China Unveils Its First “AI PC” Compliant SOC Featuring Up To 45 TOPS NPU, 6nm CPU With 12-Cores

Chinese tech firm Cixin Technology has unveiled the region's first AI-focused consumer processor, the Cixin P1, featuring up to 45 TOPS NPU.

It looks like the domestic markets are stepping into the "AI PC" race, after all, since it is the next big thing in the client computing segment.

The latest solution to surface is from Cixin Technology, which claims that their latest AI PC chip took huge efforts for development and production and that it has finally reached its "tape-out" stages, with volume production expected to commence soon. Their newest chip, the Cixin P1, stands out in the market as it employs ARM-based architecture at its core, similar to Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite CPUs, which have been a hit in the AI PC market.

In terms of specifications, the Cixin P1 AI PC chip features a 6nm process utilizing a 12-core ARM CPU, with eight performance cores and four efficiency cores onboard. The processor comes with a maximum frequency of 3.2 GHz and is said to be vastly capable when considering similar solutions in the market.

Most interesting of all, the Cixin P1 chip is said to employ AI compute power of up to 45 TOPS, which is up to the industry benchmark, similar to what competitors such as AMD's Ryzen AI 300, Intel's Lunar Lake and Qualcomm Snapdragon X CPUs have to offer. 45 TOPS also means that the chip is ready for the "AI PC" segment with full compliance for the Copilot+ platforms.

Regarding other details, the Cixin P1 supports up to 64GB LPDDR5-6400, and in terms of display, the chip can support up to a 4K 120 FPS connection. The chip can also support PCIe 4.0 interfaces along with USB Type-C, showing that it is ready for industry adoption. We haven't seen benchmarks surrounding the chip surface, so we can't conclude whether the Cixin P1 chip is on par with mainstream competitors such as those from AMD and Qualcomm, but on paper, they do look quite close.

News Source: ITHome