Firefly has released the AIBOX-K3, an industrial-grade RISC-V edge computing box based on the SpacemIT Key Stone K3 octa-core processor. The device is now available through distributors.
Specifications
- SoC: SpacemiT K3 with 8x RISC-V X100 cores at up to 2.4 GHz, RVA23 compliance; 8x RISC-V A100 AI cores with 1024-bit RVV1.0; Imagination BXM4-64-MC1 GPU; VPU for H.265/H.264/VP9 decode up to 4K@120fps, encode up to 4K@60fps; AI performance up to 60 TOPS (INT4).
- Memory: 8GB, 16GB, or 32GB LPDDR5 (6400 MT/s).
- Storage: 128GB, 256GB, or 512GB UFS 2.2 onboard; M.2 slot for NVMe SSDs.
- Display: HDMI 2.0 up to 4K@60Hz.
- Networking: Dual Gigabit Ethernet.
- USB: 2x USB 3.0 Type-A, 1x USB 3.0 DRD Type-C, 1x USB Type-C console.
- Expansion: M.2 socket (PCIe 3.0 x4) for 2242/2280 modules.
- Power: 9-20V via barrel jack (12V/5A recommended).
- Dimensions: 93.4 x 93.4 x 50.0 mm; weight ~500 g.
- Temperature: Operating -20°C to 60°C; storage -20°C to 70°C.
- Enclosure: Aluminum body with ventilation.
AI Performance
According to Firefly, the system can achieve inference speeds over 10 tokens per second when running a 30B parameter model locally, including Mixture of Experts models. The SoC provides hardware security (M/S/U privilege, Spectre/Meltdown protection, PMP/ePMP, IOPMP) and encryption engines (AES, SHA, RSA, SM2, SM3, SM4).
"The system can achieve inference speeds over 10 tokens per second when running a 30B parameter model locally."
Software
Firefly provides basic Linux and Windows flashing tools; the OS may not be pre-installed. SpacemiT supports multiple operating systems: Bianbu OS 3.0, Ubuntu 26.04 (with Canonical), OpenHarmony, OpenKylin, Fedora, Deepin, and others. Support for SpacemiT K3 has been added to Linux 7.0. Features include Docker, KVM virtualization, and ROS.
Pricing
The AIBOX-K3 starts at $349 for the 8GB RAM + 128GB storage configuration; the 32GB RAM version is $689.