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Raspberry Pi has recently launched new items at a rapid pace. This week, they introduced numerous additional elements to boost the Raspberry Pi 5's functionality.
Raspberry Pi is well-known for its tiny, low-cost computers, which are popular with hobbyists, schools, and manufacturing businesses. Their major product is the Raspberry Pi 5, which features a PCIe 3.0 interface with a 16-pin connection.
They've been offering M.2 HAT+ extension cards, which convert this 16-pin connection into a normal M.2 connector. HAT stands for "Hardware Attached on Top," and refers to extension cards that connect to a Raspberry Pi.
Users may use the M.2 slot to connect NVMe SSDs and other expansions. For example, in June, Raspberry Pi began providing an AI Kit with an M.2 extension card integrated with a Hailo neural network processor.
They have released a new HAT+ add-on board with a built-in Hailo inference processor. The Raspberry Pi AI HAT+ is available in two versions: one with 13 tera-operations per second (TOPS) for $70, and another with 26 TOPS for $110. The 13 TOPS version incorporates the same module as the current AI Kit.
While you can't train a huge AI model like GPT on a Raspberry Pi, these AI add-ons offer a low-cost approach to doing AI tasks locally.
The new AI HAT+ does not have an M.2 port and is exclusively built for Hailo processors.
In addition, Raspberry Pi is launching its own M.2 NVMe SSDs. The 256GB SSD costs $30, while the 512GB version costs $45. In comparison, 256GB SSDs typically cost between $20 and $30 on Amazon. Raspberry Pi also offers SSD Kit bundles, including an M.2 HAT+ and an SSD. The 256GB SSD Kit is priced at $40, while the 512GB Kit costs $55.
While these SSD Kits may not significantly alter the Raspberry Pi landscape, they do give a dependable means to assure compatibility with the Raspberry Pi 5 and its M.2 HAT+ connector.
The flagship Raspberry Pi 5 includes a PCIe 3.0 interface with a 16-pin connector.
These cards convert the 16-pin connection to a standard M.2 connector, enabling users to add NVMe SSDs and other expansions.
Raspberry Pi previously launched an AI Kit that integrates an M.2 extension card with a Hailo neural network processor.
The new Raspberry Pi AI HAT+ add-on board features a built-in Hailo inference processor, available in two versions: 13 TOPS for $70 and 26 TOPS for $110.
Although Raspberry Pi cannot train large AI models like GPT, these add-ons enable low-cost local AI task execution.