Why Jetson Nano needs NVMe SSD ？

Autonomous Machines Jetson & Embedded Systems Jetson Nano
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Jetson NANO has 16G eMMC。 Why Jetson Nano needs NVMe SSD

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The commercial Nano module has 16GB eMMC and the Nano devkit uses MicroSD card for storage. On a customized carrier you could implement M.2 NVME (as some ecosystem partners have done), but it is not strictly required.

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Are you asking why didn’t nvidia use an nvme slot instead of an eMMC slot for the main storage?

Likely power: Power Management - The Samsung 970 EVO Plus (250GB, 1TB) NVMe SSD Review: 92-Layer 3D NAND

NVMe storage that makes the full use possible would likely increase the watt usage by 7w (The max power mode is currently 10w, so a huge power increase)

Additionally heat would be another factor.

If the Jetson Nano 2 arrives I hope it has:

  1. USB-C power for easier compatibility with power packs.
  2. USB-C thunderbolt data port(even if it costs the 4x USB3.0 ports), So I fully utilize an external SSD’s speed, as a balance between USB3.0 and nvme.

I think those two items would allow for a much better range of embedded systems. Especially if you can have a crazy huge swapfile for neural network training. How am I supposed to make the terminator with microSD card limitations?

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thanks @dusty_nv and @startwarfields . What kind of scenarios need NVMe SSD ?

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Note that embedded systems are expected to utilize the commercial Nano module, which a carrier could be customized or designed to provide all of the above. The Nano devkit isn’t warranted for production use.

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