Yum new #RISC_V tech approaching #XuanTie announced their new CPU core the C950 not sure I buy the "Zen" performance they claim but it will be a big bump into the right direction for sure, looking forward to the first board to play with it.

#RISCV

https://www.xrvm.cn/product/xuantie/C950

#RISCV Pine64 Ox64 SBC with Bouffalo BL808

CPU (so they does not use SiFive core any more in this SoC, but more efficient T-Head

• Alibaba T-head C906 64-bit RISC-V core @ 480MHz (same as D1, OpenSource, has v0.7 Vector processor extension)
• Alibaba T-head E907 32-bit RISC-V core @ 320MHz (microcontroller, E=Embedded).
• Bouffalo NPU BLAI-100 (for AI acceleration)
• 64MB RAM in SoC, µSD card reader
• 16 to 128 MB Flash memory (W25Q128JW, 1mA write, 1µA power down)
• 5V/0.5A (via USB-C ou µUSB), perfect for solar :).
• 2x 20-pin (GPIO etc) + 5 pin JTAG
• 2.4GHz WiFi 4, BT 5 dual mode (classic + BLE), Zigbee
• 2x ADC, 1x DAC
• several MIPI and QSPI display
• Camera + micro via MIPI with MJPEG+H.264 encoder #Rust Peripheral Access Crate (PAC) will be available to program the microcontroller.

C906 can run Yocto

First #RISCV powered laptop final specs announced. It’s very limited batch for developers only. And still prices/power bad ratio for average user ^^. An Imagination Technology GPU as on VisionFive 2 board, (here a IT BXM-4-64 GPU, VisionFive 2 has a BXE GPU) but probably more interesting #opensource and more efficient T-Head #Xuantie C910 CPU.

2 complementaries articles :

https://www.cnx-software.com/2022/10/04/alibaba-t-head-th1520-risc-v-processor-to-power-the-roma-laptop/

https://www.eenewseurope.com/en/risc-v-development-platform-for-edge-ai-chips/