Orange Pi has introduced a powerful mini-PC designed for those interested in experimenting with artificial intelligence development and applications. At its core is a 64-bit ARM-based Huawei Ascend 310 AI octa-core processor, which is claimed to deliver up to 176 TOPS of AI performance. That’s more than double what the recently announced Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite can achieve, though the latter is aimed specifically at laptops.
There are two versions of the Orange Pi AI Studio, where the base model features the above-mentioned SoC and the option of 48GB or 96GB of LPDDR4X 4266 memory and 32MB of SPI Flash. The Pro model takes it up a notch by combining two AI Studio mini PCs into one, meaning that you now get a 16-core CPU that offers exactly double the performance of 352 TOPS. It also comes with higher memory options of 96GB or 192GB. The Pro model also comes with dual cooling fans, rather than the single unit on the non-Pro model.
