Banana Pi and Renesas Electronics Form Strategic Partnership to Drive Open-Source Innovation

  March 11, 2025, Banana Pi open-source hardware, is pleased to announce a strategic partnership with Renesas, a renowned semiconductor company. This collaboration marks a significant step towards deeper cooperation in open-source technology, embedded systems, and IoT, delivering more powerful solutions for developers and enterprise users worldwide.

  "This collaboration will elevate Renesas‘ visibility within the open-source community. The groundbreaking RZ/V2N-based BPI-AI2N SOM is poised to make a significant impact across multiple industries, offering engineers a robust and user-friendly platform that aligns with Renesas‘ corporate vision ‘To Make Our Lives Easier.‘" comments Brad Rex, System Solution Division Sr. Director at Renesas.

  Banana Pi has been dedicated to advancing open-source hardware, offering a diverse product lineup and strong community support, making it a preferred choice for developers and industry users. Renesas Electronics, a global leader in semiconductor solutions, has extensive expertise in embedded processors, industrial control, and intelligent systems. By combining Banana Pi’s influence in the open-source ecosystem and developer community with Renesas’ strengths in high-performance computing and embedded systems, this partnership aims to create more open and flexible hardware and software platforms.

Key Synergies

• Technology Integration: Deep convergence of Renesas RZ/V2N high-performance processors and Banana PI‘s open-source platform.
• Open-Source: Providing some hardware schematics, SDKs, and documentation.
• Ecosystem Development: Joint developer kits supporting AI inference, machine vision, and emerging applications.

Core Product Introduction

The Banana Pi BPI-AI2N core board is based on the Renesas RZ/V2N processor, featuring a quad-core Cortex®-A55 (1.8GHz) and Cortex®-M33 (200MHz). It integrates Renesas’ exclusive DRP-AI accelerator, delivering 15 Sparse TOPS/4 Dense TOPS AI computing power, optimized for computer vision, edge AI, and smart manufacturing.

This collaboration reflects both companies’ commitment to technological innovation and opens new possibilities for the open-source hardware industry. BPI-AI2N & BPI-AI2N Carrier will be showcased at the Renesas Electronics Booth @ Hall 1 Stand 234 - Embedded World 2025 in Nuremberg, Germany, March 11-13, 2025, providing developers and industry users with a firsthand experience of their powerful capabilities. We look forward to expanding product boundaries, driving industry growth, and delivering more competitive solutions to users worldwide.