Original source, including in-depth tests and other fancy details of the CPU used in the MAXHUB PC itself (written in Mandarin): https://news.mydrivers.com/1/1070/1070803_all.htm
CPU-Z Single-Core Benchmark and specs from the original source:
That's an 8-core, ~3GHz Base Speed, 32MB L3 cache CPU for the number-crunchers around here.
On the surface, this CPU seems like it's best suited for general desktop and office use, to see it adopted to a PC build product geared for "AI workloads" is interesting. If I'm not mistaken, AI performance is heavily dependent on the GPU rather than on the CPU, so I think that's fine:
In terms of performance, the MAXHUB's AI+ desktop computer is claimed to play 1080P 30fps and 4K 30fps high-bitrate online videos with decent CPU utilization numbers, showing that the KX-7000 CPU acts decently with media workload. Of course, when compared against competitors like Intel or AMD, Zhaoxin is behind, but the key motive here to create an ecosystem that relies entirely on in-house products, and this has apparently happened here.
And that's a good thing, lol.
Does it matter much, x86/x64 is on its way out. Everyone has to jump on the ARM train or get left behind.
I expect everyone will be jumping on RISCV which is an open architecture. China is already developing a high performance architecture based on this https://github.com/OpenXiangShan/XiangShan
I imagine x86 is being developed as an intermittent compatibility measure to support current tech stack in case supplies from the US are cut off.
I tend to agree. But in the same way as hard drives have been on the way out for like a decade now, and I'd expect them to still have use cases decades in the future.
They will be useful for industry and business that uses software that won’t run on ARM systems. Just like there are places that use DOS to this day.