Nvidia Unveils Affordable Jetson Orin Nano Super Developer Kit for AI and Robotics

Nvidia introduces the Jetson Orin Nano Super Developer Kit, a $249 AI computer offering enhanced processing power for AI and robotics projects.

Nvidia just dropped the Jetson Orin Nano Super Developer Kit, and it’s kind of a big deal. At $249, this little beast packs more AI muscle than its older sibling but for half the price—talk about a bargain. And yes, you can grab one right now.

Since 2019, the Jetson Nano line has been the go-to for hobbyists and makers who want power without breaking the bank. The Nano Super? It’s like the original Nano hit the gym, coming out with a 70% boost in neural processing (that’s 67 TOPS vs. 40) and 50% more memory bandwidth (102GB/s). Things are about to get speedy.

Here’s the kicker: it’s running on the same hardware as the original Orin Nano kit, but thanks to a fresh JetPack update, it’s got this new power mode that cranks up the GPU, memory, and CPU clocks. Nvidia’s Jensen Huang even showed it off in a video—because seeing is believing, right?

What’s in the box? A reference carrier board and a Jetson Orin Nano 8GB system-on-module, complete with an Nvidia Ampere GPU (tensor cores included) and a 6-core Arm CPU. Nvidia’s calling it the ‘ideal solution’ for whipping up chatbots, visual AI agents, and robots that might just take over the world (kidding… mostly).