GR801

Overview

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The GR801 architecture consists of a neuromorphic processing engine (Brainchip AkidaTM 1.0), a single-core RISC-V RV64GC processor (NOEL-V) for system management, and several digital interfaces.

Performance target: >1TOPS below 0.5W

GR801 is a reliable computing platform for AI applications such as image recognition, autonomous navigation, and data analysis. The neuromorphic engine provides fast and energy-efficient inference, enabling fast on-board decisions.

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Architecture

Fault tolerance

Key Tech Spec

Target technology support

Evaluation boards

Development Kit

Licensing

Software

Tools

Block diagram

Related project

Supported Hardware

Configuration

Reference Design

Other resources

Detailed features

Package

‍Space grade thermally enhanced BGA, 23x23mm, 441 balls, 1mm pitch

NOEL-V RISC-V Processor

General-purpose RISC-V processor (RV64GC)
High-performance processing for traditional computing tasks
System management and configuration of the neuromorphic engine

Akida^TMneuromorphic processing accelerator

‍‍Akida provides acceleration of AI models using event-driven computing to minimize power consumption.
Eight neural processing nodes connected in a mesh network
Each node consisting of four convolutional or fully connected engines
Each node supports 128 4x4 MACs, for total of 1024 MACs/clock
Hardware support for 1, 2, or 4-bit hybrid quantized weights
Multi-Pass Processing enables execution of large neural networks

Memory

8 MB on-chip RAM
QSPI memory controller (2 chip selects)
3.2 MB RAM private for the Akida unit

Interfaces

‍‍‍‍PCIe Gen 3 x4 port with capability to act both as a root port and as an endpoint
1x 10/100/1000Mbit Ethernet interface (GMII and SGMII)
SpaceWire router - 4x external ports @ 200 Mbps
4x CAN FD
1x SPI (2 chip select)
16x GPIO
2x UARTs

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