Product introduction

The Neural Compute Stick 2 (NCS2) is a USB stick which offers you access to neuralnetworkfunctionality, without the need for large, expensive hardware. It enables you toincorporate computer vision and artificial intelligence (Al) to your loT and edge devices.Neural network is a way in which we are able to teach machines to leam like humans.The Intel NCS2 is based on the Intel MovidusTM MyriadTM VPU which has a dedicatedhardware accelerator for DNN interference. The NCS2 is supported by the OpenVINOTMToolkit.This is the perfect tool for developers, data scientists,industrial engineers, AIengineers and academics.

How does it work?

The Neural Compute Stick 2 has a USB 2.0 connector which is inserted into your hostdevice, for example a PC, laptop or single board computer (SBC).it is a plug-and-play deviceso youare ready to start prototyping right away. The OpenVINOTM Toolkit is there to help you accelerate your deep neural network designs.and ideas. It is a high performance, high-efficiency, open-source platform which offerscompatibility across different platforms.

Features of the NCS2

Latest NCS model from Intel
Plug-and-play USB format
Perfect for Deep Neural Network applications (DNN)
Features the IntelR MovidusTM MyriadTM XVPU
High performance
Low Power

Technical Specifications

Processor. IntelR MovidiusTM MyriadTM X Vision Processing Unit (VPU)
Supported frameworks:TensorFlow*and Caffe*
Connectivity: USB 3.0 Type-A
Dimensions: 2.85 in. x 1.06 in. x0.55 in. (72.5 mmx27 mmx 14 mm)
Operating temperature: 0° Cto 40°C
Compatible operating systems: Ubuntu* 16.04.3 LTS (64 bit), CentOS* 74(64 bit),and WindowsR 10 (64 bit)