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Turing Pi 2.5

Reliable, Scalable Infrastructure for Edge & AI Apps

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Turing Pi 2.5 is a compact, energy-efficient cluster board that lets you combine Turing RK1, Raspberry Pi CM4, and Nvidia Jetson compute modules. It includes a built-in Baseboard Management Controller (BMC), CLI tools, and open-source firmware for managing nodes, power, USB, UART, flashing, and OTA updates. It supports up to 128 GB RAM (via compute modules), consumes less than 80 W, and is suited for homelab, self-hosting, Kubernetes, and machine learning workloads.

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