Alibaba XuanTie C950 RISC-V CPU: 5nm, 64 Cores and LLM Inference

Mon, 24 Aug 2026 22:57:54 +0800

Alibaba XuanTie C950 RISC-V CPU: 5nm, 64 Cores and LLM Inference

Alibaba’s XuanTie C950 represents a major step in the evolution of RISC-V from embedded and specialized workloads toward high-performance general-purpose and server computing.

Alibaba XuanTie C950 Runs 27B Qwen Model at 30 Tokens/s

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 22:24:58 +0800

Alibaba XuanTie C950 Runs 27B Qwen Model at 30 Tokens/s

Alibaba’s XuanTie C950 RISC-V processor is emerging as an unusual alternative to GPU-based AI inference. The 64-core chip can reportedly run Alibaba’s 27-billion-parameter Qwen model natively on the CPU, without requiring a discrete GPU or a translation layer.

XuanTie C950 on KAD

Alibaba XuanTie C950 RISC-V CPU: 5nm, 64 Cores and LLM Inference

Alibaba XuanTie C950 Runs 27B Qwen Model at 30 Tokens/s