Intel Movidius Neural Compute Stick

The Neural Network Compute Stick from Movidius™ allows Deep Neural Network development without the need for expensive, power-hungry supercomputer hardware. Simply prototype and tune the Deep Neural Network with the 100Gflops of computing power provided by the Movidius stick You can even use it with a Raspberry Pi (we recommend the Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+)! 

The NCS is powered by the low power high performance Movidius™ Visual Processing Unit (VPU). The VPU can be found in millions of smart security cameras, gesture controlled drones, industrial machine vision equipment, etc.

A Cloud connection is not required. The USB stick form-factor makes for easy connection to a host PC while the on-board Myriad-2 Vision Processing Unit (VPU) delivers the necessary computational performance. The Myriad-2 achieves high-efficiency parallel processing courtesy of its twelve Very Long Instruction Word (VLIW) processors. The decision on parallel scheduling is carried out at program compile time, relieving the processors of this chore at run-time.

Features

• Supports Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) profiling, prototyping and tuning workflow
• Real-time on device inference – Cloud connectivity not required
• Features the Movidius™ Vision Processing Unit (VPU) with energy-efficient CNN processing
• All data and power provided over a single USB 3.0 type A port
• Run multiple devices on the same platform to scale performance
• Supports FP16, FP32 and integer operations with 8-, 16- and 32-bit accuracy 
• Movidius 600MHz Myriad-2 SoC with 12 x 128-bit VLIW SHAVE vector processors
• 2MB of 400Gbps transfer-rate on-chip memory 

Specifications

• Minimum System Requirements:
• x86_64 computer running Ubuntu 16.04
• USB 2.0 Type-A port (Recommend USB 3.0)
• 1GB RAM
• 4GB free storage space
• Form Factor: USB Stick
• Dimensions: 72.5x27x14mm
• Connectors: USB 3.0 Type A plug
• Operating Temperature: 0°-40°C

Applications

• Smart home and consumer robotics
• Surveillance and security
• Retail
• Healthcare

Additional Resources

• Getting Started Guide
• Movidius™ Neural Compute SDK Documents
• Build an Image Classifier in 5 steps on the Intel® Movidius™ Neural Compute Stick

Part number: NCSM2450.DK1