Brainchip

Akida™ M.2 B+M Key Card for Edge AI Prototyping

Brainchip key cards enable seamless integration of Akida AI acceleration into a wide range of host platforms

Image of Brainchip Akida™ M.2 B+M Key Card for Edge AI PrototypingThe Brainchip Akida M.2 B+M key AKD1000 card accelerates CNN-based neural network models using the Brainchip ultra-energy-efficient, purely digital, event-based processing architecture. The Akida M.2 B+M key AKD1000 can be paired with the Raspberry PI, IoT SoC development boards and existing single-board computers for on target model development, testing, prototyping and Edge AI applications. The small form factor supports the creation of very compact, ultra-low-power, portable, and intelligent devices for remote sensors and devices in healthcare, consumer, smart home, and AIoT applications.

Features
  • Built with the Brainchip Akida neuromorphic processor
  • M.2 B+M key interface for broad platform compatibility
  • Event-based computing leveraging inherent data and activation sparsity
  • Fully configurable neural processing cores, supporting convolutional, separable convolutional, pooling, and fully connected layers
  • On-chip few-shot training
  • Configurable number of NPUs
  • Configurable on-chip SRAM memory
  • Runs full neural networks in hardware
  • On-chip communication via mesh network
  • 28 nm TSMC device
Applications
  • Smart factories
  • Security and surveillance
  • Smart retail
  • Smart logistics
  • Smart cities
  • Automotive
  • Healthcare
  • Transportation
Published: 2026-03-02