NVIDIA has launched a follow-up to the Jetson AGX Xavier, its $1,100 AI mind for robots that it launched again in 2018. The new module, known as the Jetson AGX Orin, has six occasions the processing energy of Xavier although it has the identical type issue and may nonetheless match within the palm of 1’s hand. NVIDIA designed Orin to be an “energy-efficient AI supercomputer” meant to be used in robotics, autonomous and medical gadgets, in addition to edge AI purposes that will appear inconceivable for the time being. 

The chipmaker says Orin is able to 200 trillion operations per second. It’s constructed on the NVIDIA Ampere structure GPU, options Arm Cortex-A78AE CPUs and comes with next-gen deep studying and imaginative and prescient accelerators, giving it the power to run a number of AI purposes. Orin will give customers entry to the corporate’s software program and instruments, together with the NVIDIA Isaac Sim scalable robotics simulation software, which allows photorealistic, physically-accurate digital environments the place builders can check and handle their AI-powered robots. For customers within the healthcare business, there’s NVIDIA Clara for AI-powered imaging and genomics. And for autonomous automobile builders, there’s NVIDIA Drive.

The firm has but to disclose what the Orin will value, however it intends to make the Jetson AGX Orin module and developer equipment accessible within the first quarter of 2022. Those can register to be notified about its availability on NVIDIA’s website. The firm can even discuss Orin at NVIDIA GTC, which can happen from November eighth by eleventh.