Andes combines Brainchip neuromorphic AI with RISC-V
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Neuromorphic AI IP from BrainChip has been integrated with RISC-V cores from Andes Technology.
The 22nm FD-SOI Akida AKD1500 chip has been added to the Andes’ QiLai Voyager Board alongside the AndesCore AX45MP 64-bit multicore CPU IP via the recently launched M.2 PCI Express card.
The AKD1500 digital, energy-efficient, event-based AI computation can be used with sensors for AI, application processors, automotive electronics and security applications. The QiLai SoC and the Voyager development board further accelerates the development and porting of large RISC-V applications. Integrating BrainChip’s Akida technology and the Andes QiLai SoC and Voyager development board provides a highly efficient solution for integrated edge AI compute and further expands the RISC-V ecosystem.
The AKD1500 provides over 0.7 TOPS of event-based computing while consuming less than 250mW, achieving performance comparable to conventional CNN processing using 3–10× less compute. This demonstrates a cost and power-efficient path for integrating RISC-V SoCs, operating at a fraction of the power required by traditional AI accelerators. Akida’s event-based technology is inherently lower power than conventional neural network accelerators, providing energy efficiency with high performance for partners to deliver AI solutions previously not possible on battery-operated or fan-less embedded, edge devices.
The Andes QiLai SoC chip incorporates a high-performance quad-core RISC-V AX45MP cluster. The AndesCore AX45MP is a superscalar, multicore design featuring a shared Level-2 cache, a coherence manager and a Memory Management Unit (MMU) to support Linux-based applications. Using an IOCP (I/O Coherency Port) interface, the AX45MP enables external hardware DMA to interact directly with the cache/memory subsystem for communication between the AX45MP and high-speed modules like NPUs, GPUs and Gigabit Ethernet. The AX45MP achieves clock speeds of up to 2.2 GHz on the 7nm QiLai SoC.
“We consistently search for ways to grow adoption of RISC-V solutions across an ever-increasing number of use cases,” said Dr. Charlie Su, CTO and President at Andes Technology. “By working with BrainChip and integrating the Akida IP into our QiLai Voyager platform, we better enable developers with opportunities to develop RISC-V-based solutions optimized for edge AI workloads and capabilities.”
“As a pioneer in ultra-low power AI processing, our Akida technology integrates with RISC-V to enable efficient, intelligent compute at the edge,” said Steve Brightfield, CMO at BrainChip. “Showcasing these attributes through the integration of the AKD1500 with Andes QiLai platform at RISC-V Con 2025, ideally demonstrates how these solutions can be used in production SoCs to provide next-generation breakthroughs.”
www.brainchip.com; www.andestech.com
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