Banana Pi has also released the BPI-SM10, or K3-CoM260, which is an advanced RISC-V-based AI developer kit with high-performance edge computing usage. This module was developed by the open-source community of Banana Pi, and it combines the SpacemiT K3 AI chip, providing a maximum of 60 TOPS of AI performance, and is usable to execute large-scale models with up to 30 billion parameters.
You can find some reference in our previously written articles on similar products, including the Banana Pi BPI-CM6, the Banana Pi BPI-SM9, the Banana Pi BPI-R4Pro, and others.
Banana Pi BPI-SM10 developer kit Core Specifications:
- CPU: 8x X100 64-bit RISC-V cores with 2.4GHz frequency, and based on the RVA23 profile, with a 4-issue out-of-order pipeline and distributed 8MB L2 cache.
- AI Accelerator. 8x A100 AI CPU cores, RVV 1.0 with 1024 bits doped vector processing width, and 60 TOPS of general-purpose AI compute.
- Memory: 8GB, 16GB or 32GB 64-bit LPDDR5 RAM options at 6400MT/s.
- Storage: Internal UFS, SD and external NVMe storage are supported.
- Graphics: Inbuilt 3D graphics engine that supports Vulkan, openCL and OpenGL ES.
- Video: 4K60 video encoder and 4K120 video decoder in H.264/ H.265/VP9
Carrier Board Features:
The carrier board that comes with the module increases the options of the module by a variety of interfaces:
- Camera Interfaces: Camera interface 2x MIPI CSI-2, 22-pin
- Expansion Slots: M.2 Key M (PCIe Gen 3 x4 and x1) and M.2 Key E Slots.
- USB Ports- 4 USB 3.0 Type-A and 1 USB Type-C with UFP device mode.
- Networking: 1x Gigabit Ethernet Port.
- Display Interfaces: 1x DisplayPort 1.2 and 1x MIPI DSI-1.2 (30-Pin) connector.
- Other I/O 40-pin expansion connector (UART, SPI, I2S and I2C and GPIOs); Button and fan pin headers, DC jack power connector.
- Dimensions: 103mm x 90.5mm x 35mm (with module, carrier board and thermal solution)
Development and Compatibility:
The BPI-SM10 developer kit is a user-friendly platform on which different AI algorithms and models can be deployed. It is based on a standard CPU programming model and includes comprehensive system software, AI runtime and developer toolchain, which enables easy migration of existing AI workloads. The hardware is also compatible with NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano, simplifying hardware migration processes. The BPI-SM10, the smallest in the world (as of April 2018) edge-computing platform, is built on the RISC-V architecture with full support of the RVA23.
At this point, specific pricing and inventory information regarding the Banana Pi BPI-SM10 (K3-CoM260) is not publicly available in the catalogue of large shops. Nevertheless, the Banana Pi team has reported that sample units are already available and the product can be bought on their official websites, such as the Banana Pi Online Store and AliExpress store. You can go to the documentation and forum page to get more information.