Moore Threads has also introduced its full-on AI SoC solution codenamed Yangtze, delivering 8 cores & top-end NPU performance.
Moore Threads Goes All-In On The AI PC Craze With Yangtze SoC: Delivers 8 Cores Clocked at 2.65 GHz, 50 NPU TOPs, First Products Introduced
In addition to its next-gen GPU solutions, Moore Threads has also launched its Yangtze SoC, which is designed for the AI PC ecosystem. The fully integrated solution comes with interesting specifications, while the first products are already being rolled out in the Chinese domestic market.
The Moore Threads Yangtze SoC is obviously named after the Yangtze River. The company hasn't detailed the internal architecture or IPs used, but states that the chip packs 8 cores, which clock up to 2.65 GHz. This is not that big of a frequency for today's standard, where you typically find chips running past 5 GHz, but as a complete SoC solution, other aspects are the key focus.
The key specs of Moore Threads Yangtze SoC include:
- 8 Core CPU
- 2.65 GHz Boost Clock
- Integrated GPU Based on High-End IP
- 50 TOPS NPU
- H.265/H.264/AV1 Support
- Aims AI PC Segment
One of the highlights of the Yangtze SoC is its 50 TOPS (INT8) NPU, which comes in a multi-core neural processor package, designed for speech/image recognition. The SoC also packs an iGPU which is capable of high-performance 3D rendering, & also offers LLM acceleration, Video Encode & Video Decoding capabilities. As for the VPU, the media engine supports 8K @ 30 FPS, 4K @ 60 FPS, and supports H.265, H.264, and AV1 formats.
Besides these, there's also an onboard DPU designed to support dual 8K displays at 50Hz or eight 4K displays at 50 HZ (DP/MIPI), a DSP with AI noise reduction and Hi-Fi audio effects support, an ISP with support of up to 32MP camera and HDR, and that's about it for the internal capabilities. Moore Threads also claims that the CPU itself should offer competitive performance against high-end 8-core chips while being efficienct and the entire chip is designed for low-power operation.
As for platforms, Moore Threads has unveiled two designs, a laptop which it is calling the MTT AIBook and a Mini PC called MTT AICube. These systems support 32 and 64 GB LPDDR5X memory with over 100 GB/s of bandwidth. The chip itself supports FP16, FP32, and FP64 compute formats.
The chip should pave the way for China to offer "AI PC" solutions in a market that's not only crowded by overseas options but is soon to face even more products based on next-gen SoCs from Intel, AMD, Qualcomm, Apple, and NVIDIA.
About the author: A Software Engineer by training and a PC enthusiast by passion, Hassan Mujtaba serves as Wccftech's Senior Editor for hardware section. With years of experience in the industry, he specializes in deep-dive technical analysis of next-generation CPU and GPU architectures, motherboards, and cooling solutions. His work involves not only breaking news on upcoming technologies but also extensive hands-on reviews and benchmarking.
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