K3 RISC-V SoC

SpacemiT shows off usably quick RISC-V mini desktop

UBUNTU SUMMIT SpacemiT is demonstrating its impressive new K3 RISC-V SoC, a fairly hefty 16-core device – with a moderately hefty price. One of the few hardware vendors exhibiting at the recent Ubuntu Summit was SpacemiT. (The site is available in both Chinese and English – click the globe symbol at top right to switch between them.) The company’s product page for the Key Stone K3 chip has specs that look powerful: 16 CPU cores, divided between eight of SpacemiT’s own X100 cores, running at...