UP AI CORE X
Neural network accelerator for AI on the edge. Up to four trillion ops/sec with just a few watts.
UP AI CORE X is a complete product line of neural network accelerators for edge devices. Whether the automation you are creating is for identifying and tallying items in a shopping cart, alerting airport security to unattended luggage, or monitoring traffic congestion ahead of an autonomous vehicle, the AI CORE X let’s you embed the real-time computational power you need directly where you need it.
Cloud computing is great for many things, but not for real-time edge applications with tight latency, bandwidth, security, and reliability constraints. Sometimes, the only solution is to co-locate the processing of data with the collection of data. This means no cloud computing. Thankfully, the skies are clearing. With up to four trillion operations per second (TOPS) and a Neural Compute Engine capable of delivering up to one TOPS, all with just a few watts of power, AI CORE X is perfect for doing the heavy lifting in any edge application.
The AI CORE X is powered by the recently released Intel® Movidius™ Myriad™ X, a third-generation vision processing unit (VPU) that is the first in its class to include a Neural Compute Engine — a dedicated hardware accelerator for deep neural networks, trainable with industry-standard tools.
| Chipset | Movidius™ Myriad™ X 2485 |
| Onboard memory | 4 Gbits LPDDR4 |
| Extras | GPIO reset |
| Shipping | Free worldwide shipping |
| AI Core X | AI Core XM 2280 | |
|---|---|---|
| Form Factor | mPCIe | M.2 2280 M+B key |
| Myriad X SoCs | 1 | 2 |
| Dimensions | 24 x 42 mm | 22 x 80 mm |
| Thermal | Fan-less heatsink | Heatsink with active fan |
| Price | $94 | $171 |
The Myriad X chip used on the AI CORE X is the successor to the Myriad 2 chip.
| Myriad 2 | Myriad X | |
|---|---|---|
| Compute Capacity | >1 TOPS | >4 TOPS |
| Vector Processors | 12x SHAVE Processors | 16x SHAVE Processors |
| CPUs | 2x LEON4 cores (RISC; SPARC V8) | 2x LEON4 cores (RISC; SPARC V8) |
| On-chip Accelerators | ~20 image/vision processing accelerators | 20+ image/vision processing accelerators, Neural Compute Engine (DNN accelerator) |
| Neural Network Capability | 1st Gen DNN Support (Up to 100 GFLOPS) | Neural Compute Engine (Up to 1 TOPS) |
| On-chip Memory and Bandwidth | 2 MB (400 GB/sec) | 2.5 MB (450 GB/sec) |
| Video | VGA, 720p, 1080p, H.264 (software encoder) | M/JPEG 4K at 60 Hz encoder, H.264/H.265 4K at 30 Hz encoder |
| Process | 28 nm HPC+/HPC/HPM (TSMC) | 16 nm FFC (TSMC) |
Produced by UP in Eindhoven, Netherland.
Sold and shipped by Crowd Supply.
An edge computing module powered by two Intel® Movidius™ Myriad™ X SoCs in a single M.2 2280 key B+M form factor.
An edge computing module powered by the Intel® Movidius™ Myriad™ X in a MiniCard/mPCIe form factor.
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