Banana Pi BPI-R2 Pro Is a Rockchip RK3588 System-on-Module Targeting Edge AI, Vision, Video Work
Offering eight processor cores, a capable GPU, 8k60 video support, SATA, PCIe, and USB 3.1 connectivity, this module packs in the features.
Shenzhen SinoVoIP has unveiled its latest Banana Pi design, a system-on-module (SOM) based around the Rockchip RK3588 system-on-chip and boasting 8GB of RAM plus up to 128GB of eMMC flash storage.
The Banana Pi BPI-R2 Pro, as the module has been named, uses a Rockchip RK3588 system-on-chip with four high-performance Arm Cortex-A76 and four lower-power Cortex-A55 CPU cores, an Arm Mali-G610 MP4 GPU, and a neural processing unit coprocessor. The latter, its creator claims, offers 6 TOPS of compute performance at INT8 precision and offers support for common tools including TensorFlow, ONNX, Caffe, and Keras.
SinoVoIP has confirmed a range of models, varying in their memory and storage capacities: Models with 2GB, 4GB, and 8GB of LPDDR4 RAM will offer a choice of 32GB, 64GB, or 128GB eMMC storage, with the current production run concentrating on 8GB RAM variants with 32GB of storage.
The SODIMM-style module connects to a carrier board via an edge connector, which breaks out a wide range of peripherals: Dual gigabit Ethernet, USB 3.1, dual SATA 3.0, PCI Express Gen 3, three HDMI outputs with 8k resolution support, and more, with the full feature set yet to be confirmed.
"[We have] just [the] hardware sample ready," SinoVoIP's Judy Huang confirms of the device's status, "we do BSP [Board Support Package] development now." That BSP, the company has promised, will include support for Android 12 and unspecified Linux distributions.
Interested parties can find out more on the Banana Pi forum, and apply via email for a hardware sample. The company has not yet announced pricing or general availability.