- Jetson Nano is Nvidia’s super popular development kit
- Nvidia cut its price in half to $249 in a bid to attract more developers to its platform
- It has also released a firmware that “unlocks” up to 70% performance for free
In a move that will likely catch the attention of more than one, Nvidia has released a free update that significantly improves the performance of its Jetson line of hardware, making it “super.”
Primarily aimed at developers working on AI and robotics applications, the new software update delivers a staggering 57-70% increase in INT8 TOPS performance.
This boost applies to a variety of devices, from the 4GB Jetson Orin Nano to the 16GB Jetson Orin NX, marking a huge leap in computing power for cutting-edge AI applications.
Why wasn’t it unlocked before?
What makes this update particularly impressive is that it requires no hardware changes. Nvidia has somehow mysteriously unlocked double the memory bandwidth, increasing it to 102 GB/s in the Jetson Orin Nano Super Developer Kit, all while retaining the original hardware specifications.
The update not only improves raw computing performance, but also increases generative AI capabilities by 70%, allowing developers to deploy sophisticated AI models, including vision transformers and large language models, on devices. compact.
This development platform, which has also seen a price drop from $499 to $249 to attract more developers to build robotics on Nvidia hardware, makes cutting-edge AI development accessible to a broader audience, including hobbyists and students.
Featuring an Nvidia Ampere architecture GPU and a 6-core Arm CPU, the developer kit supports up to four high-resolution cameras and simultaneous AI applications, making it ideal for prototyping and AI deployments around the world. real.
serve the home raises a valid question about this upgrade: “So somehow, in a 25W envelope, using the same hardware, we get twice the memory bandwidth and more raw computing performance.”
The site adds: “Reasonable people will ask if the hardware was capable of this performance in the first place, why not unlock it from the launch of the Nvidia Jetson Orin Nano in 2022 or the launch of the Nvidia Jetson Orin Nano developer kit in 2023? “Have these devices been out in the field with hardware waiting for a firmware change to unlock massive performance gains? Still, it’s great that we don’t have to repurchase modules to get the new performance.”
