Alp Lab disappears, the spec survives and any conforming SoM keeps your design alive.
SDK longevity, decoupled from hardware
Alp SDK is an open project; new SoMs are added as drop-in modules, not breaking SDK releases. Bug fixes and security patches flow to existing modules independent of silicon refresh.
§ Lifecycle policy
The policy, in writing.
Standard terms from LCS-E1M-001 for every shipping E1M SoM. Volume customers can negotiate longer windows in an LTSA.
- Minimum availability
- 10 years from volume-production start, subject to silicon-supplier availability
- End-of-life notice
- 12 months minimum (24 months under an LTSA)
- Last-time-buy window
- 6 months minimum after the EOL announcement
- Final-delivery window
- Up to 12 months after the last-time-buy cut-off
- Form-fit-function-breaking change
- New SKU, with a PCN at least 6 months before an affected customer takes delivery
- PCN advance notice (other changes)
- 90 days minimum
- RoHS / REACH compliance updates
- Notified via PCN
- Spare parts / RMA
- Repair and replacement supply for the full 10-year period
- Warranty
- 2 years from date of shipment
§ Current status
Every shipping SoM, every availability window.
Each module's 10-year production-availability window runs from its volume-production start, shown here by First Customer Shipment (FCS). When a SoM enters last-time-buy or EOL, that pill changes here first.
E1M-AEN
e1m-aen
ACTIVE · 2026-01 → 2036-01
E1M-X V2N
e1m-x
ACTIVE · 2026-04 → 2036-04
E1M-X V2N-M1
e1m-x
ACTIVE · 2026-04 → 2036-04
| Module | FCS | Available until (min.) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| E1M-AEN e1m-aen | 2026-01 | 2036-01 | Active |
| E1M-X V2N e1m-x | 2026-04 | 2036-04 | Active |
| E1M-X V2N-M1 e1m-x | 2026-04 | 2036-04 | Active |
Modules in development enter this table the day they FCS. See theproduct roadmap for current module status.
§ Need a longer commitment in writing?
Talk to us about extended-availability contracts.
Programs that need 12, 15, or 20-year availability — medical, defence, rail, regulated industrial — we negotiate term and last-time-buy windows in a Long-Term Supply Agreement (LTSA).