Axera AX8860P 16-core Cortex-A55 SoC takes on NVIDIA DGX Spark

Axera unveiled the AX8860P, a 16-core Cortex-A55 SoC with an NPU rated up to 128 TOPS (256 TOPS FP4), 256-bit LPDDR5X at 273 GB/s and PCIe 5.0. Sipeed's MaixStation based on it will cost under $2000 for 32GB and under $4000 for 128GB, versus $6,949.99 for NVIDIA DGX Spark.

• NPU up to 128 TOPS, 256 TOPS in FP4; up to 128GB LPDDR5X
• 273 GB/s bandwidth, PCIe 5.0 and AXLink cascading
• About 40W power consumption under load
• MaixStation: under $2000 for 32GB, under $4000 for 128GB