Banana Pi BPI-SM10 RISC-V Board Features SpacemiT K3 Chip

Banana Pi announced the BPI-SM10 single-board computer on April 28. The board features a SpacemiT K3 RISC-V processor. This chip uses an eight-core design with a clock speed of 2.4 GHz. The vendor claims the platform is the first global RISC-V AI CPU platform compliant with the RVA23 standard.

The BPI-SM10 supports up to 32GB of LPDDR5-6400 memory. Banana Pi states the system delivers up to 60 TOPS of AI performance. The company says this power allows the board to run 30 billion parameter AI models at 10 tokens per second. The board measures 103 by 90.5 by 35 millimeters.

Connectivity options include one PCIe 4.0 x4 slot and one PCIe 4.0 x2 slot. The board provides four USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A ports and one USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C port. Users can connect a Gigabit Ethernet cable and use a DisplayPort 1.2 output. The system also includes two MIPI-CSI camera connectors and a 40-pin expansion header.

New single board computer targets AI inference with 60 TOPS performance

Banana Pi estimates the total power consumption of the BPI-SM10 will range from 18 to 35 watts. The vendor has not yet disclosed pricing or availability details for the board. The announcement highlights the growing role of CPUs in AI inference workloads.