Description

Intel® Neural Compute Stick 2 – AI at the Edge Made Simple

Accelerate your AI and deep learning projects with the Intel® Neural Compute Stick 2 (NCS2), a powerful USB-based inference accelerator. Built on Intel’s advanced Movidius™ Myriad™ X VPU, the NCS2 delivers high-performance, low-power AI processing directly at the edge — without the need for cloud connectivity.

Perfect for developers, researchers, and embedded system designers, the NCS2 enables real-time computer vision and deep neural network inference across a wide range of platforms. Simply plug it into any USB 3.0 port on a Linux, Windows, or Raspberry Pi system and start building intelligent solutions using the Intel® Distribution of OpenVINO™ toolkit.

Key Features:

• Built on the Intel Movidius Myriad X Vision Processing Unit (VPU)

• Supports accelerated deep learning inference at the edge

• Compatible with OpenVINO toolkit for easy model deployment

• USB 3.0 interface for high-speed data transfer

• Supports a wide variety of pre-trained models (TensorFlow, Caffe, ONNX)

• Ideal for vision-based applications: object detection, face recognition, gesture control, etc.

• Compact, portable, and power-efficient – no external power needed

Whether you’re building smart cameras, drones, robots, or edge AI prototypes, the NCS2 offers a plug-and-play solution to bring AI capabilities to your device — faster and more efficiently.

The Intel Neural Compute Stick 2 (NCS2) is a USB stick which offers you access to neural network functionality, without the need for large, expensive hardware. It contains a Intel Movidius Myriad X Vision Processing Unit (VPU) to enable you to incorporate computer vision and artificial intelligence (AI) to your IoT and edge devices.

Set up Software Environment

To use the Intel NCS2, please first complete the Installing Intel® Distribution of OpenVINO™ toolkit for ODYSSEY – X86J41x5 and configure all the dependent software environment.