Google Coral
Google Coral is an edge AI platform that provides hardware and software tools for building and deploying machine learning models on local devices. It includes specialized hardware like the Coral Dev Board and USB Accelerator with Edge TPUs (Tensor Processing Units) for fast, low-power inference, along with a software stack for model compilation and deployment. The platform enables developers to run AI applications offline without relying on cloud connectivity.
Developers should learn Google Coral when building edge AI applications that require real-time inference, low latency, privacy, or operation in environments with limited internet connectivity, such as IoT devices, robotics, or industrial automation. It's particularly useful for deploying pre-trained TensorFlow Lite models efficiently on resource-constrained hardware, offering energy-efficient performance compared to general-purpose processors.