Khadas VIM4 Amlogic A311D2 SBC gets 3.2 TOPS NPU

First introduced in 2022, the Khadas VIM4 SBC will now sell with an Amlogic A311D2-N0D Cortex-A73/A53 processor equipped with a 3.2 TOPS NPU, and the version without AI accelerator will be phased out.

I reviewed the Khadas VIM4 with both Android 11 and Ubuntu 22.04 last year, and really liked the user experience notably thanks to the OOWOW system that makes it really easy to try different operating systems downloaded from Khadas servers, although some features like support for GPU acceleration still needed to be worked on at the time. One thing missing compared to the previous generation Khadas VIM3 SBC was an on-chip NPU to accelerate AI workloads, and the latest revision of the Amlogic A311D2 processor (with N0D suffix) fixes that on the Khadas VIM4.

"Khadas VIM4 with NPU" specifications:

Documentation can be found on the Khadas website, but at this time I don't see any specific to the NPU, although I’d expect tools similar to the VIM3 NPU.

There are now four options to purchase the VIM4 SBC:

You’ll find all four on the Khadas store, but the first two will eventually be discontinued once the stock runs out. Users who previously purchased a VIM4 SBC in May 2023 will get a $20 discount coupon for the Khadas store.

Jean-Luc started CNX Software in 2010 as a part-time endeavor, before quitting his job as a software engineering manager, and starting to write daily news, and reviews full time later in 2011.

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