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Intel Powers AI At The Edge With Intel ® Neural Compute Stick 2
Intel Powers AI At The Edge With Intel ® Neural Compute Stick 2

Intel Powers AI At The Edge With Intel ® Neural Compute Stick 2

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Key takeaways

  • Intel Neural Compute Stick 2 is designed to bring AI capabilities to the edge using a compact USB device.
  • This platform offers a cost-effective solution for developing and deploying AI prototypes.
  • It is particularly suited for vision-based applications such as image recognition and classification tasks.
  • Developers can utilise the stick for testing and deploying applications in various fields, including augmented reality and IoT.
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Intel Neural Compute Stick 2 is an end-to-end platform for bringing AI prototypes to market in a cost-effective way.

Today, much of Artificial Intelligence (AI) training and inference happens in the cloud or in data centers, which requires tremendous compute and processing power. Now, with the world moving to the edge, what if you can get a deep learning processor on a USB stick that supports demanding workloads at low power?

Intel® Neural Compute Stick 2 (Intel NCS 2), a USB-based kit brings the power of AI algorithms to the edge and helps in the development and deployment of AI systems for data scientists and developers.

Intel NCS 2 is an end-to-end platform for bringing AI prototypes to market in a cost-effective way. It is one of the best hardware alternatives to cloud-based platforms and ideal for vision-based applications, especially image recognition, identification and classification tasks.

Developers and data scientists can use it to test as well as deploy deep neural networks and computer vision applications in augmented reality (AR) and Internet of Things (IoT) devices, drones, robotics and smart cameras.

In this informative infographic, check out how to set up Intel NCS 2 and get started with your first computer vision application.

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