The AGX Orin is an embedded compute module with 275 TOPS of AI backed by up to 64GB RAM. The ARM cores are included to feed the GPU.Newspaper reporters--and the corporate PR people that feed them material--are not computer experts. 12 cores does not a "supercomputer" make. Nor does any combination of Pis. That said, a cluster of Pis *is* good for learning how to program real supercomputers.A local newspaper described an Nvidia Drive AGX Orin processor as a supercomputer but the specs for the chip say it is 12 ARM Cortex chips at 2 GHz. Sounds like three Pi 5 boards would do the same or several Pi 4 boards. When does a cluster of boards become super?
A modern gaming GPU has 5 times the TOPS but only 1/5 as much RAM. In addition to the RAM, one sometimes wants a small rugged device to perform AI inference in embedded applications.
Nvidia calls the AGX a "powerful supercomputer for generative AI, robotics and computer vision applications" and then refers to the scaled back NX model as a "Super Developer Kit."
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/autonomous ... tson-orin/
It's not the same as a cluster of pies nor does it fit the description of a super computer.
Statistics: Posted by ejolson — Wed Feb 26, 2025 1:49 am