Nvidia Jetson Nano is a $99 AI computer for makers, students

Get your robots ready.

Joshua Goldman Managing Editor / Advice

Managing Editor Josh Goldman is a laptop expert and has been writing about and reviewing them since built-in Wi-Fi was an optional feature. He also covers almost anything connected to a PC, including keyboards, mice, USB-C docks and PC gaming accessories. In addition, he writes about cameras, including action cams and drones. And while he doesn't consider himself a gamer, he spends entirely too much time playing them.

Expertise Laptops, desktops and computer and PC gaming accessories including keyboards, mice and controllers, cameras, action cameras and drones Credentials

More than two decades experience writing about PCs and accessories, and 15 years writing about cameras of all kinds.

See full bio

Joshua Goldman

March 18, 2019 4:00 p.m. PT

Nvidia's new Jetson Nano platform aims to make AI development more accessible to everyone.

Announced Monday by Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang at the Nvidia GPU Technology Conference, the Jetson Nano comes in a $99 devkit for developers, makers and enthusiasts and a $129 production-module for mass-market edge systems.

Living up to its name, the board measures 80 by 100 millimeters (3.2 by 3.9 inches), but has a quad-core ARM processor, a 128-core integrated Nvidia graphics and 4GB of memory. The preinstalled Jetpack SDK comes complete with a desktop Linux environment based on Ubuntu 18.04 with support for Nvidia Cuda Toolkit 10.

Jetson Nano specs

Processor	64-bit quad-core 1.43GHz ARM A57
Graphics	128-core Nvidia Maxwell
Memory	4GB 64-bit LPDDR4, 1600MHz
Video Encoder	4Kp30, 1080p30, 1080p60
Video Decoder	4Kp60, 4Kp30, 1080p30, 1080p60
USB	Four USB 3.0 Type-A (host), USB 2.0 Micro Type-B (device)
Camera	MIPI CSI-2 x2 (15-position flex connector)
Display	HDMI, DisplayPort

Available now through Seeed Studio and SparkFun, the kit is compatible with many popular peripherals and accessories. It also includes projects along with tutorials to help DIYers and students get started with AI right out of the box. A Jetson developer forum is also available for users to get answers to technical questions.