Add the Axelera AI M.2 AI Inference Acceleration card (a.k.a. Metis M.2 Card) based on "Metis AIPU"

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Axelera AI M.2 AI Inference Acceleration card (a.k.a. Metis M.2 Card,) based on "Metis AIPU", in M.2 2280 M-key form-factor:

• https://store.axelera.ai/products/metis-m-2-card-the-most-performant-m-2-edge-ai-accelerator

  • https://axelera.ai/hubfs/Axelera_February2025/pdfs/axelera-ai-m2-ai-edge-accelerator-module.pdf

• https://axelera.ai/ai-accelerators/metis-m2-ai-acceleration-card

M.2 only has 1GB RAM so for price it will probably not be attractive but sais can also use passive cooling aslone which is something.

They also have two PCIe AI accelerator cards with 4GB RAM and 16GB RAM respectivly might be more interesting if and when those come as M.2

• https://store.axelera.ai/products/metis-pcie-card-unmatched-performance-for-edge-ai-applications

  • https://axelera.ai/hubfs/Axelera_February2025/pdfs/axelera-ai-pcie-ai-edge-accelerator-card.pdf

    • https://www.hackster.io/news/axelera-ai-s-compact-m-2-accelerator-promises-214-tops-of-compute-at-just-15-tops-w-cf27dde82712