Product specifications
S2M2-S16NFN
Single SAKURA-II device, 16GB of DRAM and associated circuitry
SAKURA-II is an advanced 60 TOPS AI accelerator providing best-in-class efficiency from vision to Generative AI, driven by our low-latency Dynamic Neural Accelerator (DNA). SAKURA-II is designed for applications requiring fast, real-time Batch=1 AI inferencing with excellent performance in a small footprint, low power silicon device.
The SAKURA-II M.2 Modules feature an EdgeCortix SAKURA-II chip, an edge AI accelerator that is run-time reconfigurable using the EdgeCortix MERA compiler and software framework, and that boasts 60 TOPS using EdgeCortix's Dynamic Neural Accelerator (DNA).
KEY BENEFITS:
- Small Form Factor: M.2 is the ideal size for space-constrained designs
- Optimized for Generative AI: Supports multi-billion parameter Generative AI models like Llama 2, Stable
- Diffusion, DETR, and ViT within a typical power envelope of 10W
- Enhanced Memory Bandwidth: Up to 4x more DRAM bandwidth than competing AI accelerators, ensuring superior performance for LLMs and LVMs
- Efficient AI Compute: Achieves more than 2x the AI compute utilization of other solutions, resulting in exceptional energy efficiency
- Large DRAM Capacity: Up to 16GB of DRAM, enabling efficient processing of complex vision and Generative AI workloads
- Real-Time Data Streaming: Optimized for low-latency operations with Batch=1
- Arbitrary Activation Function Support: Hardware-accelerated approximation provides enhanced adaptability
- Advanced Precision: Software-enabled mixed-precision provides near FP32 accuracy
- Efficient Data Handling: Integrated tensor reshaper engine minimizes host CPU load
- Sparse Computation: Reduces memory footprint and optimizes DRAM bandwidth
- Power Management: Advanced power management enables ultra-high efficiency modes
M.2 MODULE FEATURES:
- Module Type: M.2 2280 Module
- AI Accelerator: Single SAKURA-II
- Performance: 60 TOPS (INT8), 30 TFLOPS (BF16)
- LPDDR4 DRAM: 16GB (2 banks of 8GB)
- PCIe Interface: Gen 3.0 x4
- Board Management Controller (BMC): Power sequencing, confi guration, and reset Voltage, current, and temperature monitoring, Protection shut-down, SPI Interface to SAKURA-II device
- USB Interface: USB-C connector that provides access to BMC for monitoring and control
- Cooling Options: Fan Sink (12V)
- Power Consumption: 10W (typical)
- Form Factor: 2280-D6-M
M.2 MODULE APPLICATIONS:
The SAKURA-II PCIe Cards are intended for use in a wide range of applications across a variety of market sectors. Primarily targeted at next generation AI functionality integrated into new and existing systems, the SAKURA-II PCIe Cards can be easily added to any system with a PCIe backplane.
Efficient Edge AI processing can provide many additional features, including:
- Natural language processing
- Object/person recognition
- Segmentation and Identification
- Obstacle Identification and Avoidance
- Advanced Signal Processing
Some of the markets that SAKURA-II is well suited for:
- Smart City
- Smart Retail
- Smart Appliances
- Smart Manufacturing
- Smart Agriculture
- Security
- Autonomous Vehicles
- Robotics
- Space/Aviation
- AI-RAN and 5G/MEC (Multi-access Edge Computing)
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