NVIDIA announces Jetson Xavier NX

NVIDIA has introduced Jetson Xavier NX, the world’s smallest, most powerful artificial intelligence (AI) supercomputer for robotic and embedded computing devices at the edge.

Jetson Xavier NX opens the door for embedded edge computing devices that demand increased performance but are constrained by size, weight, power budgets or cost. These include small commercial robots, drones, intelligent high-resolution sensors for factory logistics and production lines, optical inspection, network video recorders, portable medical devices, and other industrial Internet of Things (IoT) systems. Smaller than a credit card, the energy-efficient Jetson Xavier NX module delivers server-class performance for running AI workloads.

Source: NVIDIA. The Jetson Xavier NX.

“AI has become the enabling technology for modern robotics and embedded devices that will transform industries,” said Deepu Talla, VP and GM of Edge Computing at NVIDIA.

“Many of these devices, based on small form factors and lower power, were constrained from adding more AI features. Jetson Xavier NX lets our customers and partners dramatically increase AI capabilities without increasing the size or power consumption of the device.”

Jetson Xavier NX is the latest addition to the Jetson family, which includes Jetson Nano, the Jetson AGX Xavier series and the Jetson TX2 series. It supports all major AI frameworks, including TensorFlow, PyTorch, MxNet, Caffe and others, and is pin-compatible with Jetson Nano.

Jetson Xavier NX is receiving strong support from the robotics and embedded devices ecosystem. “Our goal is to dramatically increase the quality and accuracy of our optical inspection system and accelerate our move towards industry 4.0,” said Otsuka Hiroshi, CEO of Musashi Seimitsu, a manufacturer of transportation equipment.

“NVIDIA Jetson Xavier NX gives us the compute capabilities to improve our visual inspection capabilities without increasing the size and power of our optical inspection system.”

“In a world where AI chips are announced on what seems like a daily basis, I believe NVIDIA raised the bar with its Jetson Xavier NX — showing that exceptional performance at small size and low power, together with a consistent and powerful software architecture, is what matters in embedded edge computing,” said Patrick Moorhead, President and Principal Analyst of Moor Insights & Strategy.

Priced at US$399, the Jetson Xavier NX module will be available in March 2020 from NVIDIA’s distribution channels for companies looking to create high-volume production edge systems.