NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Sets New Standard for Entry-Level Edge AI and Robotics With 80x Performance Leap

[TheLostSwede]

NVIDIA today expanded the NVIDIA Jetson lineup with the launch of new Jetson Orin Nano system-on-modules that deliver up to 80x the performance over the prior generation, setting a new standard for entry-level edge AI and robotics. For the first time, the NVIDIA Jetson family spans six Orin-based production modules to support a full range of edge AI and robotics applications. This includes the Orin Nano—which delivers up to 40 trillion operations per second (TOPS) of AI performance in the smallest Jetson form factor—up to the AGX Orin, delivering 275 TOPS for advanced autonomous machines.

Jetson Orin features an NVIDIA Ampere architecture GPU, Arm-based CPUs, next-generation deep learning and vision accelerators, high-speed interfaces, fast memory bandwidth and multimodal sensor support. This performance and versatility empower more customers to commercialize products that once seemed impossible, from engineers deploying edge AI applications to Robotics Operating System (ROS) developers building next-generation intelligent machines.




"Over 1,000 customers and 150 partners have embraced Jetson AGX Orin since NVIDIA announced its availability just six months ago, and Orin Nano will significantly expand this adoption," said Deepu Talla, vice president of embedded and edge computing at NVIDIA. "With an orders-of-magnitude increase in performance for millions of edge AI and ROS developers today, Jetson Orin is the ideal platform for virtually every kind of robotics deployment imaginable."

Making Edge AI and Robotics More Accessible
The Orin Nano modules are form-factor- and pin-compatible with the previously announced Orin NX modules. Full emulation support allows customers to get started developing for the Orin Nano series today using the AGX Orin developer kit. This gives customers the flexibility to design one system to support multiple Jetson modules and easily scale their applications.

Orin Nano supports multiple concurrent AI application pipelines with high-speed I/O and an NVIDIA Ampere architecture GPU. Developers of entry-level devices and applications such as retail analytics and industrial quality control benefit from easier access to more complex AI models at lower cost.

The Orin Nano modules will be available in two versions. The Orin Nano 8 GB delivers up to 40 TOPS with power configurable from 7 W to 15 W, while the 4 GB version delivers up to 20 TOPS with power options as low as 5 W to 10 W.

The Jetson Orin platform is designed to solve the toughest robotics challenges and brings accelerated computing to over 700,000 ROS developers. Combined with the powerful hardware capabilities of Orin Nano, enhancements in the latest NVIDIA Isaac software for ROS put increased performance and productivity in the hands of roboticists.

Strong Ecosystem and Software Support
Jetson Orin has seen broad support across the robotics and embedded computing ecosystem, including from Canon, John Deere, Microsoft Azure, Teradyne, TK Elevator and many more.

The NVIDIA Jetson ecosystem is growing rapidly, with over 1 million developers, 6,000 customers—including 2,000 startups—and 150 partners. Jetson partners offer a wide range of support from AI software, hardware and application design services to cameras, sensors and peripherals, developer tools and development systems.

Orin Nano is supported by the NVIDIA JetPack software development kit and is powered by the same NVIDIA CUDA-X accelerated computing stack used to create breakthrough AI products in such fields as industrial IoT, manufacturing, smart cities and more.

Availability
The Jetson Orin Nano modules will be available in January, starting at $199.

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[Space Lynx]

@TheLostSwede Can regular people buy this or is it only for companies?

Also, what programming langauge does it use? Like how would your average person use this, do they just plug it into a PC, upload some new code to it, then hook it up to whatever its coded for? I don't really understand how this works.

Let's say I wanted to make a robotic lawnmower, would there be a program I put on this chip, then just pop it into a pre-made ready to go lawnmower (that was designed for automated mowing in a hypothetical situation)

 

[TheLostSwede]

@TheLostSwede Can regular people buy this or is it only for companies?

Also, what programming langauge does it use? Like how would your average person use this, do they just plug it into a PC, upload some new code to it, then hook it up to whatever its coded for? I don't really understand how this works.

Let's say I wanted to make a robotic lawnmower, would there be a program I put on this chip, then just pop it into a pre-made ready to go lawnmower (that was designed for automated mowing in a hypothetical situation)

The previous Jetson modules have been fairly freely available, so I presume this one will be available to the public as well.
Even Amazon sells some of the kits.

https://www.amazon.com/NVIDIA-Jetson-Nano-Developer-945-13450-0000-100/dp/B084DSDDLT/

I'd suggest you start looking for answers here

Jetson FAQ

Get answers to Jetson platform questions, including technical specs and links to resources.

developer.nvidia.com

As well as here.

Jetson Developer Kits

Small, power-efficient AI computers for product development and learning.

developer.nvidia.com

 

[Wirko]

Also, what programming langauge does it use?

As for the languages suitable for working with CUDA, the list (in decreasing order of preference) goes like this:
C
C++

Spoiler: don't laugh just yet

FORTRAN

Python

https://docs.nvidia.com/cuda/cuda-c-programming-guide/index.html#cuda-general-purpose-parallel-computing-architecture