JetPack 7.0/Jetson Linux 38.2 for NVIDIA Jetson Thor is now live

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We are pleased to announce the production release of JetPack 7.0. JetPack 7.0 is a major upgrade in the JetPack series, supporting the NVIDIA Jetson AGX Thor Developer Kit and the Thor based T5000 module. With JetPack 7, Jetson software aligns with the Server Base System Architecture (SBSA), positioning Jetson Thor alongside industry-standard ARM server design. JetPack 7.0 packages Jetson Linux 38.2 with Linux Kernel 6.8 and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS based root file system.

What’s new in JetPack 7.0

NOTE: For full details, refer to Jetson Linux release notes.

  • Support for NVIDIA Jetson AGX Thor Developer Kit and T5000 module.

  • SBSA architecture based design for Jetson Thor.

  • Kernel 6.8 and Ubuntu 24.04 based root file system.

  • Latest AI compute stack: CUDA 13, cuDNN 9.12, and TensorRT 10.13.

  • Support for AI serving frameworks (vLLM, SGLang,) with regular container releases on NGC and support for frameworks from Jetson AI Lab (MLC, LAMA CPP, OLAMA, Hugging Face Transformers).

  • CoE [CSI over Ethernet ] support using Holoscan Sensor Bridge. Out-of-the-box experience with Eagle Camera Sensor Module LI-VB1940.

  • CSI/GMSL is supported via Argus whereas CoE is supported via SIPL Camera API.

  • NVIDIA optimized preemptable realtime kernel.

You can install JetPack 7.0 on your Jetson AGX Thor Developer Kit with any of the methods below

  • ISO Image: You can download the JetPack 7.0 ISO image from JetPack 7.0 Downloads and Notes page and use Balena Etcher to prepare the installer USB drive. Please follow the instructions in the User Guide on flashing the Developer Kit with JetPack 7.0.

  • SDK Manager: You can do a fresh install of JetPack 7.0 using SDK Manager.

  • Manual Flashing: If you prefer to install using the command line, you can flash Jetson device from a linux host by following steps here.

Once Jetson Linux is flashed, you can install the compute stack using:

  • SDK Manager (using linux host) or

  • By running “sudo apt update” followed by “sudo apt install nvidia-jetpack” on your Jetson.

Important Notes

  1. The manual flashing instructions have slightly changed because of Thor leveraging SBSA architecture. Please follow the manual flashing instructions carefully;

  2. If you are re-installing JetPack 7.0 using ISO on an already installed system, please carefully follow the instructions in the Getting Started Guide.

Containers

Note: Since Jetson Thor is based on the SBSA stack, the “-ipgu” container tag is no longer required when running on Thor.

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