Banana Pi reveals details for upcoming SBC (single-board computer) with 8-core ARM CPU and 16 TOPS NPU
Banana Pi is a pretty well known entity in the realm of single-board computers (SBCs). The company has recently released the details of its upcoming SBC, the Banana Pi BPI-SM9. The SBC is powered by the SOPHGO BM1688 SoC low-power processor with a focus on AI and edge computing.
To be more specific, the BM1688 packs an 8-core CPU composed of Cortex-A53 cores clocked at 1.6 GHz, paired with 8 GB of LPDDR4x memory. The on-board NPU is rated for up to 16 TOPS at INT8 precision, and 4 TFLOPS at FP16. The chip is capable of decoding and encoding 16 channels and 10 channels of HD video respectively (1080p30).
The on-board ISP can manage dual 8 MP inputs, with support for lens distortion correction, 3DNR, 2-frame HDR, 3A (AWB, AE, AF) and dehazing. According to Banana Pi, the BPI-SM9 is equipped with 32 GB of eMMC storage, and also sports plenty of I/O options, which have been detailed below:
- Dual 1G Ethernet
- HDMI 2.0
- Dual USB 3.0, single USB 2.0
- Dual MIPI-CSI
- Six VI, dual I2S, 4-pin CANH/L, dual UART, dual I2C, dual SPI
- Six PWMs, unspecified number of GPIO, ADC
- TF interface, SD/SDIO
As noted by LinuxGizmos, Banana Pi has also stated that the BPI-SM9 is pin-compatible with the Nvidia's Jetson Orin Nano (currently $275 on Amazon) and Orin NX. At just 100 x 79 x 16 mm, the SBC is plenty compact as well. Pricing and availability details have not yet been disclosed.
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Banana Pi, spotted by LinuxGizmos
