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Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the way we interact with technology and industries across the board, and edge AI is no exception. Edge AI refers to AI algorithms and models that run on devices or hardware at the edge of a network, as opposed to being processed in the cloud or on a centralized server. This approach reduces latency, conserves bandwidth, and increases privacy by keeping data local. From autonomous vehicles to intelligent drones and robots, the demand for high-performance AI processing solutions continues to grow. One such solution is Nvidia’s Jetson family of AI-enabled edge devices, which includes the Jetson Xavier NX, Jetson Orin NX, and Jetson Orin Nano. Let’s explore and compare these devices, focusing on their AI capabilities and processing power.

What is NVIDIA Jetson?

NVIDIA Jetson is a series of advanced embedding systems that enable developers to create innovative artificial intelligence (AI) products for various scenarios across multiple industries. Each NVIDIA Jetson is a complete System on Module (SOM) that includes GPU, CPU, memory, power management, high-speed interfaces, and more. They’re available in a wide range of performance, power efficiency, and form factors. Additionally, it also includes JetPack SDK for software acceleration and an ecosystem for speeding up the development of custom AI projects.

Jetson Xavier^TM NX vs Jetson Orin^TM NX vs Jetson Orin Nano^TM

The Jetson Xavier NX is a powerful AI-enabled edge device that is designed for use in high-performance applications such as robotics and autonomous vehicles. The Xavier NX supports a range of AI frameworks including TensorFlow, PyTorch, and Caffe, and can run multiple neural networks simultaneously. It also features hardware-accelerated video decoding and encoding capabilities, making it well-suited for video analytics applications.

Jetson Orin NX is the next-generation version of Xavier NX with a smaller form factor and is designed for use in edge AI applications, such as industrial robots, drones, intelligent cameras, and autonomous vehicles. It is expected to support more than ten times the processing power of the Xavier NX. It features a powerful system-on-a-chip (SoC) that integrates multiple Arm Cortex-A78 CPU cores, Nvidia's next-generation GPU architecture, and a new deep learning accelerator (DLA) for high-performance inferencing.

Jetson Orin Nano is an even smaller form factor of Orin NX and is designed for use in low-power edge AI applications, such as smart cameras, drones, and industrial IoT devices. It features a 128-core Nvidia Maxwell GPU and can run AI models in real-time. The Orin Nano also supports a range of AI frameworks and is compatible with Nvidia's JetPack SDK.

NVIDIA Jetson Advantages and Benefits

The 'TOPS' metric is used to measure the processing power of AI chips, and stands for 'trillion operations per second,’ the number of operations a device can perform per second when running AI algorithms. The higher the TOPS, the more powerful the device is for AI applications. The Jetson Xavier NX delivers accelerated computing performance up to 21 TOPS, the Orin NX delivers accelerated computing performance up to 100 TOPS, and Orin Nano delivers up to 40 TOPS of AI performance. Making the Jetson series a powerful Edge AI platform for applications that require high computing performance and low power consumption.

The Jetson series are compact and energy-efficient and can handle complex computations and process up to teraflops of data. The Jetson series also supports a wide range of AI frameworks and tools, and a complete software development environment of libraries, tools, and sample code, for developers to build and deploy deep learning models and applications on the platform.

Conclusion

In conclusion, Nvidia's Jetson Xavier NX, Orin NX, and Orin Nano are highly capable devices that are well-suited for use in a wide range of applications. They offer powerful processing capabilities at different price points and are designed to meet different application needs.

Lanner’s EAI-I130, an industrial-grade Edge AI inference system equipped with NVIDIA® Jetson Xavier NX or NVIDIA® Jetson Nano System-On-Module, makes artificial intelligence and machine learning performance available to the Edge. Lanner’s EAI-I131 is powered by NVIDIA® Jetson Orin^TM NX or Jetson Orin Nano^TM system-on-modules, delivering up to 100 TOPS of AI computing performance for a wide range of AI workloads.

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