On May 12th, Shenzhen-based Xunlong Software's globally leading open-source hardware brand Orange Pi, in collaboration with Huawei, unveiled the new development board "Orange Pi Kunpeng Pro," equipped with a rather mysterious processor.
According to the specifications, this Kunpeng processor features four 64-bit cores, integrated GPU graphics core, and an AI processor with a computing power of 8 TOPS, but further details are not disclosed.
The development board measures 107x68 millimeters and integrates 8/16GB LPDDR4X memory, 32MB SPI Flash, supports M.2 2280 NVMe/SATA SSD, can be externally connected to 32/64/128/256GB eMMC storage, and includes a microSD card slot.
The board features a rich array of interfaces, including two HDMI (dual 4K60), 40-pin GPIO (UART/I2C/SPI/I2S/PWM), two USB3.0, USB-C 3.0, microUSB (for serial console debugging), two MIPI camera interfaces, MIPI display, 3.5mm headphone jack, Type-C 20V/65W power interface, and reserved battery interface.
For networking, it offers Gigabit Ethernet, dual-band Wi-Fi 5, and Bluetooth 4.2.
The operating system comes with openEuler, supporting the GNOME graphical desktop, Firefox browser, gedit text editor, Chinese input method, and shell terminal.
For development, it provides tools for editing, compiling, debugging, testing, and optimization, meeting end-to-end development needs for users. It supports Kunpeng + openEuler + openGauss + DevKit native development, offering openGauss services. DevKit provides Kunpeng development kits, supporting various hardware architectures and virtualization technologies.
The Orange Pi Kunpeng Pro can meet the needs of most AI algorithm prototype verification and inference application development, providing more efficient computing power for various application scenarios such as cloud computing, big data, distributed storage, and high-performance computing.
Packages start at 1076 yuan, including 8GB of memory, 64GB eMMC, heat dissipation components, and power supply. Adding a metal case assembly costs 1205 yuan, while 16GB of memory is priced at 1326 yuan, and 16GB of memory with a metal case assembly costs 1455 yuan.
Before this, Orange Pi and Huawei jointly released the OrangePi AIpro, which follows the Ascend AI technology route, featuring a 64-bit quad-core processor + AI processor, integrated with a graphics processor, and AI computing power of 8 TOPS.
In 2020, Huawei initiated the "Kunpeng + Ascend" dual-engine computing strategy, establishing a computing system based on Kunpeng for general computing power and Ascend for intelligent computing power. This system covers the entire industry chain from underlying hardware and software to upper-layer applications, enabling the provision of comprehensive, complete, and integrated information solutions for various industries.
The successive releases of OrangePi AIpro and OrangePi Kunpeng Pro signify that Orange Pi has become a participant in the two major computing industries: Kunpeng for general computing and Ascend for artificial intelligence computing. In the future, they will offer even more diverse solutions.
