It is very energy efficient
China continues to create more and more processors, and quite a variety of them. So the SpacemiT startup has released a specialized processor designed for computing using artificial intelligence, but this processor is based on the RISC-V architecture, which is unusual for this segment.
SoC Key Stone K1 X60 contains eight 64-bit cores, an unnamed GPU with support for OpenCL 3.0, OpenGL ES3.2, Vulkan 1.2, supports PCIe 2.1 and consumes 3-5 W. The manufacturer itself compares its solution with Arm Cortex-A55 cores, saying that RISC-V is capable of providing 130% higher single-core performance in AI tasks with approximately 60-80% lower power consumption. Performance in AI tasks here, by the way, is stated to be 2 TOPS, which is quite modest.
Even more interesting is that SpacemiT immediately introduced the Muse Book laptop, based on the K1 X60. It also has up to 16 GB of LPDDR4 RAM, eMMC memory ranging from 32 to 128 GB, a 14-inch IPS Full HD screen, Wi-Fi 6, and the PC weighs only 1.36 kg with a body thickness of 17.8 mm.