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This article focuses on the performance evaluation of the SpacemiT K3 RISC-V chip when supporting the RISC-V Vector Extension (RVV) 1.0 standard. As one of the first RISC-V chips to support the RVA23 profile, the K3 demonstrates significant performance advancements in the past five years. The articl

This article presents a comprehensive evaluation of the SpacemiT K3 Pico-ITX development board running under the Bianbu OS 4.0 environment. Based on SpacemiT's self-developed 16-core RISC-V K3 SoC, the board features a Pico-ITX form factor with robust computing capabilities and diverse interface sup

SpacemiT unveiled its new K3 RISC-V System-on-Chip (SoC) at the Ubuntu Summit, featuring a 16-core design with eight custom X100 CPU cores and eight A100 AI cores running up to 2.4 GHz. The chip complies with the RVA23 standard, a significant milestone in RISC-V that enables full vector math acceler

This article analyzes the remarkable performance growth of RISC-V processors over the past five years, comparing the SiFive HiFive Unmatched from 2020 to the SpacemiT K3 released in 2026. The HiFive Unmatched, featuring the SiFive FU740 SoC with four U74-MC and one S7 cores, was among the best RISC-

With the upcoming release of Linux kernel 7.2, SpacemiT's RISC-V SoCs, the K3 and K1, are receiving significant upstream support enhancements. The K3 RVA23 now includes working USB 2.0, PWM, and Ziccrse extension support, along with fixes for PDMA and I/O power issues in the pinctrl code. Additional