Raspberry Pi launches AI HAT+ in 13 and 26 TOPS variants

Recap: It has been a engaged period for nan Raspberry Pi Foundation. Shortly aft announcing branded SD cards and a silicon bumper lawsuit for nan Pi 5, nan instauration introduced a bid of branded SSDs and SSD kits for their current-gen hobby board. Now, we are getting moreover much AI-enabled options.

Raspberry Pi has added 2 caller members to its AI merchandise family: nan AI HAT+ successful 13 TOPS (tera-operations per second) and 26 TOPS variants. Both characteristic nan aforesaid Hailo AI accelerator tech that was recovered successful nan earlier AI Kit, but location are immoderate differences.

The instauration notes that nan Hailo accelerator spot is integrated straight onto nan main PCB of nan AI HAT+, alternatively than utilizing nan M.2 connector for illustration nan AI Kit. The alteration is said to simplify setup and amended ratio acknowledgment to enhanced thermal dissipation. PCIe Gen 3.0 mode is utilized – astatine slightest connected nan 26 TOPS type – to afloat leverage nan compute powerfulness of nan Hailo 8 accelerator, nan instauration noted.

The 13 TOPS and 26 TOPS models tin do nan aforesaid things; it is conscionable that capacity will beryllium amended pinch nan faster version. The 26 TOPS version tin besides tally aggregate networks simultaneously astatine precocious framework rates. For example, nan instauration said it tin execute entity detection, airs estimation, and taxable segmentation connected a unrecorded video provender each astatine nan aforesaid time.

Both besides support communal frameworks for illustration PyTorch and TensorFlow, and person an operating somesthesia scope of zero degrees C to 50 degrees C.

The Raspberry Pi AI HAT+ 13 TOPS version is priced astatine $70 while nan 26 TOPS exemplary will group you backmost $110. The instauration notes that some are afloat backward compatible pinch nan AI Kit, which arrived this past summertime pinch 13 TOPS of conclusion performance. The AI HAT+ comes pinch each of nan basal spacers, screws, and different hardware to equine it to a Raspberry Pi 5, moreover pinch an progressive cooler successful place.