[CNX-Software] - Axera AX8860P 16-core Cortex-A55 SoC takes on NVIDIA DGX Spark at fraction of the cost

Axera AX8860P is a new 16-core Cortex-A55 SoC with up to 128 TOPS/256 TOPS (FP4) NPU, 256-bit LPDDR5/5X memory, and PCIe 5.0 connectivity, aiming to power desktop AI solutions competing with NVIDIA DGX Spark at a fraction of the cost. Dr. Qiu Xiaoxin, founder and CEO of Axera, unveiled the new AX8860/AX8860P processor a few days ago at the China International Industrial Fair, along with upcoming products from Sipeed and Radxa. Axera AX8860P key features and specifications: CPU – 16x Arm Cortex-A55 processor AI – Up to 256 TOPS VPU – 64-channel decode, 16-channel encode Memory – Up to 128GB 256-bit LPDDR5x with 273GB/s bandwidth Interconnect – PCIe 5.0 + AXLink (C2C) cascading with 80% efficiency for multi-chip cards and systems Power Consumption – About 40 Watts under load Package – 78 × 78 mm module Process – 6nm The AX8860P SoC is said to support vLLM, SGLang, PyTorch, ONNX, [...]

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