NVIDIA has just announced a new product called the Jetson Orin Nano Super Developer Kit, a compact AI supercomputer that promises to be a breakthrough for robotics and generative artificial intelligence (AI). Capable of 70 trillion operations per second, the device offers impressive power at an affordable price of just $249.
Jetson Orin Nano Super Delivers Outstanding Performance
The Jetson Orin Nano Super is built around the Jetson Orin Nano 8GB system, which includes the module and a reference carrier board. It reaches peak performance of 68 TOPS, a 70% increase over the previous generation. NVIDIA also says generative AI inference performance has improved by up to 1.7 times, and memory bandwidth reaches 102GB per second, 50% higher than the previous version.
In addition, the CPU clock speed of the Jetson Orin Nano Super has been raised to 1.7GHz, a modest improvement over the 1.5GHz of the earlier version. That points to a meaningful step forward in both processing capability and power efficiency, with power consumption of only 25 watts.
Compatibility and Intended Use
The Jetson Orin Nano Super is compatible with all systems that support HGX, including large language models (LLMs), vision language models, and vision transformers. It marks an important milestone in the evolution of robotics processors, which began with NVIDIA's Xavier line, with the aim of building advanced robots for many different kinds of mobile systems.
The device reflects the rapid growth of humanoid robotics technology and is already available worldwide. Thanks to these improvements, the Jetson Orin Nano Super is an ideal platform for developing advanced AI and robotics applications.
| NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Developer Kit (original) | NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Super Developer Kit | |
| GPU | NVIDIA Ampere architecture 1,024 CUDA Cores 32 Tensor Cores 635 MHz |
NVIDIA Ampere architecture 1,024 CUDA Cores 32 Tensor Cores 1,020 MHz |
| AI PERF |
40 INT8 TOPS (Sparse) 20 INT8 TOPS (Dense) 10 FP16 TFLOPs |
67 TOPS (Sparse) 33 TOPS (Dense) 17 FP16 TFLOPs |
| CPU | 6-core Arm Cortex-A78AE v8.2 64-bit CPU 1.5 GHz |
6-core Arm Cortex-A78AE v8.2 64-bit CPU 1.7 GHz |
| Memory | 8GB 128-bit LPDDR5 68 GB/s |
8GB 128-bit LPDDR5 102 GB/s |
| MODULE POWER | 7W | 15W | 7W | 15W | 25W |
A Wider Range of Applications
Small enough to fit in the palm of your hand, the Jetson Orin Nano Super opens up possibilities across a range of fields:
- Robotics: Powers many kinds of robots, including wheeled robots, legged robots, and humanoid robots.
- AI applications: Runs deep learning models for tasks such as computer vision, natural language processing, and autonomous navigation.
- Development and prototyping: A great choice for developers, researchers, and enthusiasts who want to experiment with AI and robotics technology.
- Edge computing: Well suited to running AI models in resource-constrained environments, such as drones, smart cameras, or IoT devices.
With this versatility, the Jetson Orin Nano Super has become an important tool for driving innovation and AI-based automation.
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Software Improvements Support the Older Version
NVIDIA also says that software updates for the Jetson Orin Nano Super will improve performance on the older version. This means users who already own the original Jetson Orin Nano can boost the performance of their device by downloading the new software and installing the update. However, NVIDIA has not revealed specifics on how much performance the older device will gain.
Pricing and Accessibility
The Jetson Orin Nano Super Developer Kit is now available from NVIDIA-authorized distributors at an attractive price of just $249. That is a sharp drop from the $499 price of the previous version, making the product more accessible to a wider audience, especially developers and researchers.
At this price, the Jetson Orin Nano Super is not only the most affordable product in its segment, but it also creates a major opportunity to bring high-performance AI technology to a much broader community.
The Jetson Orin Nano Super is more than a standout tech product. It is also a strategic move by NVIDIA to reshape how developers and the industry approach innovation in AI.
Source: NVIDIA
