In the past year, I have fully demonstrated human laziness, not updating my public account for an entire year, with original articles stuck at 234. Although the number is nice, I still need to move forward. Starting today, I will resume my old work, and without further ado, let me wish everyone a Happy New Year
，the first article of the New Year will discuss the Rolls-Royce of autonomous driving chips – NV’s Orin.
Chip Overview
It has been three years since NV released the Orin chip, and many manufacturers have already started mass production based on the Orin chip. Initially, NV released at least seven or eight versions of the Orin chip, with computing power ranging from 10TOPs to 254TOPs.
However, due to the difficulty of chip development and delivery cycles, only one or two models may ultimately be mass-produced. Currently, the main push is for the 254TOPs Orin-X.
Market Popularity
Currently, the number of manufacturers signing contracts with NV in China is countless, whether they are OEMs or Tier 1 suppliers, whether for passenger cars or logistics trucks, using SOC chips, using modules, some using modules in the early stages and SOCs later, some with pre-installed mass production and some retrofitting demos, whether for single, double, or quadruple Orin configurations, and even an eight Orin version is not ruled out in the future. Various operations are all aimed at locking in the headlines of current autonomous driving mass production
(Not only autonomous driving, even Nintendo’s Switch Pro gaming console is already equipped with Orin-S).
Orin Module
Currently, NV has officially released two types of Orin modules: Orin and Orin NX.
The Jetson AGX Orin has a size specification of 100x87mm, the same as the Jetson AGX Xavier, but provides up to 6 times the performance. Therefore, it has become the solution for the new generation of autonomous machines such as delivery and logistics robots, factory systems, and large industrial UAVs.
Jetson Orin NX has a size specification of 70x45mm, with performance 5 times that of NVIDIA Jetson Xavier NX. Its small size, strong performance, and high energy efficiency can bring excellent performance to new generation products such as drones and handheld devices.
Both types of modules are expected to start shipping this year.
In addition to the modules, NV has also prepared a development board based on Orin X, the P3663, and the development kit NVIDIA DRIVE HYPERION.
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