The Coral M.2 Accelerator with Dual Edge TPU is an M.2 module (E-key) that includes two Edge TPU ML accelerators, eachwith their own PCIe Gen2 x1 interface.
The Edge TPU is a small ASIC designed by Google that accelerates TensorFlow Lite models in a power efficient manner:each one is capable of performing 4 trillion operations per second (4 TOPS), using 2 watts of power—that's 2 TOPS perwatt. For example, one Edge TPU can execute state-of-the-art mobile vision models such as MobileNet v2 at almost 400frames per second. This on-device ML processing reduces latency, increases data privacy, and removes the need for aconstant internet connection.
With the two Edge TPUs in this module, you can double the inferences per second (8 TOPS) in several ways, such as byrunning two models in parallel or pipelining one model across both Edge TPUs.
Notice: Because this module uses two PCIe x1 connections, it is not compatible with all M.2 E-key card slots. The dualEdge TPUs also result in special power requirements that you must carefully review.
Part Number: G650-06076-01 Description: Coral M.2 Accelerator with Dual Edge TPU Weight: 2.5g Hardware Interface: M.2 E key (M.2-2230-D3-E)