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Nvidia’s GPUs and data center processors have become ubiquitous in the market as AI has grown in importance in the overall electronics market.
To encourage engineers to develop new innovations, Nvidia introduced its developer kit for the Nvidia Jetson AGX Orin. The kit is a production-ready AI development platform that combines a Jetson AGX Orin 64 GB module with a heat sink and reference carrier board.
The kit is designed to allow engineers to get started with the Jetson Orin to build anything from prototypes for AI designs or AI-powered robots and other autonomous machines.
The following is a partial deep dive into the developer board conducted by TechInsights.
Summary
64 GB mobile LPDDR5X SDRAM
2048-core Nvidia Ampere architecture GPU with 64 Tensor cores
Released: March 2023
Price: $1,999
Availability: Worldwide
Target market: Makers, developers
Main board
The main board of the Nvidia AGX Jetson Orin developer kit houses the main processor — the 2048-core Nvidia Ampere architecture GPU with 64 Tensor cores — plus the main memory from SK Hynix in the form of 16 GB of mobile LPDDR5X SDRAM. Other electronic components on the board include:
- Macronix’s serial flash memory and serial NOR flash memory
- Onsemi’s 500 mA adjustable LDO regulator
- Monolithic Power Systems’ step-down regulator and 50 amp Intelli-phase solution
- Kioxia’s multichip memory — 64 GB MLC Nand flash
- Analog Devices’ 12.5 A step-down DC-DC converter
- Nexperia’s dual Schmitt-Trigger buffer and single two-input AND gate
- Texas Instruments’ temperature sensor and shunt and bus voltage monitor
- Microchip’s serial EEPROM memory
(Learn more about flash memory chips on Globalspec.com)
The secondary board inside the Nvidia Jetson AGX Orin Developer Kit. Source: TechInsights
Secondary board
The secondary board included in the Nvidia Jetson AGX Orin Developer Kit includes the following electronic components:
- Microchip’s 320bt ARM Cortex-M0+ microcontroller and serial EEPROM memory
- Onsemi’s two-bit voltage translator
- Texas Instruments’ eight-bit bidirectional voltage-level translator, DC/DC converter and four-bit dual-supply bus transceiver
- Diodes Inc.’s LDO regulator
- Nexperia’s configurable multiple function gate
- Infineon’s USB Type-C controller
- Gstek’s 3 amp step down converter
- Marvell Semiconductor’s Ethernet PHY transceiver
- Realtek’s USB 3.1 HUB and PD 3.0 controller
- Windbond’s serial flash memory
(Learn more about power management ICs on Globalspec.com)
The Wi-Fi board found inside the Nvidia Jetson AGX Orin Developer Kit. Source: TechInsights
Wi-Fi board
The Wi-Fi board includes a handful of electronic components to enable Wi-Fi connectivity for the Nvidia Jetson AGX Orin Developer Kit. These include Realtek’s single-chip Wi-Fi/Bluetooth module and a SAW filter.
Major components
- $410.28 — 2048-core NVIDIA Ampere architecture GPU with 64 Tensor Cores — NVIDIA (Qty: 1)
- $152.53 — Multichip memory — 16 GB mobile LPDDR5X SDRAM — SK Hynix (Qty: 4)
- $28.23 — Bd to Bd: main board (Qty: 1)
- $28.23 — Bd to Bd: main board (Qty: 1)
- $10.89 — 12-layer buildup FR4/HF — UMT (Qty: 1)
- $8.52 — 10-layer buildup FR4/HF — UMT (Qty: 1)
- $7.77 — 50 A Intelli-Phase solution — Monolithic Power Systems (MPS) (Qty: 8)
- $7.28 — Multichip memory — 64 GB MLC NAND Flash, Memory Controller (eMMC 5.0) — KOXIA (Qty: 1)
- $4.29 — Wi-Fi board subsystem — Azure Wave (Qty: 1)
- $3.63 — Small passive: Cap, Res, Ferrite (Qty: 907)
