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Nvidia Announces Jetson TX2: Parker Comes to Nvidia ’s Embedded System Kit

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Re: Nvidia Announces Jetson TX2: Parker Comes to Nvidia ’s Embedded System Kit

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post #10

Based on my comparisons of Maxwell core to Pascal core efficiency, this should results in roughly a 1.4x speed up of FP32.

An NVIDIA representative a week ago told me 2x but that might be a bit high, I'd take it as a cap, and maybe it is the case using tensorRT.

Our NVIDIA rep told us early January that 1.5x was a reasonable boost for us to expect.

Re: Nvidia Announces Jetson TX2: Parker Comes to Nvidia ’s Embedded System Kit

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post #9

I will also add that we use the TX1 in our unmanned vehicles all the time and it works great. EDIT 1, I mean real UAVs like the kinds that fly over 3km high, not grad student projects (no offence, i was once one of them too). We use connect tech for a ruggedized carrier board.

This sounds super cool. I want to know more, do you guys have a web site?

We do not.

Re: Nvidia Announces Jetson TX2: Parker Comes to Nvidia ’s Embedded System Kit

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Based on my comparisons of Maxwell core to Pascal core efficiency, this should results in roughly a 1.4x speed up of FP32.

If you are memory bound the increased throughput from 64 bit to 128 bit wide LPDDR4 bus would likely get you close to 2x.

Re: Nvidia Announces Jetson TX2: Parker Comes to Nvidia ’s Embedded System Kit

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post #16

Based on my comparisons of Maxwell core to Pascal core efficiency, this should results in roughly a 1.4x speed up of FP32.

If you are memory bound the increased throughput from 64 bit to 128 bit wide LPDDR4 bus would likely get you close to 2x.

yes, you are right if you are memory bound!

Re: Nvidia Announces Jetson TX2: Parker Comes to Nvidia ’s Embedded System Kit

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post #15

Isn't the TX1 almost identical to the nvidia shield tv? So why is it so expensive then? ($599 vs $199)

The Shield TV is a loss-leader. It is sold primarily as a gaming platform for Nvidia's subscription based game store.

Re: Nvidia Announces Jetson TX2: Parker Comes to Nvidia ’s Embedded System Kit

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post #8

>With the dev kit leading the charge for Jetson TX2, NVIDIA will be selling it for $599 retail/$299 education, the same price the Jetson TX1 dev kit launched at back in 2015. 2 years later and the TX 1 dev kit still costs ~500$. Now that pre-orders for the TX 2 are open, shouldn't the price go down significantly? I'd really like to try it but the price is too steep IMO

They are targeting people building autonomous cars and UAVs. Not targeting hobbyists. For someone doing this for real work, this is inexpensive. I am actually surprised it is only $600.

However I'll also say that I'd like one and would be more likely to buy if it was $200. I have a Jetson TK1, but I got that for free when they first came out.

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